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BY GEORGE BERGNER:
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To the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the
ammonivealth of Pennsylvania—Gm:raw : In.
'compliance with the-provisions of the - aot:of
~16th March, 1832, I have the honor to , subniit
' the following report of this Department for the
• fiscal year ending November 30, 1863 : •
On the 30th November, 1862, the _
available balance in the Treas
. ury was• • ' • $2,172,844.30
Receipts into the Treasury during
the fiscal year, as follows :
Ordinu
ral receipts $3,969,438 61
/ Wyoming Vallei
canal company's
1 01 bonds redeemed. 281,000 00
• From banks for
payment of in
._
• terest on the pub
i•av•-, lie debt as the .
,q (
equivalent " for
•s'''4•4 ,7 coin
Refunded cash,
military
.t,„,_ . ;:;•,;, , United States Gov
ernmtnt
Repurt,of .the State Treasurer.
I
t.'_":56462,295 76
. .
, l'a) meut during the fiscal year '
, .^..: ending November 30th, 1863,
..,•
~ 1 ~e follows : • • :
- .i ;:,,,, 0.. i leery expenses.s3,lB9,l2l 08
.•:40 Military expenses. 208,074 44
'••,-. '
Commissioners of
A ' Sinking Fund..
r•
I
2,147;331 19
$6,462,295 7,5
Revenue iNa
o vt
li.e3OT C . O r1 ; 68 = t r i 8 . :
, Ropers •
• Available balance
By a comparisonx f the ordinary receipts for
+he last year with those of the preceding year )
'viii be observed there's a falling off of eighty
it thousand three hundred and eighty
to dollars and seventy-eight cents (88,383 78)
the receipts are largely in the excess of
ss cf 1861. The principal deficiency. is Jin
item of retailers' licenses, though the ro
lls from this source last year, were „unnsu
large, owing to the fact that the,paymente
eitgeing County Treasurers . : of 1861:and of
710U6 years, made in 1862, were of course,
lited to the fiscal year, and 'bar no doubt
i the same cause the receipts far. the pre
. year will to largely increased over those
the past year. ..... ~ • :,„ . ...'-. I
rho transfeY, - by the act of April = Bth, 1862,;
the military tax teethe relief funds of, the;
)ral counties, foi tlie iwnefit of,tbelamilles
. o!u ateers has faistineelikhe recelpts,nearly 1
In thousand dollars.
to item of tax on loans , is eixty•aix thou
i dollars less than the previous year. This
, wing mainly to the discontinuance by the
isylvania - *railroad company of the collec
)f the State tax from their bondholders.
'Be deficiencies have been to seme extent
up in the increasedjeceipte from tax on
dividends. . • . ‘. •
3 ordinary expenses for the past,year are
:ess of those of )theTrecedingl.ear someA
ix thousand dollars, caused mainly by the
teed amount paid far the support of the'
aon schools.
will be seen that among-the expenditures'
to last year the' abatement of State tax
rants to the large sum of $60,147 41.
necessity.which induced the , passage of
w allowing an abatement of five per cent.
e payment of State taxes, I think, no
r exists, and this amount 'annually can
red to the State by its repeal •• A pfomßt
liance with the law requiring Treashiers
he quarterly payments will furnish the
iry at all times with, sufficient means
)et its ordinary requirements.
) report of the Commissioners of the
)g Fund will show a very prosperous con
of their affairs.
) Commissioners, at their meeting on the
April, 1863, resolved to redeem on the
ly, 1863, the principal of the loan issued
the act of March 28th, 1831, which was
)ursable on or after March 98th; 1861
luting to - .:577,906 CO
the principal of the following -
~;,-. ... Is on the Ist Angtiat, 1863 :
,N I ; Loan per act Dec. 18th, 1828, rim
;'::,4 ‘ bursable Jan. Ist, 1854, for 632,749 84
:•*- , Joan per act March 30th, 1831, reim
. I- burnable July Ist, 1856, for
253,077 08
•,
~ .
Amounting In all to $963,726 92
notice was given that interest thereon
dd cease from and after the days of redemp
,
thus axed. •
•eat complaint was made by holders ot
loans, and especially ,by, the • repiesenta
i of foreign owners, as being compelled to
'ye payment of their overdue loans in a de
iated currency. Appeals were made by
1 to the Commissioners to change this
m, and go into the market and purchaos'
loans of the Comthonwealth, as. had been:
• custom. But there being a large •surpluit
te fund which could not be invested at or
than par, and as it was thought to be their
to use this surplus in the extinguishment
o public debt, and having no authority to
specie, their action was unchanged, and
loans paid for in "legal tender" notes.
iy the report of the Commissioners of the
king Fund made to the Governor on the
Monday of September last, it will be 80011
of these loans there wereredeemed to
Jme the sum of $690,085 7§,
from that period to the close
the fiscal year, N0v..30, 1863 166,804 86
• loene redeemed during the
fiscal year
ing a decrease of the Rublic •
t during the year nf.....„051,017 04
debt of the State _ therifore.now stands
lows :
amount of debt. Nov. 80, .
