s£|r f xtn t FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1865. i We can toko no nottoo of anonymous comma, nloatlons. Wo do not retain rejected manuscripts. «r Voluntary correspondence Is solicited fromall parts or the world, aad.espeoially from our different military and naval departments. Wheifusedjlt will bo paid for. The Fear and Trembling in Richmond. The reign of terror has began in Rich mond. The members of the rebel Congress are hurrying from the city; a bare quorum is left. General Lee has implored Ihem to remain; the newspapers demand that force shall be used to bring them back. Hun dreds of men desert the rebel army every week, and geek protection within our lines. The rebel press, in tones of terror, affirms that the danger is exaggerated. Governor Brows, of Georgia, declares that Jeffer son Davis is ruining the Confederacy, and that the result of his policy must be subjugation or reconstruction. Davis anticipates his defeat, and provides for consolation by asserting that the loss of Richmond will not be fatal to his cause. All the rebel leaders, as if suspicious of defection, are entreating each other to stand firm. When the barbarian legions inarched on Rome, the Roman Senate, Unable to defend the city, in dignity sat within the Senate Chamber, and were there found by the foe. There are.few in Richmond who will thus tranquilly defy the fates. “ When the last hope falls," said Beauregard, “I will beg a passage to Europe.” There is terror everywhere. Flight from Savannah, from Charleston, fl-om Wilmington, from South Carolina to North Carolina, .from Richmond itself. Leagues away the people in that impri soned capital hear the steady tramp of the veterans with Sherman. Davis said a week ago that Sherman must and should be stopped. Before Grant massed his troops on the rebel right Lee sent Hire’s corps to North Carolina. Johnston, Sherman’s old opponent in Georgia, and a far better strategist than 'Hood, opposes him again in the east. Twelve thousand men from Hood, the bulk of his army, are hurrying to intercept his march. Concentration against Sherman tasks all the energy of the rebellion; and if it fails to repel him all is over. But Grant threatens every day to attack, and Richmond must be de fended. To evacuate it seems as difficult as to hold it. Thus the military policy of the enemy is based upon a dilemma, and the greatest success the rebels can hope for must be purchased with as great a disaster. Charleston, Savannah, and Wilmington they have already given up to save Rich mond. Richmond they may yet yield to save the little that remains of the Con federacy, hut the day is near when their army must fight for existence and the ground on which it stands; > Silent as aTe the rebel journals of Sher man’s movements, the panic in Richmond is a confession of his success. It is certain that his. forces are not divided to move on isolated points, and that it is no part of Ms plan to seize unprotected cities out of Ms line of march. Augusta it is unlikely that he has paused to take; but if part of Ms army has captured that city it has been simply to destroy its powder mills and bum its stores, and thus ruin the manu facturing centre of the rebellion. In Au gusta alone, said Jefferson Davis months ago, more powder was made than the rebel armies could use. The destruction of 'the city would be fatal to the next campaign of Lee if he should he fortunate enough to have another. Yet we doubt that Sherman has paused to provide for the future. His plan must be to strike the rebel forces separately, and prevent their union, and his path the bee line to Richmond. Schofield is more likely to assist in this work than to di rectly join the main army. In brief, it is probable that Sherman, with Ms four corps moving as one army on converging roads, is marching due north with all speed, knowing that Grant Uses all Ms strength to retain Lee in his position. Three times a day, no doubt, rebel couriers arrive in Richmond with news of Ms march through South Carolina. Sherman has passed through Columbia. Sherman has reached the border. Gherman is advancing on Charlotte. Announcements such as these must make the cowards doubly cowardly, the brave desperate. The best that the ene my can hope for is that he will turn towards Wilmington, make it a new base, and thus briefly interrupt his northward march. But whatever may he .Ms path, terror treads it before Mm. Panic is his fore runner, and wins victories for Mm in advance. Like Roland at Roncesvalles, “ His voio» goes forth before his sword, And slays the souls of men with fear.” Viscount Amberley. There is a great complaint, in. almost every civilized country where politics ex cite the public mind, of the increasing scarcity of “ rising young men.” In Eng land, seats in the House of Commons are obtained at a much earlier age than in other lands, for a man may be elected before''he attains Ms majority, although he cannot sit, speak, and vote until he has passed the age of twenty-one—-though Chables James Fox and the secopd William Pitt actu ally spoke and voted in the Commons before they had reached the legal age. Sometimes, when a nobleman owns a bo rough, which he desires to keep, as he keeps his game, as a political “ preserve,” and has not a son old enough to enter Par liament as one of its representatives—Peers appointing the members whom the People ought to elect, of their own free will I—he1 —he puts some safe man into the House, as a warming-pan, the contract being that when the son and heir is old enough, his substi tute will vacate the seat in his favor. • No wonder, such being the case, that a ma jority of the peers are opposed to Parlia mentary Reform, which would give power to the people. Earl Russell has a son, not quite twen ty-three years old, who wants to enter public life, and is said to have exhibited some talent as a writer. We read a politico polemical article of bis in the North British. Review, a few months ago, but failed to comprehend It, either from our own ob tuseness or because the young gentleman ■did not entirely understand Ms subject, and was therefore the reverse of lucid. He bears the courtesy title of Viscount Amberley, and, as a cadet of a political family, wants to enter Parliament. Bear ing a remarkable personal likeness to Ms father, so long known as “Lord John,” with the difference of being yet more diminutive and in being able to speak in public without stuttering, he has not the name good fortune, at starting, in being ■able to Blide into Parliament for a family, borough. Wise in his generation, he seeks to gain a seat by tact instead of by patron age, and has placed Mmself before the great constituency of Leeds, in YorkaMre, as a candidate —'before that Leeds wMch sent Macaulay to represent it in the first Reformed Parliament, in 1883. It is pro bable that he will be elected. TTig little LordsMp starts, of course, as a decided Liberal—just as his father started wheu he first entered Parliament, in 1813., It is easy to make liberal professions when a man is independent of any Government, but when he obtains office he is bound and restrained in many ways, and can rarely carryout all of the lofty purposes with WMch he commenced. More than half a century ago the Lord John Russell of that ttme was an out-and-out reformer. He assisted in carrying the great measure of 1880, and now, Foreign Minister of Eng land, he phrinks from the new agitation Which, headed by John Bbmht, would reform the Reform bill. He was earnest *nd as honest, no doubt, fifty years ago as his son is now, but years and office have toned down his opinions. It is only natu ral that they should. x Lord AmBEBLEY told the electors of Leeds that he, for one, was not afraid of extending the franchise j that he had no dread of demagogues, and that he was not satisfied with the restricted franchise provided by Ms father’s reform of 1833. Moreover, he said, somewhat boldly for a young nobleman, that, under the present system, land and capital were represented, but that labor was not, and that until it was there can be no complete representa tion of the people. What is more to the purpose, he declared his views in a clear, decided, and sometimes eloquertt manner. It is likely that Leeds will adopt him at the next general election. This case of Lord Ambebley’s exposes the British system of administration, under wMch a few noble families have continu ously ruled England ever since the revolu tion of 1688. Father and son follow, as officials, according to party, from the be ginning to the end of the chapter—just as Lord Chatham and William Pitt, Lord Holland and Charles James Fox—vary ing only, in or out of office, as their party happened to be up or down. v We shall look to see this diminutive Lord Amberley put into office, if he enter Parliament, as a Lord of the Treasury,or an Under Secretary, until, as the years advance, he shall ripen into a Cabinet Minister, like Ms father be fore him.' The Late Cardinal Wiseman. - Cardinal Wiseman, one of the ablest and most- learned prelates and princes of the Chureh of Rome, died at London after a lingering illness, on the 15th of February, in the 63d year of his age. Born at Se ville, where, as well as in Waterford, (Ireland), Ms father waß largely engaged in the Spanish wine trade, and with both his parents Irish, his family was among the titled landowners of England, and was known as having even been noble in the Northeast of Scotland during the reign of Edward I. Soon after it emigrated to England, in possession of lands in North amptonshire, and eventually, by matrimo nial alliances, settled in Essex, where it remains. One of them, Auditor to Henry VIII., was Knighted for Ms bravery at the Battle of Spurs, and his son purchased the / manor of Canfield from Verb, Earl of Oxford—and Ms third son, the eldest surviving heir, was created a Baro net by Charles I.; The present Sir William Saltokstall Wiseman, of Can field Hall, Essex, is the eighth baronet. The family have always been Catholic. Nicholas, son of the wine-merehant of Seville, was sent to England at. the age of six, to be educated for the Chureh, to which his mother had devoted Mm. He was at a school in Waterford for two years, and then went to the Catholic col lege at Ushaw, near Durham, in the north of England, where he was instructed by the Rev. Dr. John Likgard, the his torian. He remained there until he was sixteen years old, (in 1818,) when he was transferred to the English college at Rome, just then restored by Pope Pins VII., after it had been twenty yeta closed. He remained there a distinguished student, and was created a theological' doctor in July, 1824, a few days before he had com pleted his twenty-second year. Twelve months later he received holy orders. At the age of twenty-four years he was made Vice Rector of the English college, and was appointed Professor of Oriental Lan guages in the Roman University, when only twenty-five, on account of Ms success ful study of pMlology. At the time Leo XII., then Pope, appointed Mm to preach a course of English sermons, one to be delivered every Sunday, at Rome, and to he attended by all colleges and religious communities that spoke our language. His latest labor was to collect some of these sermons into a volume, which was lately republished by Messrs. Sadlier, New York, and noticed in The Press. Towards the close of 1828 and of the pontificate of Leo XII., Dr. Wiseman was made Rector of the English College, in place of Dr. Gbadwell, promoted to the mitre. In that year, too, he gave to the world Ms “Horas Syriac*;” the title-page announces/it as a “ Tomus' Primus,” but scholars have vainly waited for the second volume. During Ms RectorsMp of. the English College at Rome, Dr. Wiseman preached and published a series-of sermons bn the ‘‘'Doctrines and Practices of thd Catholic Church,” and “Lectures on the Connexion between Science and Revealed Religion.” He visited London, to correct the proof sheets of the latter, in 1886, and there de livered two courses of lectures—one in the Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, the other at St. Mary’s, Moorfields. About tMs time, too, in conjunction with Mr. Quin, who projected it, and Daniel O’Connell, who promised to contribute, he assisted in establishing the Dublin Re view, a quarterly publication, devoted to Catholic interests, the first number of which appeared in May, 1886. His various contributions, collected into three volumes of “Essays on Various Subjects,” were re published in 1858. In 1840, being then thirty-eight years old, Dr. Wiseman was sent to England as coadjutor to Dr. Walsh, Bishop of Wolverhampton, and also as Pre sident of St. Mary’s College, Oscotf, in that diocese. He was made Pro-Vicar-Apostolic of the London District in 1848, and Vicar Apostolic in full in 1849. His moderation and winning manners had made him popu lar in the Mghest society, while Ms elo quence and authorship contributed to ad vance the interests of Ms Church in gene ral. In 1850 was the culminating event of Ms career. Summoned to Rome in August of that year, by Pope Pius IX., Dr, Wiseman was made a Cardinal, and also titular Archbishop of Westminster. The consequences of the latter appointment, which was preceded by a Papal redistri bution of England into more numerous ec clesiastical districts and the creation of se veral new Catholic Bishops, agitated the easily excited English mind, for more than two years. The press generally, from the thundering Times to the sarcastic Punch, assailed the Pope, the Cardinal, and the Catholic Church with violence and bitter ness. Lord John Russell, then Premier, in a letter to the Bishop of Durham, did Mmself no’ credit by spitefully describing the ceremonials of the Church of Rome as “ the mummeries of superstition,” and at tempted to put down the movement by Ms “ Ecclesiastical Titles Bill,” passed by an obsequious and excited legislature, but wMch, not having any operative effect, proved an utter failure. While the popu lar feeling was at fever heat, Cardinal Wiseman published “An Appeal to the Reason and Good Feeling of the English People on the Subject of the Catholic Hier archy.”, It had been preceded by his fa mous Pastoral “ given out of the Flaminian Gate of Rome,”, dated “the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord 1850,” and announcing the two great events of the preceding month—his archiepiscopal nomination on the '29th -and that to the Cardinate on the 80th of September. • From that period, exceeding fifteen years, Cardinal Wiseman’s intellectual activity has been great. He has delivered nume rous lectures, not only in but in various other cities and towns in the Uni ted Kingdom, upon secular as well as the ological subjects. Many of these have been; printed, and all Ms publications have been extremely popular. In 1858, “ Fabolia, a Tale of the Catacombs,” published anony mously, was attributed to Ms pen, ana he is known, also, as the author of two or three Sacred Dramas. In 1858 appeared, in a large octavo volume, Ms “ Recollec tions of the Last Four Popes and Of Rome in their Times,” which was republished by Mr. Fatbick Dohahob, Boston. The Pontiffs of whom he wrote were Pius VIL, Leo XII., Pius VIII., * and Gbesoby XVI., but other public and Mstorical characters were also sketched. The notices of Cardinals Gonsalvi and Angelo Mai are particularly good. Inde pendent of the Mstorical value of this book, for the accuracy of its details and the fas cination of its style have won it admission into the libraries of most reading men, it really contains Cardinal Wiseman’s auto biography from his sixteenth to his thirty eighth year, being the whole period of Ms residence in the Eternal City. For many years, the distinguished aubi ec* of this sketch had been afflicted with a pain ful complaint, slow but certain in its mortal results. He bore his sufferings with the fortitude and faith of a Christian, never permitting his temper to be disturbed by bodily pain, and performing, almost to the last, the many duties of Ms high station. His death will be lamented, out of Ms own Church, for few Catholic dignitaries had so many friends and admirers among those who held a different faith. At this moment, when Ms tact, sagacity, and moderation might have been employed to mitigate the injurious effect on the English mind of the Pope’s recent Encyclical letter, the death; of Cardinal Wiseman is. a great lews to the Catholic Church. Cardinal Wiseman’s mother (an Irish lady of the ancient family of Aylward’s Town, county Kilkenny), died in 1851, having had the gratification of seeing him invested with the highest dignity, save that of the tiara, in their Church. He was tall and robust in person, and was more than usually well-looking before he fell into flesh and became bald. His com plexion was ruddy, though his health had long been indifferent. The soul of cour tesy appeared to beam through Ms large glassed golden spectacles. His manners were certainly those of a Mgh-bred gentle man, fascinating in the dignity of their very simplicity. He was the seventh Bri tish subject elevated to the Cardinalate since the Reformation. As Cardinal- Priest, he took his title from the ancient Church of Saint Prudentia. We have not the slightest doubt that the British press, as with one consent, will speak in the kindest and most regretful terms of this departed dignitary of the Roman Church. Pennsylvania ana (lie Cabinet. [From the Public Ledger of yeiterday. 1 It is generally believed that the President Intends to reconstruct his Cabinet on his inauguration in hie seoond term. One change is already announced, that of Mr. McCulloch for the Treasury, In place of Mr. Fessenden, who returns to the United States Senate. It Is argued, and very plausibly, that the President rt quires the entire support of the Unlcn party to carry him through successfully in the mea sures necessary to the present emergency, and any reconstruction of the Cabinet that does not recog nize. Pennsylvania win be unsatisfactory to the supporters of the Union. This view Is probably too much tinctured with partisan feeling, and pos sibly local pride. But there Is no question of the loyal support that Pens sylvanla has given unre servedly to the Union cause, and In any forecasting of national measures for the future her aid and her counsel will add greatly to their success. The re sources of Pennsylvania are now an important ele ment In the national wealth, and most be the basis of any system of taxation which is to supply the wants of the Government. The Influence of snoh a State should therefore he felt In those councils where national'measures first originate. It Is the advantage of the country to distribute these Important positions so as to secure the support of each Influential State, representing as nearly as possible the interests and feel ings of the various sections and Industries of the Union. Hence no one State should have two members representing it in the Cabinet, when other states equally important are left out. It Is upon this principle that Cabinets are usually con stituted, and with this end to view, Pennsylvania, as the second State in the Union, to population, po. Htlcal power, and the first to her mineral wealth and manufacturing industry, has pretensions which .cannot easily he set aside. She has never Insisted upon her claims to this matter, and hence has not figured very prominently for the last fifteen years In the Presidents’ Cabinets, having had to all that time a Secretary of War for two years only, a Poßt master General for four, and an Attorney General and temporary Secretary of State, to the same Indi vidual, Judge Black. Now, both national and local interests make It desirable that she should be re* presented in a body which, to a considerable extent, has the moulding of every Important measure which controls the destinies or Influences the prosperity of the nation. iHAuauRATioH Day.—To-morrow, the 4th of March, will ocenpy as distinguished a place to the year 1865 as that day of time-honored and general rejoicing, the Fourth of July. Not only will it be Inauguration Day, bnt It will be a day of rejoicing for victories as complete as glorious and grateful. Every preparation has been made to all the promi nent cities of the Union to oelebrate it as its. dig nity deserves, and as gratitude to a higher Power demands. In New York a grand prooesslon of all-the organi zations, civic and military, wIU take place, with the customary accompaniments of speech-making and banqueting, public and private, and national sa lutes. In this city, Pittsburg, Hartford, Boston, Portland, Bufialo, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, and all the other cities a similar programme is marked out. The procession, however, to most of them is omitted. Bnt the churches to all will be open (forwe are aOhrlstlan people) to return thanks to (ho Almighty for the great favors he has ex tended to onr arms, and while prayers of gratitude go up, may they give strength, oourage, and confi dence to the beleaguetag army before Petersburg and the advancing hosts of Sherman, beset with danger. Saturday will be a day of belland oannon musio, for thousands of bells will peal and thou sands of oannon thunder forth the general joy over the whole Union. It will be a day long to be re membered. . Rebel Bittekness.— Tha correspondents hare said a great dealabout manifestations of Union sen timent In the numerous cities which have come into our possession daring the last few weeks, what kind of Unionism existed, among such of the citi zens as remained in Columbia after our occupation is evidenced in their assassination of some of our soldiers by firing on them from coverts—doors and windows. The Richmond papers, however, endeavor to defend their action by pleading that Columbia was shelled by our forceß suddenly and brutally, without demanding a surrender of the city or warning the women and children. But at Savannah there was no snch excuse, for, during the whole stay of Gen. Sherman, the inhabitants met with the kindest treatment. But as soon as he began to move away, , to enter upon his present glorious expedition, the rebel sympathizers were guilty of an act of treachery which should have consigned thorn to the gallows. Gen. Grover’s troops occupied the swamp lands near the oity. The obstructions In the Savannah were of such a character that large or very wide vessels could not pass up to the olty, and consequently the large transports had to go to Thunderbolt, and there embark the troops, who moved overland to that point. The rebels, seizing a favorable oppor. tnnity, out the-sluices in the swamp levees, and flooded the encampment of General Grover, drown ing a number of the troops, and keeping'-the whole corps treed or standing in water for nearly’a day. In Charleston the only people who remained, and who professed a love for the Union as it was, were poor people who couldfcot escape, and depended 8n oily tongues to curry favor and support irom their conquerors. The only way to convince these people of their error is to crash all their military power, show them their ntter weakness, and through defeat and tribulation lead them to acknowledge the right. • How Gembkabs Okook ahu Kbplev wane Gaftkbbb.