.U 0,0018: 822
961,61-7:-.04
med during tile
amount of public debt ro
Iv. 30, 1863 $39,466,596 78
Lis large reduction of the State debt, ought
a source of gratification to the people of
lommonwealth- It shows that but for the
tordlnary expenses imposed on the State
to existing 'Labellion we might,'•- out of our
nary revenues, and within a reasonable
od, be enabledito free our Commonwealth
rely of debt.
balance In the = Milling Fund
3,004 74
9,786 46
89,221 84
-$4,289.451 65
958,412 11
9,356 42
E • Some of the banks that have replied deem it
unjust to their stockholders longer to continue
this system of exchanging ,coin for currency,
and , therefore decline to - do so. Others are
willing to'dontinue the - system if concurred in
.by all the banks, and requlre4/ by the State ;
but all agree as to the impolickand injustice of
slngling out a particular,intefeift in , the State
to bear all the bprdint of doing that which
eituelly interests the whole people. - . They claim
that as they furnish an annual revenue to the
Treasury of over three hundred thousand dol
liars, and are now being brought Into conipeti
lion with another system of banking exempt
from a: large share of the taxation imposed upon
them, it ought to be .the disposition of the
state rather to relieve, than impose additional
burdens upon them.
It is evident, therefore, from all the infor
mation that can be had that the State must
look elsewhere for the. means of maintaining
her credit. And Is It not the duty of her peo
ple, in view of her heretofore well settled
policy, to make some sacrifices in order to ac
complisb it.? • - •
This subjectwas very ably argued by my pre
decessor in his report to the Legislature last
,winter; and, jully concurring in -his views, I
take'the liberty of quoting two or three of the
very pertinent questions therein put.
He'sayil: - "The question generally asked in
discussing - this subject bye= the State afford
topay this large difference between currency
and specie in the. payment of her Interest ?
Ought 'not the , question rather to be, Can-she
afford not to do it? Will not the credit of the
State:suffer materially if she refuses to do it ? Is
her credit of no value to hi , r and her 'citizens ?
Is the State so strong and powerful; iso above
any liability to future want, that she can ex
ercise her power irrespective of any effect her
action may:have upon her credit
`Tkei State, by the, act of June 12th , 1840, ap
iodated a sufficient sum to reimburse her loan
holders
,Tfr ;the. . difference in value between
speckitul4l:,t4a — currency in which they had been
prevkniely_ paid, and then solemnly declared
" that hereefter the interest falling due on
Pennsylvania •
. stocks • shall always be paid
specie,or its eqtdvalerit. ,l '
t This is the Law to-day, and for its observance
aridlhe-mriffiffiffiuTdi of:the:present good name
96,176 43
of the $3,000,000 loan • created by ,
• the act of May loth; 1861, was
at the close Of the present fiscal
year (November 30th, , -1808). : $233,227 19
Received' froni datei `to' •Dec.
31sW
Amount in - the fund January let,
1864 $234,343., 59
The balance in the general Sinking
'Fund on the 30th-of November,
1863, WWI 617,614 02
Received from that date to DeCOM
ber 31st.
$967,82' 68
Paid Interest on cp:upons to Jan, Ist,
1864 81,975 00
Under the act, of April 3rd, 1868, the Wyo
ming; 'Valley Canal :Company ••paid into the'
Trentinify, on the 3th of April latit,,the sura of
- two hundred, and eighty one thousand dollars
($281,000,) With interest, liquidation:of the
bonds for that amount held by the Cbmixda
stoners of tbe Sinking Fund. Subsequently,' a
decree was'made by the Supreme Court of the
State, at the instance,of the Attorney General,
requiring them also to pay into the Treasury'
the sum of eight thousand four hundred -and
thirty dollars ($8,430) for the two hundred and
eighty-one coupons which, by the first section
of this act, had been re-leased to the company.
Thia amount was accordingly, paid into the
,Treasury on the 4th of Juno, 1863,
_. In obedience to the requirements of the act
of March 7, 1861, " to change the name of the
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, and to
facilitate the completion of a railroad from
Sunbury to Erie." I have delivered, on the
warrant of the GoVernor, dated December 21,
1863, to that Company, one million of bonds,
as specified in saidfict.
Tne subject of thepayment of the interest on
the public debt of the State, is one which,
from its importance, ought to receive your
early ,and earnest attention.