— The Biehmond papers announce tho arrival in that city of Major Generals Crook and Kelley, recently captured at Cumberland, and their incarceration in Libby Prison. The feat of their capture was performed by a Lieutenant McNeil and thirty men, who crossed the Potomaa In . front of the town at a very late hour of the night, and after capturing the only sentinel they met, and ob taining from him the countersign, went boldly into the town itself, making good use of their know ledge. Most of the party were concealed outside, while small squads went to the hotels at which our generals were stepping. McNeil himself eom mandedthe party who went for Crook. Ascertaining the room In which he slept from an old colored woman who appeared to act as night olerk, he jour neyed up the stairs, light In hand, and knocked for admission. A. Richmond paper, describing subse quent events, goes on to say that, after several In effectual responses from within, entrance was ob talned, and the visitors were ordered to enter. “Is this General Crook 1” asked the Lieutenant, holding the light so as to give him fqll view'of the General, os he drowsily looked at them from hla bed. 41 Yes s what do yon want t” was the reply. “I,” said the Lieutenant, “am General Rosser,” and drawing a pistol and presenting It, added: “ I have some very important business with you, Gene ral Crook, and will give you precisely two minutes to get up and put on your clothes.” The bewildered General did not know how to re ply, and did not dare to resist. He saw at a glance that it would be as useless as dangerous to attempt eEcapeby raising an alarm, so he did not Btop to solve the mystery of so unexpected a call. He obey ed at once, and a gentle suggestion of the propriety of keeping qnlet being whispered In his ear, he passed ont with his escort as mute as a mummy. On their egress, the party persuaded the sentinel on duty to follow them, by inducements slmllar-to those sub. mitted to the General, and making their prisoner mount behind them, rode back to the main body. In the meantime a second detachment rode up to the quarters of General Kelley, when a similar scene occurred, and that officer waß, In due time, under guard, as well as tho adjutant general or General Crook. By some means the affair was discovered soon after they left, and a whole regiment pursued them to BO purpose Tor fifty miles. Upon being presented to General Early at hla headquarters m the Valley, the prisoners were received with the homely but no doubt acceptable greeting: “ Take seats, gentlemen, I presume you are tired after your ride;” and then added the hero of brilliant victories and stunning defeats, with an Intensification of that fine-tooth comb peculiarity of his enunciation. “I expect some enterprising Yankee will be stealing off with me In the same way one of these days ” Whether the prisoners relishedlthe joke or not, our informant failed to depose. They were doubtless in no humor for jokes. They are now in the Libby Prison, where, It is hoped, they will be kept until our gallant men arrested by them as “guerillas,” and confined in chains and dungeons on that pro-' tence, are released.” Examination of Surgeons. Habwsbueo, March S.—A meeting of the State Medical Board has been called by Joseph A. Phil lips, Surgeon General or Pennsylvania, and will meet at Sansom-Btreet Hall, in Philadelphia, on Msndav next, for the purpose of examining candi dates for appointment as assistant surgeons in Penn sylvania regiments. Meeting of tbe Fenian Brotherhood. Bostob, Maroh a.— A great meeting of the friends or Irish nationality was held last night at Faneull Hall, under the atuploes of tbe Fenian Brotherhood, at which speeches were made by Colonel Mahoney, Head 'Centre of the Brotherhood of the United State*; Captain Walsh, of Pennsylvania, and A. P. . Senott, of'Boston. The meeting adopted resolutions ratifying tbe proceedings and resolutions of the late FenianCqngcess a* Cincinnati.’ Gnat enthusiasm prevailed. THE PEE®.—PHILADELPHIA, FI! ID AY, MARCH 3, 1865 ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. HEAVY DESERTIONS FROM THE REBELS. ABRIVAL OP ONEI DETACHMENT OP Tl>« Deresces on tbe North of Richmond LEE SAYS HE " WILL WHIP GRANT THIS SUMMER." [Special Correspondence of Tbe Press. ] There Is literally nothing.in UlO shape of news from the trout te berecorded to-dfty, Everything is very dreary and monotonous, and is likely to he still more so, for another rain storm is about setting in this morning. The rebels still continue'to some over sans ceremmie. Night before last two hundred of them oame in on the left, bringing tholr arms along. Their arrival was greeted with loud cheer ing by our troops, and the cheering being taken up, was borne along the whole line. The rebels, with out exactly knowing what it meant, defiantly com menced cheering and yelling in response. And yet, according to ail accounts, they haven’t the' least spark of enthusiasm or hope for their cause, and nine-tenths of them would have gladly followed the lew of their number who, a couple of days ago, having been sent out to out wood, drove a team loaded with the artlolo into our lines. Advices or a private hut reliable character ftom Richmond represent that not a single gun Is mounted upon the works on the north side or the city; and but one line of cavalry pickets, very far apart, does guard duty on that side. Their cavalry is completely used up from want or forage. Lee must either be entirely deprived of the aid-of this branch of the service, or else make another raid into Maryland the coming summer. In a recent conversation with some of the lead ing citfcseßg of Richmond, General I.ae is repre sented to have said that he “cohld whip Grant this summer, and he intended to doit.” It hn't at all unlikely that he did say sc, but It is unlikely that he will do so. Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor arrived here yesterday afternoon .in the mail-boat fro a! Wash ington, and will probably go np to Atkin’s Landing by flag of tiuoa to he exchanged. HEWS FROM THE SOUTH. AMBM AND TROUBLE IN MEASURES TAKEN TO CHECK SHERMAN JOHNSTON Hr THE FIELD AGAINST HIM. imY l ■ Message of the Governor or Georgia—An Argumtpt against Negro Soldiers. WAsiniraiTOKi March 2.—Tho Richmond at quinr of Wednesday, Feb. 28, Bays editorially: l “The air is filled with alarming rumors. Every fear has found a voice, and every ear is opened t» the tale ittells. Measures of precaution are com strued to presage disaster.” | Governor Brown is attacked editorially by the Whig and Enquirer. The proceedings oi the rebel Congress are unimportant. Tho Richmond Whig of Feb, 28 says: The Petersburg Express of Monday says that the enemy has cot yet developed his plan of operations on our right. The heavy and continuous rains of the last three days have no doubt materially Inter fered with his movements, and will probably check his advance for several days. An engagement is however Imminent, beiog deferred only In ctrffit:- quence of the terrible condition of the roads and the immediate inability to use artillery. Reliable intelligence, however, leads to the belief that on Friday and Saturday nights the enemy moved a number of pieces of artillery to his left, Tho rumbling of the trains could be distinctly heard from points of observation not necessary now to mention. The enemy’s cavalry and the main body or his infantry have been moved towards Hatcher’s Run, and at present but a feeble force confronts our lines east of tho olty. Intelligent deserters report that the entire Yankee lines between the Weldon Railroad and the Appomattox river are new defended by one corps, the Sth. We arc in clined to believe this statement, as intelligence through other sources convinces ub that every man that can be spared from these lines has been moved to our right. We but await the clearing np of the ■weather and some improvement in the condition of the roads, to hear that the enemy has commenced a heavy movement against our extreme right. mJhAVKD BBPOSTS BKOH KOBTH OABOMKA. Gen. Joseph E, Johnston again assumes the-oom macd of the Army of Tennessee, &c. Chaklottk, Feb. 26.—The following order is pub lished here this morning: Chabiottb, N. 0., Feb. 25. In obedience to the orders of the General-in-Chief, the undersigned has assumed the command of the Army of Tennessee, and all the-troops in the De partments of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He takes this position with strong hopes, because he will have, in council and on the held, the aid of the high talents and skill of the general whom he suc ceeds. _ He exhorts all absent soldiers otthe Army of Ten nessee to rejoin their regiments, and again confront the enemy they have so often encountered in North ern Georgia, and always with honor. He assures his comrades of that army who are still with their colors that the confidence In their discipline and valor which he hasp'ubHoly expressed is undlmluished. . - -J, E. Johhston. MRBTirrO nr MOBILE. JVToisiib, Feb,' 19. —One of the largest meetings ever assembled In Mobile was held at tlKj&heatre last night, which was presided oveß-by ffiß Hon. Judge Forsyth. , Resolutions were unanimously adopted deelerlng an unalterable purpose to sustain the civil and mi litary authorities to aohleyelndependenoe.; that our battle-cry henceforth should be “yiotoryordeath;” that there is no middle ground between treachery and patriotism; that we still have an abiding conU dence in onr ability to achieve our independence; that the Government should immediately place 100,- •00 negroes in the field; that reconstruction Is no longer an open question; that at this tinm an order reinstating General Joseph E. Johnston in command of the Army of Tennessee will effect more to restore confidence, and increase the army, and secure the successful defence of this department, than any other order that could issue from the War Depart ment ; urging better discipline In the army, and thanking it for its heroic conduct, and pledging all for liberty, which, with the Divine assistance, is-as sured. 1 The meeting was enthusiastic, and speeches were made bv Judge Tucker, of Missouri, Judge Phelan, of Mississippi, and Judge Jones and 001. Langdon, of Mobile. B * MBBSAGB OB OOV. EEOTO, Ok GEORGIA, The Dispatch of the 28th contains the following from Georgia: - The message of Governor Brown commences with a defence ol the State against the attacks of the press for permitting Sherman to march unmolested through the State. He says she was abandoned to her fate and neglected by the Confederate authori ties ; and while her army of able-bodied sons were held for the delenoo of other States, and were de nied the privilege or striking an honest blow for the protection of their homes, Georgia was compelled to rely only on a few old men and boys. He claims that the golden opportunity was lost for overthrow ing Sherman. Had he been resisted from the start, forced to fight and exhaust his ammunition, his sur render would have been certain. He recommends tbe establishment of a militia- system, to be ln.no case turned over to the Confederate Government, but retained for home defence. He says there are only 1,400 exempts in the State, and most of them are over age. He recommends the passage of a law authorizing the impressment of provisions in the hands of persons under bond to the Confederate Government, who refuse to sell their supplies to the indigent families of soldiers. He complains that the Confederate agent can lock up the eorn-crlbs and t moke houses against the State purchasing' agent. ' Referring to the penitentiary, he says that more than one-half the convlois released to fight have since deeeited. He recommends the passage of a law prescribing the penalty of death on conviction, of robbery, horse-stealing, or burglary. He opposes tbe arming of slaves, believing them more valuable as agricultural laborers than they oonld be as sol- 1 diets. They do not wish to go Into the army, and' the principal restraint now upon them is'the fear that If they leave the enemy will make them 1 fight. Compel them to take up arms, qpd they will,dosort by thousands. Whatever may be onr opinion of their normal condition or Interests, we o.annot ex pect them to perform deeds of heroism when fight ing to continue the enslavement of their wives and cmldrin.and It Is not reasonable to demand'lt of them. Whenever we establish the faot that they are a military people we destroy our theory that they are unfit to be free. When we arm slaves we abandon slavery. He complains of the usurpation of the Confederate Congress, m levying disproportionate taxation,.and says much of the most objectionable legislation la imposed upon the country by the votes of men who acted without responsibility to the constituency ol the army. He takes the Government to task for a great variety of alleged abuses, such as Illegal lm pressments, arrest of citizens without authority by provost guards, the passport system, and the par tiality of the Government to men of wealth, who are given nominal positions whloh keep them out of the army, while poor men and boys are forced Into the ranks Ha animadverts severely on the gene ralship of the President, and traces his military career during the war. Onr Government- Is now a military despotism, drifting Into anarchy, and lr the present policy is persisted In It must terminate In reconstruction, with or without subjugation. Gov. Brown states that he Is utterly opposed to both, but If he favored either, he would gtve'hls earnest sup port to the President’s policy as the surest mode of diminishing onr armies, exhausting onr resources, breaking the spirit of our people, and driving them In despair to seek refhge from worse tyranny by placing tbemeelveß under a Government they loathe and detest. ' . For the cure of existing evils he recommends the repeal of the conscription act and return to the con stitutional mode of raising troops, by requisitions upon States, the observance of good faith with the soldiers by paying them promptly, the abandon ment of Impressments and secret sessions, and no more representation without constituency, and, finally, taking from the President his power as Commander-In-Chief. He calls for a Convention of the States to amend the Constitution, and closes as follows: 11 My destiny 1b linked with my country. Ifwe succeed, I am a free man. ir. bythe obsti nacy or weakness of our rulers, we fall, a common ruin awaits us all. The night is dark; the tempest howls; the ship Is lashed with turbulent waves; the helmsman Is steering to the whirlpool; our re monstrances are unheeded, and we must restrain him, or the crew must sink together and be buried In irretrievable ruin!” . BUSINESS NEWS—RBBBL SYMPATHISES AND DO -BBKTBBB TAKING THE OATH—IMPROVEMENT OV TUB coxmtion OP whits bbvugbbs. Cairo, March 2.—Two hundred-and fifty bales of cotton passed hero to-day for St. Louis, and SIS for Cincinnati. Memphis, Feb. 28.—Gen. Roberts, commander of tbls district, will soon leave for Springfield, Mass., being one of the board of examiners of small arms to meet In that city. General Grierson is to have command of all the cavalry In the Department of the West. The Bulletin publishes a list of rebel sympathizers and dealers residing in Memphis who have'taken the amroaty oath. They number 1,045, and amongst the names Is that of A. J. Donelson. Deserters continue to arrive here In large num bers, and are of a better olass of people than hereto fore. - ■ , Measures are being taken for the Improvement of the white refugees and ireedman of this department, and the confiscated lots in the outskirts of this city, and the Islands In the Mississippi; will be devoted t f> that purpose. OAtao, Man* MoDougal’s hand of guerillas rebboe LovdaoevUle, Ballard county, Ky., yeatec- TWO MTJNDBED. wlthoot Artillery. —C. B. School.— City Point, Va,, Feb. 28,1866. UNIOIf MOVBMEHTB. GEUERAI, OBJOBB, HO. 1. IHK SOUTH WEST. GUSBHXA OUTRAGES. day, or >lO,OOO wortk or goods. Hopkinsville, Ky., was visited night before last, and several stores were robbed. Two Union men wore shot there. A BBAVI ACT. OAffTtTOH Off A BBBBL TOBPKDO BOAT BT I.OTAL TBBFBSSBAHB— THB DBSTBWOTIOK Off OO VBBBHBHT PROPBBTY THUS BKBVBNTBO. Chattanooga, Maroh a,—The Gazette has lengthy details of the capture of a rebel yawl and fourteen men at Chapman's Handing, below Kings ton, on the Tennessee, by sevenloyal Tennesseans, The yawl was armed with torpedoes and infernal machines for the destruction of Government pro perty. The party was well and regularly uniformed, and were acting under the orders of the rebel Naval Department. The yawl was built at Hlchmond, and was brought to Bristol on the cars, and plaoed In the Holston river, and thenae with muffled oars eame to the place of its capture. Their lnatruo. tlons were not to destroy or disturb anything till they got below Kingston, when thoy wore to de stroy Government transports. They hoped also to destroy the. warehouses and rolling mills, &c-, on the banks of the river at this plaoe. The whole en terprise was in charge of fclontific offioers. The rebels were much ohsgrlned at being outwitted by half their number of oltlsens, after having run the gauntlet of the soldiers at Knoxville, Kingston, and other points on their ronte. About fifty guerillas dashed Into the town of Pa oil, on the Knoxville road, yesterday, burned the depot and robbed the families residing there. CANADA. TUB ST. ALBANS RAIDERS—LEOTORB BT OKOBSB THOMTBON. Montreal, March 2.— Judge Smith 18 still un well, and the raiders’ case Is again postponed. Quebec, March 2,—George Thompson leotured last night on the American War. A Plrate.Dlsabled. Boston, Maroh 2.—Private letters received heret and dated a t Gibraltar, Feb. 7th, state that the pi. rate Shenandoah had put Into Corunna, Spain, disabled.. Thegunboat Saaramento left Cadiz on Fob. .3d, to look alter her. [Notb.— The Ollnde, alias Stonewall, has been already reported as being at Corunna, leaky. The above Item probably refers to her.] ■ Detention of Trains. Louisville, Maroh I— Midnight.—The Nashville train has net arrived, and Is six and a half hours behind time. It IS said to be delayed by the 'debris on the track from the train of freight oars burned by the guerillas near Franklin yesterday. Vessel Ashore. Sandy Hook, N, Y., March 2.—The brig Sarah B. Crosby Is ashore outside of the Hook, and appa rently bilged., The passengers were taken off by the tug-boat Jack Jewett. Wind moderate, east; sea breaking over the vessel. Non-Arrival of tbe Earopa. HAL]tax, March 2—Midnight.—’There are no signs ol the arrival of the Europe. The weather Is dear. WASIIX-NGKrOIV. [Special Despatches to The Press. ! Washington, March 2,1805. NEW MILITARY COMMISSION. A special military commission has been appointed to sit in this city. It is composed of the fallowing members: Brigadier General Edwabd S. Bbagg j Brevetßrlgadier General W. H. Pbsbosb j Colonel F.Baplieb,BBth.Pennsylvania Volunteers; Col. S. Mi 66th Massachusetts Volunteers; Lieutenant Colonel O. D. Gilkobu, 20th Maine Volunteers; Lieutenant Colonel T. Allcook, 4th New York Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Stibbb, 12th lowa Volunteers. Colonel N. P. Obiphak, addition aid-de-camp, Is judge advo cate. General Bunas, the president, Is one of the ablest lawyers of the Wisconsin bar.' This Is the first time since tho beginning of the war that he has been on duty out of the field. VIGILANCE ALONG THE POTOMAC. Uncommon vigilance Is exercised along the lines of the district of Washington, and on the south bank of tho Potomac. New stockades are being built, and timely preparations Inaugurated, to ten der futile any diversion in this direction which Hy ing columns of the enemy may attempt upon the opening of the campaign this spring. tßy Associated Press, ] PROGRAMME OF THE INAUGURATION. The committee of arrangements have published the programme for the Presidential inauguration, from which it appears that the President elect, the Justices of the Supreme Court, diplomatic Corps, heads of departments, ex-members and members olect of Congress, Governors of States, officers of the army and navy, and others of distinction, will assemble in the Senate Chamber between tho hours of io and 12. The oath will be administered to Vice President-elect Jobhbon by Vice President Hah uw, when the former at once will take his seat as the presiding officer of the Senate. Those assem bled In the Senate Chamber will then proceed to [the platform on the central portico of the Capitol, [where, all beingKn readiness, the oath of office will toe aaministered to the President-elect by Chief Justice Csasb, and the Inaugural address delivered. Extensive arrangements have been made for the procession to accompany the President -from the ikeoutive Mansion to the Capitol. Thousands of strangers have already arrived, and many .more are on their way. The 4th of Marsh will be lenerally observed as a holiday, and the banks and lublio offices will be closed. VICE PBESIDEKT JOHN SONINFORMED OP HIS ELECTION. /Senator TBUMfujix, and Kepresentati?os Wil- Am and Dawbou, acting as theselaot committee of tie two Houses or .Congress, waited upon the Hon. Jiiimisw JOHKSOJT to-day, and Informed him ol his sfeotion to the Vice Presidency. They reoelred trap. him ah oral response that ho acquiesced In &e action of the American people, and aooepted the truat conferred upon him. NAVAL OPERATIONS. - i The Navy Department bah received -information if the capture of the schooner Della, under English |bolors, nearßayport, Florida, by the United States steamer Mohaska. She had a cargo of pig-lead and some oases of sabres.- / Acting Admiral Stbibung, commanding the East Gulf Squadron, reports that, on the Ist of February, an expedition left the United States bark Midnight to destroy the saltworks on West Bay, jFhe expedition returned on the 4th, having de stroyed works of 13,0 m gallons boiling-power, be sides 70 bushels of salt and 125 barrels Epsom salts. 'COMPLIMENTARY ADDRESS TO SECRETARY !' " * FESSENDEN. I To-day tbe chiefs of the various bureaus of the [Treasury Department proceeded to the room of Se cretary Fussßirornr, when Judge Nath ax Sab sbaxt, the Commissioner! of Customs, In his own and their behalf, delivered a brief address, expres sive of their respect for him on the eve of his reti ring from the Treasury Department, and expressing ibeir cordial wishes for his health and happiness. Secretary Fkooundbn replied: ' , Gbktibmeh :I am exceedingly thankful to you ifor this call and for the kind expressions of regard I have received from you through the Commls lEloner of Customs. I can only say to you, what you all know, that I. came here most unwil lingly, and I shall have perhaps but a Slagle re- Igret In leaving the Department, and that arises irom the necessity of parting with so many gen tlemen with whom my Intercourse has been so exceedingly agreeable and* for wbomil have a very friendly regard, I came here because I con ceived It to be my duty, under the circumstances, but encouraged and sustained! by the assurance of support from gentlemen connected with the office. 11 have received that support from all of yon without ' a single exception, so far as I am aware. I found Avery gentleman here disposed to aid me. lean say to you, gentlemen, with entire frankness, that X be lieve my having been here will prove of great bene fit to myself, from the Information and experience I lave acquired, and I trust It has not been'disad vantageous to others or to the Department. I think ft would be better for the Government and ithe country If Congress, and.the gentlemen con nected with the Executive branch of the Govern ment, better understood each other. I shall go tack to the Senate with many opinions correct ltd and improved with regard to the conduct of the departments, especially that whloh I have i teen connected with. I think X shall be disposed to render justloe to the gentlemen who, placed in situ ations like yours, labor In season and out of season ftr tbe public good, for what X conceive to be, in these times, a very inadequate remuneration fpr their services. X have no doubt the same Is true with re gard to all the other departments ol tbe Government. With regard to my dally intercourse with you, gen. Uemen, I can only say that in my opinion, however we may be placed relatively In the Depart ment or elsewhere, no man In the country Is above the rank of a gentleman, and every man who ho norably and conscientiously perforins his duty is entitled to be treated as such. ! Acting upon this belief, I have regarded the hum blest clerk in this office, so long as he discharged his duty honestly and faithfully,- as my equal, and enti tied not only to my protection but to equal rights with myself. Gentlemen, you did not come here to make or hear' speeches, and X will only add that I cordially receive your Kind wishes. At my age, new friends are not easily made, but I shall indulge tbe hope that In leaving the Department X shall not lose the regards of these whose friendship I have learned to value. THE FRAUDS ON THE CUSTOMS. The following letter has beep sent to the collector of the port of New York by the Commissioner of Customs: • February 27,1865. > Sir : X was sorry to learn a day or two ago that some very large trunks, filled with dresses of most costly material and other articles which had never been worn, sent, as they should have been, to the public warehouse for appraisement, were dl rteted by some officer of the customs at New York, In your absence, to be given np to the owner as wearing apparel, in permuting wearing apparel to he brought Into the United States from mrelgn countries duty ftee by the owners, the law never In tended that any amount of apparel, and that of the most costly kind, which had never been worn, should be admitted ftee of duty; and to allow such in un reasonable quantities to pass the custom house free of duty.ls a palpable violation of the spirit and iftfnot the letter of the law- Travellers coming from Europe or elsewhere, bringing with them more apparel than they have immediate need of, and which never has been used, do it either with a view to make merchandise of ready-made cloth ing and reaUze large profits therefrom, or to pro vide themselves, their families, and friends with a. stock of olothing for the future, free of those duties to which the Government are justly entitled, and which they would not attempt to defraud their country of were theF either honest or truly loyal. ' Though many seem to think It perfectly right to cheat or defraud their country, even In her utmost need, I have not acumen enough to perceive the distinction between swindling the Government or country and swindling an Individual, nor oan Fun ders land how one can hake a" false oath at the cus tom house without committing peijnry. I nave to askyonr attention, and request you to call that of your subordinates, to the matter herein presented, and to urge a more rigid enforcement of tbe law In regard to the admission of what Is claimed to be ordinary wearing apparel, bat which, In many Instances, Is extraordinary. Yety respectfully, N. Sargent, Commissioner. Simeon Draper, Esq., Collector, New York. IXXYIHti CONGRESS—-Second Session.' SENATE. . Mr- BHFBMAN pretested the patitlon of a number of rectifiers of soirits in relation to the duty on spirits, which was ordered to lie on Jfee table Mr. STittfißß presented bev«ral petitions asklogfor the equality of all men before the la w. Mr fcUMiRER algo presented the memorial of the Leil&iature of West Vittinta asking aid from Congrm to enable the* 8 ate to emancipate its slaves Mr BOMBER riposted b«ck several petitions from naval effioer* nthisg for an Increase of pay, and asked that the committee be discharged oozrßTiTtmoKAXi beoo»kitiob op a wvrrz. Mr.'TRCMBOtL. fpom the Judioiarr Commie, aaked to be discharged from the farther en&sUeratien of petitions tor the recognition of God in tkefleuSUethm of tbe united Slates Tbe eemmittee deem it uaneees sary to mak9 the aeked- for amendment, e* the Saproaot* Being is already recognised in t>« Constitution ia the requirement of oaths and the prohibition of interference With the free exercise ot religious opinions. IBHBI/EVANT OOMM.ITKIOATIOSB, Mr. BALK offered a resolution to return as irrelevant a communication recently sent to the Senate itf replj to a resolution, of inquiry* by Mr. For, Assistant becretary of the Navy.. Objection was made, and the resolution goes over. SOLDIERS 1 MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG. ' Mr. WILBOff, from tbe Committee os Military affairs, made a rtport upon the memorial of the President sad Secretary or tbe Board of Commiasicnete of the Soldiers’ Rational Cemetery Association, praying an appropria tion for the erection of a monument oter the re* mains of soldiers who fell at Gettysburg. The report shows that tbe sum of $65,000 nas ba»u con tributed throughout the country, and that $50,000 more are requited because of an advance in prices or labor and material. It warmly eommeada the patriotic effort, with an Intimation that Congress may, at a future time, properly be expected to contribute something. The committee declare that a regard for economy and the public welfare renders present action inexpedient. BBPOBT OB A COMMITTEE 07 COK7JBRHNO3. The tepott of the committee of conference on the dis agreeing votes on the army appropriation bill was re ceived and read. Mr. TRUMBULL objected to that - provision which, requires that no money expended under the act shall be applied to the payment ot the Illinois Central Bail road for the transportation or troops and army stores. Tne yeas and nays were ea led onthe adoption of tbe report, and it ws» decided in tbe negative—yea«, 13; nays, SO. On motion of Mr. TBUMBULL, the Senate insisted upon its amendment, and a farther committee of confer ence was appointed. arsw bbkatorb, Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky, presented the credential* of the Hon. James Guihrie, of Ken tact y, as Seaatore’eofc for six year*lrcm tbe 4th of March, 1835, which were read and ordered to he died* . . Mr. LOffUTTLK presented the certificate of election of Michael Hahn as Itenatoreleot from Louisiana. Mr. DAVIS objected to the reception of the certificate: On motion of Mr. 73UM&ULL, the whole subject was laid on the table. MBAHS OF KBTHJnJB, Mr. 6HBEMAN called up the pending question, which was to,increase the rate of postage from threeto fire cents after the lat of July next, which was disa gieedto. Mr, CLABK moved as amendment making the tax on tobacco, twisted by hand, fox chewing or smoking, and sold tor consumption, 35 cents per pound, which was adopted. Mr. CLA BK moved an amendment making the tax on smoking tobacco,.made with all the stems and refuse, including all the scraps used, as smoking tobacco, SO onto, and on all smoking tobacco in the leaf 40 cents per poundswhich was adopted. .Mi. GuWaH, of Pennsylvania, moved to strike oat the section pioviding for the inspection of petroleum before its removal for sale, which was agieed to. Mr. OOWAB moved to strike out'**2 cents per gal lon ” as a tax on crude petroleum, and insert “slper barrel of not more than forty* five gallons, 1 ' which was adopted. Mr. ANTBOHY, of Bhode Island, offered an amend ment as an additional section, that any bank organized under a State law. and having a paid-up capital of #76,00P, which shall apply before the first of Jan next for authority to become a national bank, and shall com ply with all the requirements of the law, shall have the pTf ference overjaew organisations. Adapted Mr. I>A vIS offered an amendment, that the fourth part of the revenue collected under this act shall be ap prepriatedto the payment of war claims, which was not adopted. Hr. CuJSJJBSS offered an amendment. that no rainbr whose receipts are leßs than $l,OOO a year shall bare quiredto take out a license. Adopted, Mr. SUMBK& offered an amendment to strike out the section of the original bill requiring foreign insurance agent® to pay alf cense of $5O. Be explained th \t ano ther section levied a license of $lO on all insurance agents, and he regarded the discrimination as unfair. fhe amendment was adopted. Mr. BENpaBStiK effertd an amendment to add to the section of the bill of last winter a proviso that after the first of Julr, 1866,in addition to the duties on circulation there shall be levied, collected, paid, from all the banks Issuing: circulating notes, and having: a capital of more than #£OO,COO, a duty of ore-eighth of one per cent, each month on all rates in exees* of 80 per cent, of the authorized capital, and from and after the Ist of July, 1666, a tax of one-fourth of one per cant, on the excess of 60 per cent; also to make a provision of Bectton 110, of-tbe old law, applicable io national as well as btete banks. The Bme*tfmeßfc w« lo?t—yeas 12, nay* 2S. Mr. HOWE offered an amendment, limiting the ex penpee of assessors for cierk hire to seventy cents per hundred names assessed, which was not adop-ed. _£he bill was then taken cut of Committee of the whole into the Senate, and separate votes were de manced on the Important amendment The amendment to tax savings ban sue was adopted by the following vol YfiaS. * Brown. Farris, Chandler, . Benderson, Cohnees, Hendricks, Cowan. Howard, Davis, tane (lad. >, Doolittle, Lane (Kansas), Grimes, Morgan, Harlan, ' i*Am Anikony, Coaler, Bcckaitw, - Hale, Cl*.ik, Johaabn. Collamer* McDoonall, Dixon* Morrill, Farweil> Nye, Foot, Biddle, The Senate at 4. SO took & recess till 7 P, M. EVENING SBBSIO3T. The amendment repealing ihelfiah! and after the abrogation ox the ree’i year hence, was rejected by the folio' TEAS, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, - Lane (Indiana), ftesmith, Powell, 1?AY& Johnson, bane (Kansftfl),'- tfc&ong&H, Horton, MoniU, Nye, Banas&y. Brown, fiuckalow, Chandl&r, Dav}#, Doolittle* Harlan, Anthony, Clark; toimese, Eixon. Farwell, Potior, Howe, The amendment to increase the present duty on tohac -Ba^Sv?l g £* s * cheroots, etc , was adopted. Hr. wijj&os offered an amendment exempting the f® r l e * cf olfi«»s of the army from the income tax, Which was rejected. Mr. HSBDKiUKS offered an amendment to Increase loiter postage to five cents, on the ground that while wa were taxing everything, the Post office should be seif supporting. The amendmenv was rejected—yeas 13,. nays 20. ■ *\ Mr. Howe’s amendment, regulating the employment oi clerks, ana the expenses for stationery in the oflicea of aee€S%oxr, was then adopted. The bill as amended was then passed. I3fCRBABB OF MIHSHIPJUBK’S PAY. Mr. GBIMES called up a bill to Increase the pay of midshipmen in the navy, which was passsd. VO2.T7WTBEBS TO BROBTYB SAKS TBBATMBWT AS BKGTILARS. ‘ . Jf r - WILSOH railed up a Hnuse Joint resolution re- Idling to the employment of office*®’ servants, with an amendment providing thM volunteer soldiers shall re catve the swee allowance for clothing as is allowed to soldiers of the regular army. AatiOfBMBKTS TO PAY DEPABTSTBJTT BH*, Mr, SPBAGIJS dffsredau amendment to theprovisions of a bill for the better organization of the Paj Depart ment, which was rejected. Mr. BBSiBEftSO# effszed an amendment to 'allow payment to soldiers in the cavaliy teryice for horses a \d eouipmerts furnished by themselves for army use, which was rejected. - ' Mr. LABE offered an amendment, w Welt was adopted, pro viola g Ith at when *»y .officer of the army at the beau of a bureau accepts a higher rank than is allowed bylaw for such position, be thereby forfeits his posi tion as the bead of such, bureau, Adopted. Mr. GKIHSS presented an amendment that no person subject to military duty shall be exempted because of furnishing a substitute fix the navy unless he presents the substitute in person at some naval recruiting sta tion Adopted. The .hIU as'amended was then passed. OOMHITTEB OK THIS dOWDUOT OF THE WAR. The Sen etc agreed to the House resolution to continue the Committee on the Conduct of 'ihe War during the vacation. IKDIAJf BILLS. Several Indian bills were taken up and passed. A PBNSION BILL. FOSTER, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Fissions, reported the Bouse bill la relation to pan* eloi b, with the following provisions: That no invalid pensioner now or hereafter in the service of the United States shall be entitled to draw a pension for any period of Hme.durini which he is or shall be entitled to the lull pay or saury which, an able-bodied person, dis charged from like duties to the Government, is allowed bylaw. ?he second cectton grants a pen&ion to contract sur geons, when wounded, or to their representatives, when killed in the service, the same as if they had been mus teifd into, theier vice. The third section grants a pension of $2O per month to soldiers who lose a root and one hand in military eervieoMd in the lice of duty. The bill was raized. The Senate refused to strike out the section of the Hontehili taxing Suite bank notes 10 per cent, by the following vote: YBAS. Foster, Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnion, HAYS. Harris. Bane (Ind), t>'anc (Kansas), Morgan, Morrill, - Nesmith, Bye, wing a tax of >3 pe: lowing vote: YBAS. Harris, Bowe, Lane (Kansas), McDougall, Morgan, Morrill, Iflye, HAYS. Brown, . Hendricks, Bnckalew, Johnson, Davis, hand (Indiana), Hixon, Nesmith, Harlan,* Powell, Harding, Stunner, TSB FBXB»a£AW*S BTJBBAU »HX. Anthony, Eqekalew. Collauier, Davis. Doolittle* Brown, Chancier, Clark, COSH6EB* FarweJJ, Crimes, ■• • Harlan, The cecfif n Smp« adopted by-tie fol Anthony, Chandler* Clark, Ccnness, Doolittle, Farwell, Foster, . „ Hr. WILSCH celled op the report of the committee of conference on the Ireedman’a Bureau bill, which was briefly dlscußEed and postponed until to-morrow. CONSOLIDATION OF. INDIAN TBIBBS. The bill for the consolidation of the tribes of the In. dlan. Territory, and the establishment o f a civil govern ment therein, was taken up and considered and passed —yeas 17, nays ur THB AMBRDBD POSTAL LAWS. The report of the committee ef conference on the bill amendatory of the postal laws was concurred in. SAVINGS AND TBTJBT COMPANY. Hr. 6UMHEB called up the bill to incorporate the Freedman’s Saying; and Trust Company* whleUwas passed. . The Senate at lA. H. adjourned, to meet aft bl A.«M. on Friday, HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIYES. NSW COMMITTEES. Mr. COX. of Ohio, called up the report heretofore made by him to amend the seventy -fourth rule so as to add three additional standing committees, to be ap pointed at the commencement of each. Congress, and to consist of nine members «a*h, namely, a committee on appropriations, to take into consideration all Execu tive commuxicationsjand such other propositions in re 4** d to carry ing on the several departments of the Go vernment as may be presented an d referred to them by ,The Committee of Ways and Keans being thus divided, it is made the duty of the latter to take Into consideration all reports of the Treasory Depart • partment.aiid such other propositions relative to raising revenue and providing wave and means for the support of the Government as shall be presented or shall ©o me in question and be referred to them by the Bouse, and to report tneir opinion thereon by bill or otherwise. The amendment to the rules also pjovld«sfor a standing committee on banks and banking, and on the Pacific Haiiroad, and defines their duties. Mr. COX said the division of this committee into three parts, ways and means, appropriations, bangs and hank currency, was called, for by the increase of labor on these subjecU since the war; whereas, before the war, seventy millions was the usual expenditure and appropriation. The average now is eight hundred millions per session. By & table presented, Mr. Cox computed the bills reported by the Committee of Ways and Means alone, sine© the war, at $3,779,673.2*7.97: for the army alone about 3 066,Qt 0,000; beyond this they had charge of tariffs, revenues, loans, legal tenders, and banking. - These subjects involved every pecuniary investment and interest in the land. All our values* running beyond sixteen billions, wss subject to the enormous control of this committee If our system was wrong, the fault Ues as well at the door of Congress as of the treasory. Take loans, there ate no two creditors who have thesame sort of Government promise. We have ten-forties, five-twenties, certificates, legal ten ders, notes with and without interest, payable with gold and paper. . The SFEAKfiB—The gentleman isnot in order in dis cussing these questions of loans. Ur. COX—I do not discuss their merits, but it is dear we need a system; and if more labor could be given, more eider could he evoked out of chaos These finan cial problems are the questions of the future. Power will depend on their solution. Those who wtil solve them best will bo the statesmen and rulers of the 3 and. Mr. Cox complimented the Committee of Wavs and Mean» for their talent and industry, but overstrained by the work, they could not do. justice to those great questions. This measure was no reflection upon them They did all that men could do. One-fourth of our values in this countryis under mortgage. Debt accu mulates. Questions oFbxiravagance and economy, re lations of gold Md -pspur, inequalities of tax and tai iff-al! 4 hose demand great ability; but whoso want eth iest will also want of might, and the division of piotweme l ®* Te *“* tt “ d strol1 * fch w *«WPIe with these Mr. BL.AII?E. of Hslno.Baid that heretofore he had eo amendment to the Soasttaitioß to reset} the prohiMttoa taxing dstlea oa .exports. bat It hii been improserl, referred to the Committee of Wajrs and . Mt%med^a“e *° ab ' ot,> <i _ TsrytWn *’ ! BIEYEHa, of PtnaaTlTaiiie, denied that the oom , P***’absorbed anything not properly belonging to iL BfcOßia be separate oomnsitteeß oa bauhs and the Pacific Eallroad, but h® doubted the propriety ofee paratisgtbe question of raising ways aud mean* from that of appropriation o . Mr; MORRILL, of Vermont, en+er ained a similar ob* j ctlor, ftlthcuah p&reon&jly he was indifferent to the subject. a lt was true the labors pftbo Committee of ways andHe&as had very much increased, eggypailiag fthe members to wwfc day end xtifikt. m. OAWWBM>. rf H oa?S rf W-Sv/ btloDjed, nucely. to fj* o ;®*™? ?Hnrn VLtatm. as no commutes could DfJP®?? *wrouriaßoas without .knowledge of the probaMo tiwomo- Mr COXeßiatbe oommUteaaoaum «0M0j*J™“0»» another, ewh an the Committee of with the Committee os Wart sad Means to regard tj apvre P of New Toj*. thought aremety mWi ; he spplied by enlarging the Cwßittie on Ways *>*• Means, so as to subdivide the duties amonff its mem* b Mr. FCHKKCK, of Ohio, showed the necessity of ap propriately distributing the labors of the several stand ing cc*n>initteM , » *»d the necessity of reform. , , The House adopted the amendment to the rules, til. then proceeded to ihe consideration of Mr. JAMES 0. ALLEH, of Illinois, offered an amend ment Appropriating so-muoh as may be nesetsary to pay Senators. Bepresenjatlyes, and Delegates of this Oon crtee en addition of one- third of their present safari*®. Mr. MORJtJLL, of Vqrmont, offered a proviso to this, 'wbieb was agreed to. that no money shall ba paid tl* der this section until the proposed increase shall be submitted to the constituents of the members; and re* spectively ratified bj them. ... _ ?fae House then rejected air. Allen/ITamendment as inotiojTof Hr KASSON, of lowa, an amendment was made to the Mil, tonfsTring poerer on the fteerwsary of the Treasury fces*H the Pennsylvania Bank building at public auction. but not fora l*s* sum than one hun dred and tea thousand dollars; also, appropriating one million dollars for the purchase cf the Merchant*’ Ex change or New Toik for custom-house purposes. . £Mr D AVIS, of Maryland. offered an amendment that no peieon shall bo tried by military commission or court martial where tbeeourts are open, excepting per~ sens actually mustered into the military service of the -United btatee. and rebel enemies charged with being spies; all proceedings heretofore had in such eases are declared void, and ail persons not subject w trial by military-commission or court martial shall bo forthwith discharged or delivered over to the civil authorities. , Mr WABBBBBNE, of Illinois, raised the question 1 that the amendment was not tn order. - This point was sustained by the chairman, Kr. Pike, but on appeal from his decision, was reversed—yeas 49, nays 65- Mr. KEENAN, of New York, said he trusted the amendment would be adopted without rousing partisan feeling. By referring to the many cases of arbitrary .&rm.tn and trial, bethought the House owed it to con stnutiocsl liberty and >he preservation of a republican 'government to adopt the amendment Mr. i>AV?EB, of Massachusetts, said that, having bean on a special committee to examine into fr&cds in con* tracts, he had united in reporzing a hill, whieh became ajaw, subjecting such offenders to trial by court mar tial. It was an extreme measure, out he felt that it was neceeary to check what seemed to be a grant evil. Be, at the time, thought the law would be administered with season, but he was sorry to say, from his observe tlon. that the administration of the law had been such during the past year as to compel aim to support the amendment. We had lost sight of the guarantees of the Constitution, and seem to forget that any man has a light to trial by jury, or even to be furnished with the knowledge of the offence with which he is chargad. Courts martial appeared to be formed with a view to convict, and many or the proceedings were not only a reproach to the administration of justice, but a shame ex-d oisyrace. He alludtd to the trial of the Messrs. Sx&tth* of Boston, contractors for the navy, as without a parallel is infamy sicca the da* g of Jeffries. _ Mr. bCHEKCKj of Ohio, would have no objection If the amencment confined courts-martial and military commissions strictly to military offences; but he was opposed io the latter part of the proposition, which cou ples plrned ago* eral jail delivery. There were person* In the Old C&pitoland elsewhere who were liable only in the courts or the country. Hr. STKVBfiB, of Pennsylvania, expressed his regret that the gentleman from Maryland snoaid, at this lata stage Of the proceedings, bring in such au important preposition, when it was known shat all of these ar rests and trials by military courts had been ln . tT*?®*.,. . P“ i >e<> fcy Confess. It might be that the coutts had committed errors, and that oppression had fallen on persons tried; but could they, by a simple amendment to this bill, correct all the dtcMons ? Be submitted that, without informa tion, they would, by the adoption of the amendment, commit a dangerous act. and throw loose a class of pet sons helping to destroy us. Mr. DaViS, cf Maryland, said, in reply, that there was no other time than now that this subject could be more appropriately considered. When the voice of liberty ceased to be beard it would be too late, to agitato this question Let the bill before them perish a tnou eane times rather than the liberty of the citizen be da svroyedt. Gen McClellan was The first to put his name to a paper suspending the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland. He was glad to refer to this, because it showed that it was not a party question—-but an Ame rican question of public liberty. There must ba a stop to aries.s and trials by irresponsible bodies, otherwise there would be no law in the land, la Hew fork, Bos ton, Baltin ore, and elsewhere men have tamed gray under persecution, and in Baltimore a c ttizan has been sentenced to imprisonment for forging Jeff Davis' cur-' tesey. He did not want sharp vengeance visited on citizens in the absence of affording them the tight ac corded them by the Gonsiitmicn and the courts. He scanted the tepreien atives of the peopletodaclare the nullity of the military tribunals in the {rial of civilians. Mr FARNSWORTH* of Illinois, said,' in reply io the gentleman from Mainland (Mr. Davis), that of all the acts, civil and military, of General McClellan, there was not one thai rendered his name more popular, and endeared him to the hearts of the people, than the arrest of the secession members of the Maryland Legk laiure, who werbabout to meet to involve that State in civil war. Vigorous measures saved Maryland; and, just previous to the inauguration, Mr. Lincoln had to m&kt Ms way through Baltimore in disguise. Mr. DAVIS replied: If he had been a man of heroic mould he worn* have marched sately through. Mr. FARMSWORTH, resuming, said that when the gentleman’s political enemies and the enemies of the country-took the gentleman by the hand for what he said he ought to raise his hand to heaven and ask: “What have I done that such men should praise?” Mr. Farm*-worth spoke of the lousy rapscallions ia jthe military prisons, « heu hi* time expired. Mr. KAL BFLEISOH. Oh, let him go on in his lousy talk ike as hanks of la te : Nesmith, Powell, Ramsay. Sherman, Biewart, Ton Syck, Trumbull. Sprit stte. Stun Dor. Van Winkle, Willey, Wileoa, - Wright. ting bounties from pretty treaty ono rain grots: Biddle, Sherman, Vaa Winkle, Wilkinson, Willey, Wrifcht! - Mr. HARRIS, fof Maryland, replying to Mr. Farns worth, said that the reference to him as an auworthy member was worn thread-bare. He approved of his colleague’s (Mr. Davis) proposhim, andjaccepied what the ge&uem&n Item Illinois said in a Pickwickian seme, ao fur from the members of the Maryland Le gislature, in l&6]»iniendicg to take that ftate out of the r-uicn. they expressly maintained t&at this must be done through a convention. ..Mr, WILSON, oflowa, replied to Mr. Davis- saving that that gentleman, to-day so eloquent in behalf of the Überey onhe ettizeu, only a few days ago voted against the bill to prohibit military interference iu elections. Mr. SGBENCE, of»0Mo. who fwith Me. Davis had voted against the bill to which Mr. Wilson alluded, explained why he did to, showing that it did not pre vent rebels from voting The vote was then token on Mr Davis’ amendment, viz: that no person shall be tried by court-martial or military commission in say State or Territory where the courts of the Ueitec states are open, except persons ai tuaUy mustered *hd commi&Moned or appointed in the military or naval service, or rebel enemies charged with being spies, and allpioceedingi heretofore had contrary to this provision shall be vacated, and all persons not Subject to trial under military authority shall be forth with deli vexed over to the civil authorities to be pro ceeded against in the courts according to law, and all acts or parts of acts Vnconeistent-with the above are hereby repealed. above was agreed to—yeas 75, nays 64—andthe House, at half-past four, took a recsss till half-past se ven o’clock. EVENING SESSION. THB CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. Sprague, Stewart, Snmner, TeuEyok, Wade, Wilson. The civil appropriation bill Was taken up in Com mittee of the Whole. * Mr BOBEBCK, of Ohio, unsuccessfully endeavored io strike out Mr Davis’ amendment, which had bten agreed to before the recess, and to substitute something else. .A million dollars was a£ded to the civil bill to supply ufeficiUdfiß, 4 Oa motion of Hr. SCHBKGK, an ameniment was msde that commutation for elotbin* to volunteers shall he the same as that of soldiers !nthe regnlai «my. Hr fiIEYEUS offered au amendment, increasing the pay of the clerks in Gcncress and in the Executive De partment. This was amended* on morion of Mr. JfEE*- SOh, so as to incre&Be the compensation of memhera of the prerent twenty-five per cant. Mr. STEVEISS moved to strifee out the above, and substitute "that hereafter the mileage of members shall he ten cents a mile and $3OO a month for the time Congress is in session. * 1 Hr. MuBEILL moved a proviso* that the increase shall net take effect till January, 1873, and not then if it shall he repealed before thatttme. [Laughter } The substitute of Mr. Stevens was rejected, and the proportion to increase the compensation of clerics and members of Congress was lost—yeas 67, nays 59. Mr SFAU-LDiffG moved an amendment, which was .rejected, tbiteach surviving soldier of the war of 1812 be paid SICO per annum dnrins his natunri jife, and that $2 000,CQu he appropriated for that purpose. The amendment was adopted declaring illegal and void double rations to any chief of stefL This is in tended to take that allowance from Major General Hal lecfe, - . Mr. SELSOE again offered his amendment to increase the pay of members of Congress 25 per cent The committee rose and reported the hill, with amend ments, to the Bouse. Hr. &TEYE&S tgaiu offered his amendment to in crease the pay of cfctxfea in the public departments. The vote having been taken* but not yet announced. Hr. MOhEIS, of Ohio, asked whether it would be In order for Democrats who had voted to increase the pay of BepuhHcsn employees to change their votes. Mr. STBOUMB, of .Pennsylvania, indignantly de clared that the remarks of Mr. Morris were an insult. 'Mr. ODELL. Here's one Democrat who doss not wish to change his vote. Hr. Stevens* amendment wai rejected—jeas 61, nays 77. The Bouse, by a vote of eighty yeas to sixty.four nays, concurred in the first part of Hr Davis 5 amend ment, namely: 4 * That no psrson shall be tried by court smartiai or military commission, in any State or Territory where the courts of the United States are open, except persons actually mustered, or commis sion*d, or appointed in the military or naval service of the United States* or rebel enemies charged with being -spies.” The letter part of the amendment, stricken out by a vote of seventy-three yeas to seventy* one nays, was as follows: McDougall, Powell. Ten Bvck, Van Winkle* Willey. Ramsey, Sherman* Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Wade All proceedings heretofore hid contrary to this sec tion thali be vacated, and all persons not subject to trial under this section by court martial or military commis sion now held under sentence, snail be forthwith deliv ered to rite civil authorities to be proceeded against by the courts, according to law, and that all acts inconsis tent with the above Be repealed. : * The civil appropriation bill was passed. THB POSTAL BILL, cent, on sales was Mr COLE, of California, mads a report from the com mittee of conference on the bill relating to postal laws* which was concurred in. Ramsay, Sherman, bprague, Stewart* Wilkinson, Wilson. Ikprovides that when‘postage Is not prepaid letters final* be returned to the dead letter office, and when the postage is only partially paid Jhey shall he forwarded to their destination, the balance due to be paid on deli very. Ten Erck, Van Winkle. Wads, Willey, Wright. Mr. STEYENS imported back, with amendments, the Senate bill amendatory of the act for the collection of direct tax*- sin insurrectionary States* which was passed. THE AMENDED INTERNAL REVKHUB SHI. On motion cl Mr MOSEILL. the House non-eoucur jea in all tbe Senate amendments to the amendatory internal revenue bill* in order that they be referred to a committee of conference ; otherwise, he said, they could not be acted on intelligently, and besides, it was absolutely necestary to effect a saving of time. TBB AM3SBDKBBTS TO THB NATIONAL BASTS: LAW. The Bouse, on motion of Mr. B.OOFS&, took up the bill amendatory of the national banking law, so that instead of such banks being privileged to issue notes of equal amount to their capital,'they are to ba restricted as follows: Onnne-half million oi capital they are au thorized to Issue 90 percent, in notes; not exceeding SI,COO,CCO capita*, 80 percent ; not exceeding $3,000,000* 75 percent; exceeding $3, CC9»GOO, 6 per cent, of note a Mr, BBOOKB offered to amend by requiring the inte rest, to be paid in specie or United States bouee, shall bo kept in the vaults until the resumption .of specie pay meats, and the hanks forbidden to *eli any gold thus reserved; also, that the interest on Government stocks held fey national banks may be paid in specie or circu lar ing notes, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasurr. Both, of these amendments were rejected, and the bill pasted. commissioner on fatrntb -vuhhcatbd. Mr. HIGBYf of California, from the select committee to investigate the charges against the Commissioner of P&ientafipf frauds and corruption, say in their report that, after a full investigation, they are unanimously of the opfnlon that those charges, made by an Individual in a pamphlet addressed to members of this House, are not sustained. kreloYMsrijr on disabled boldieks. The Senate's joint resolution, authorising the- Presi dent to appoint a chieP of- staff for Lieatenant General Grant, ana the Senate joint resolution, to encourage the employment of disabled and discharged soldiers, The ficuss* after the transaction of much miscellane ous business, at L 46 A. M., adjourned. ' A Chapter of Railroad Accidents. X*ast week was remarkable for the number of.rail road casualties, having, perhaps, no parallel in the railroad history of the country: On the 20th ult, two freight trains collided on the XiouUville, Mew Albany, and Chicago road, smashing up the engines and killing one engineer, on the 22d, a defective rail threw a train off the track of the Ohio Central road, ana several passen ger were ii..]ured- On the 24th, two passenger trains on the Ehjladejphia. and Erie road collided near Warns, killing two men and injuring seve ral otcerß. One of the killed. Mr. Godfrey Schultz, a well-known citizen of Buffalo, was jammed -between two of the cars, and the cars having taken, fire from the overturning of the stoves, Schultz.was earned-to death. On rite same day an. express train* on the Pennsylvania Central road, at a point about nineteen miles west of Altoona, ran from the track, cansing the death of two persons, and the wounding of. a considerable number. A train on the New. York Central road, also on the 21th: was thrown from the track by the breaking of a. rati, three milts west of Jordan. Six persons were In jured, hut none killed. On the Seth a passenger train on the Long Island road became detached from the engine as It was approaching Lakeland, and the first oar fell down' an embankment about twenty ieet. Several persons were injured, bat nobodykllled. Several minor acoidents also occurred during the week. The present week bide fair to exceed the last In the number of casualtHß. . The following is there* cord for two days: On Monday, 27th, GeoTgo Bnoklay was killed on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Hallway, between Clunker Talley and Sewlekloy Station. The deceased was walking on the track at the time. Two o’clock the same day, the express train on the Pennsylvania Bail road came near being thrown over an embankment a short distance west of Gres son, on account of a switch being left partially open. As it was, four cars and the. engine were thrown from the treok, but fortunately na one was Injured. About elsht o’clock, same morning, a freight train on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Kail w%y ran off the track ; near Creattlne, up setting the leer, motlTe. killing the fireman, named Talbott, and severely Injuring the engineer. Same evening, Alexander Banei a ae wly-imployed vreS£- TBB 01VII. APPROPRIATION BILL. TAXES IK INBUBSBHT STATUS, man on too road, was Injured by tbs ciavei.. Pittsburg passenger train, near Pasture iS * gbenyOlty, and Eas rinse died. togcar attached to a train on the and Erie Ballroad caught fire near was totally destroyed.. Tile passengers lost their baggage. On Tuesday, agth w S train on the Pennsylvania Bailroad wm log Lilly's station, one Of the tracts fell* tract, throwing off throe ears, one of whiej, fire and was totally destroyed. One of th. ss bad Us legs horribly crashed. 8 >) Uf« at Hew Orleans. THIS 785310 H POSTIOU OP TBS OlTY—bh,;, THBATBIOAtS. , The Washington Chronicle publishes tie extract from a letter to the editor, dated leans, Feb. 12: * " What do yon think of going to a party on . day evening, and keeping is up until the « « hours” ob Sunday 1 - Don’t Btait, my dear hr was not guilty of such Sabbath-bren Uinv must tell you that sucfi. is the custom aiEo: French residents of this free and-easy city your bumble servant did go to a Sutoroti ball, but twelve o’clock found him aei Mr , dreaming sweetly~of:'Home' and (Meadl long once mote to see.' What a happy tir* to contemplate, and how many bright. ful recollections it cans to mind. Homs heme, with what cherished feelings its enshrined, aid how often In my wandering, t >' this terrible struggle of life am I drawn la im Hon back to the happy, peaceful days of yona. my dear M., this is rhapsody. So, enough had a delightful time, I must confess, and forward with anticipated pleasure to ano&v gay scene as was then and there presented of the guests were in, masquerade coatuma counted more than one expensive ami ma?n7' : l3lH dress. ■ For my own part, I see nothing masquerade ball, always providing they are V'i'lfl ed by ladles and gentlemen, asyou andl aade-f’ l ■ these much-abused terms. We Northerner. Euritasicai In such matters, ant* it wjcl.j a"„M arm to let ourselves out of our occasionally, and imitate our Europe -n <• The French portion of this city is very heeadr HS laid out, displaying to great advantage the u<£,. MB which that people are proverbial. The stre-.f 1 . lined with pine trees, and the neatness of that, strikes the eye Of a stranger on the first -“■'’BBlf walk In tide direction amply repays one t.„ . -WS , trouble. It Is difficult for a Northern man,,. '* lire that he Is herb In what he has been acca»ich i to call winter, for t dined out a few days an - ’ we had for dinner asparagus, green pets, tom'.s L cauliflowers, and other spring luxuries mUumt* the North in February. ”•« Theatricals here are brisk, but I cannot sty MBS for the performances. At the Varieties, Mrs vtiHH Gladstone, once so popular In Philadelphia., i s . ■f*. principal oard, and she has lost cone of her tsajßM attractions. Why cannot some of your WasiU r ,Wfi managers engage her! She Is far superior to of the actresses you people at the capital or tts •' S Hon make a great fuss over. At the St. Ctyj si the irrepressible “Seven Sisters ” are now cst' i£f: ing themselves. The acting is very poor, bat t:: ( compensated for by the scenery, which I mss;: J is very pretty. Another attraction Is the cir-J which we have every sight, and It Is dramr.,- ; houses. There are movements going on among thai* ts*y and naval forces which I am not now at !!. >.. to disclose; but when the seal of secresy Is yon will hear from Tours, truly, NEW TOKK CITY. Nbw Yokk, March 2, skis a ljettuk feom sboretaev saw abb. A letter from Secretary Seward to the chalnt-, and secretaries of the resent meeting of olclsiaj . held here to express their appreciation of the Fra debt and his Cabinet, returns thanks for the expm slons of approval and the support of that meeij, as evincing a firm and resolute purpose to prese.- n the Union unbroken. CKKDITB XOS BHtISTXD MBIT FOJtt THU BBGOU|> His Honor Mayor Gunther. yesterday received tu following letter from E. D. Townsend, &s?lsuy Adjutant General, stating that, for the present, nai enlisted within the county of New York for tt* Tegular army will be reported for credit for this oounty only WAE PePAETMBITT, AjT. GUTTESAn’S OFVP’ 'Wabhotstoh, February 2T, lssi" 1 C. Godfrey Gunther, Esq., Mayor of Sew York: Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the rase'et of your letter of the 14th Instant, enclosing a carit fied copy of ah ordinance of the city or Ns* t«t “For are protection of the city of New York mi "to facilitate the raising of the quota under Use P;> sidest’s sail for 500,000 men.” I have the honor to inform you that, by lot's; « this date, Brigadier General P. St. George UcAa Enperintendent orthe recruiting service for there, gular army, has been diroated that, as tic subject Involved is now before Congress, prailag legielaticn thereon, men enlisted within the ciset; of New York for the regular army, will, until fa:, ther orders, be reported for credit to such essay only, I am, sir. very respectfully. Your obedient servant, E. D. Towssexb, Assistant Adjutant Genera!, DAHOMtOUS T.UAP. Early this morning a German, named .Ohrlsttan Yon Lieheln, living at the comer of Courtland sal Washington streets, leaped from a filth-story win dow, while laboring under a fit of insanity. He fail upon a tin-roofed awning,- which broke the fores or his fall, and he was bnt slightly Injnred, Bis esesp# from Instant death was remarkable. THU It VEXING STOCK BOARI>, 10 P. M.—Stocks dull. Gold, 197J£; after mil, m%. New York Central, 112 jf ; Bile, 71?;: Eri. son Elver, US?;; Michigan Central, 112; Mietdsa Southern, 66%; Pittsburg and Cleveland. 75\'; Bock Island, 9&K; Northwestern, T 4; do. pre'err.i, Ohio and Mississippi certificates, 29,v; Use ton Co., 35; Cumberland, 69; Mariposa, I4JI. SHIP HBWB. Arrived, ship Constitution, Liverpool; brigs Sy bil, Matamorosj Hibernia, Bio; schr Albert frost, Mayaguez. Deceasb of a Fkebch I. apt at 106 Ykabs nr Ads.—The Palis Journal dee Debats records th 3 de cease at Versailles, on the 21st ult, of Madame do Saint Quentin, aged xos years and three mantas, having been bom at St. Ulster, October 221, i;si. She enjoyed the full use of all her faculties up to 104 years, going out regularly every day, and making and receiving frequent calls. She ns always desirous that her visitors should enjoy them selves, and would seat herself at the piano, pity contra-dances and sing songs of the olden tlma, She would remark to a new visitor, “Youprotu bly have never heard a woman above 100 years old ring and play upon the piano.” Her 100th anniver sary was religiously celebrated, and. as she trave-ss.l the church, leaning upon her son, himself nearly 83 years of age, and weakly, she said to Mm, “Goal nets, how feeble you are 1 you seem like an old manl” “The Press” Relief Fund. The foUowlng contribution was received at Tin Press office up to 6 o’clock last evening: Mary LeStmann S 8 Previously acknowledged....... 5430 71 Total Pablle Zgtertalnments. Thb Gkrhan OpbMx. — “ Fidello” was sung last night with unusual and powerful effeet. It was probably rthe mast successful production of the sea son. Madame Jahannsen song the difficult xawis of her part nobly, and was called before tin curtain at the close of the second act. Bermans made an admirable Bocco ,- Hlmmer, Habelman,and Stelnecke|were excellent; the choral and orchestra were almost perfect; and the oal; unfortunate 'element of the production was H’ll? Canlssa’s want of ability. It Is to be regretted that Mr. Grover 3hotUd bars announced “Oberoa” .and “The MaTriage of Fi garo,” but we accept the unexpected performance of “ Fidello ” asamplo compensation. This evening ‘'Stradella” will be presented, wilt entr’-acle plane-forte concert by Mr. Henkel. To morrow’s matinee will be devoted to the representa tion of 1 ‘ Bobert le Dlable,” and In the evening it is announced that Gounod’s “Mlreille” will be glveai complete, for the first time In America. "Walnut-stbket Theatre.— Mr. J. S. Clarke, the eminent comedian, Is fulfilling a successful en gagement at this theatre. He has been performing every evenlßg this week In a local drama entitled .“The Streets of Philadelphia,” In which he takes rile part of Tom Badger, who Is In the early part of ■the play a banker’s clerk, and afterwards a re turned Californian. Mr. Clarke gives a fine im personation of the character, which combines both humor and pathos. Chbstsut-btbbet Theatre.— Miss Helen Wes tern will he the recipient of a benefit this evening, when she will appear as Claude Metnotle ,’ls “ The Lady of Lyons.” The comedy of “Cool as a Cu cumber ” will also be performed. Choral Festival. —The choir of Trinity Church, New York, has been organized on the plan or tts choirs of the principal Cathedrals In England. Young persons are the leading vocalists. Toe Trinity choir, which lately exhibited Its talent at the Music Hall, Boston, and In Providence, intend to repeat their Choral Festival In this city, in En ter week, provided thoy can do so In a church wl-s a good organ. Mr. Frederick F. Wlddows, who is now at the Continental Hotel, is manager of tt® enterprise here, as ho has been-ln New England and New York, and,"no doubt, can give fuller infor mation than we have space for or knowledge of. Thb Germania Orchestra will perform the following music at thepuWio rehearsal to-morrow afternoon: Overture— (t Tlockmill ......... Rri'Elgzr. Song—“ Sympathy ” Kuecken. Waltz—“ Invitation to the Dance” Wooer. First part of SlnSmte No. l —Mozart. Overture— 1 * A Night in Grenada .Kreutzer. Finale—" Martha ” (. Flo to*. Galop—" Greeting to my Love ” Michaells. Peremptory Salk ov Carpet mos. MatttsgSi Carpet Yarn, &0,, This Day.— The attention of dealers Is requested to the assortment of superfine and fine'ingrain, royal damask, VeniU&n, cottage, list, hemp, and rag carpetings, 2 4 to 4-4 coir mat rings, bales or carpet yam, Ac., to bo peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months’ credit, com mencing this morning, at ll o’clock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 2M Market street. Fchhbss, Brinley, a Co., will hold, on Taasdsy next, March 7th, 1865, on four months* credit, at their store, 815 Chestnut street, a very large and attractive special sale of Saxony-woven Dres Goods, comprising three thousand pieces, In entirely new spring styles, of the celet>rated.mansfacture orJ importation of Messrs. Schmieder- Bros., New York. Special attention is called to this sale, as the goods o'ffered comprise a most magnificent assort ment of colors and styles, never before offered la thin ci any other market. This sale cannot be repeated. THE CITT. proa ADDITIONAL CITY NBWS BHB POURTH PA< THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT—CBLB SBATION BY THB COLORED UNION LEAOUK association. The Colored People’s TJnloa League Assoelittea will give a grand entertainment at Concert ff*u- Chestnut street, above Twelfth, this evening, P 1 ’. poned on the 16thof February, on acoonnt o'. 1 ;" weather,) in boner of the great epoch in the MiW'J of our country—viz: theamendment to the o® ns „ tutlon of the Mnltedi,States, ratified by oar ssri? Legislature, abolishing slavery forever. Jehu o. Kock. Esq., rsaentiy admitted a member of the of the supreme Court at Washington i Alfred tL. Love, Win, Nlobolson. Eeq., RemA. iu Phillips Brooks, WXB.JJ. Alston, and T. D. will sddress the maetlng. A band ofmario wdl - d ul attendance. Tri it DRAFT. Dr. Saunders makes the subj olned feeling and. «*; sible appeal In behalf of the drafted men of th* First end fieoond districts: . „. Oommittees, policemen, drafted men, and bene*?* lent citizens generally of the First and Second *«■ tricts, blncfy permit the undersigned to entrn’- yo* to obtain for your provostmanhais so many roma teere to examine on Monday and Tuesday next £»** rimy will have na time to examine drafted owo- *■“ a few days, ills fceffeved, more aganoias wiltcj> ffll to the relief, K. D, oAo«usas, *5,135 71
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