For the last two years, and including the
amount due , on :the Ist inst., the interest has
been paid in specie, or its equivalent, through
means furnished by the banks of the Commot*
wealth. In 1862, under the act of April 11th
of that year, they were required to pay into
the treasury their ratable proportion of such
premium for gold, or rte equivalent, as had
been actually paid. by the• Sate. During the
hart -year, bider the provisions of the act of
Jan. 30, 1863, they were required to exchange
with the. Commonwealth a sufficient amount of
, coin for currency to pay the interest on the
State debt; and the State Treasurer Was au
thorized to issue to them specie certificates of
exchange, not transferable, pledging the faitli
of the State to return said coin and re-exchange
for notes' current at thatlime, on or before thsi,
first Mud, 'of March,lB64, said certificates
to bear interest at 'the rate of two and a hal'
percent. per annum.
Under the - provisions of thiS tot the Coral
monwealth has exchanged with the banks
currency for coin, amounting to one millied
nine hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine
hundred and four dollars and ninety-seved
cents ($1,968,904 97,) the interest on which;
. duwthe banks on the Ist of March, 1864, win
amount to forty-one thousand and forty dollars. ,
and fifteen cents ($41,40 15.)
To return this amount in coin at the present
market rate of gold (151 f) will cost the State;
$1,013,986 06,,, which, with the interest therem
$41,140 15, amount to the sum of $1,055,028
21. This the Commoiawealth has pledged her'
faith to pay on the ISt of March next.
If it be determined to keep faith with the
holders of the loaruh by paying the interest on
the public dect in specie or its equavalent, and
the banks were freed from similar call, Ido not
doubt; frowthe, disposition , they have mani
fested to aid in maintaining the credit of 'the
Commonwealth, that they, will ,be willing to
relieve her from the-repayment of their coin
for the next year, ifxrompt Steps. be taken to
provide 'the' - means for their reimburse
ment, at an early period. Bat - to con-
tinue longer this system of compelling
the banks alone ,to furnish coin for
the interest on the public debt, is, I think,
asking more' than they can bear, and, more
than they can be expected to do: Holding this
opinion, and desiring to obtain for your hono
rable,bbdies-all the information I could get on
the.subject, I last month addressed a circular
to the banks'of 'the Commonwealth, inquiring
whether under the terms of the existing acts;
they could be relied on to furnish specie or its
equivalent for the payment of the" interest of
the next year.
MEI
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY.,I2, iB6l.
of the Comn!ionwealth, uo effort or sacrifice
ought to be spared.
The General Government pays the Interest
on its debt in specie. Massachusetts continues
to pay specie, and New York partially so.;
though the system she has adopted of discrim
inating is favor of her foreign creditors
think unjust.
Some of the States that pay in, currency con
tracted their debts since the suspension of
specie payments, and therefore borrowed
currency; but Pennsylvania borrowed money
from her creditors, and she might to pay them
in money.
tet us, therefore, so act now that in the fu-
Lure it may be the boast of our honored old
Commonwealth that, amid all the trials of V*
eventful period of the nation's history, she
faithfully performed her whele duty, and cache
out of the ordeal with unardlied honor. -
In another portion of this report the discop
tinuance by the Pennsylvania railroad conipany
of the collections of the State tax from thai
bondholders Is "referred to. This is the OHM
company in the State that ever 'performed that
duty, and, as I am unable to fint, any law hit:
peeing it npon them, I presume of course It
was done voluntarily.
'lt las fact well known that a very, large por
lion 'of the personal property in, the State
escapes taxation altogether, either through the
neglect of assessors or the failure of the owners
to report to them. And it therefore, Bur-,
prising that the easy and effective mode of Se
curing the large revenue due the Common
iyealth for titre on the bonds 'ofcorporatione,
requiring the eorporationii to collect the - tax
and return it to the Treasury, has not before
this been provided - for by law.
I beg leave, therefore, respectfully to urge,
the passage of an act authorizing and directing
railread , corporations; and otlier corporations, at
the time of paying the interest on their bondi,
to deduct from the amount due the holders there
of the tax due the Commonwealth, in the same
manner that treasurers of municipal corpora.
tions are by the act of April 29th, 1844, now
required to do.
Ey the report of the Auditor General last
year, ihe funded debt of the railroad compa
nies alone is stated at seventy seven. millions
of dollars; a very large proportion of which,
even exclusive of the amount lield by non-real•
dents, escapes taxation.
_lt evident,
therefore, thatthe enactment of such a law as I
have alluded to will 'produce a very hugely
creased revenue,
1,116 40
349,713 71
$935,353 63
.
The act of April 16th, 1862, and the snple
ment theretO of April 22ad, 1863, for the pay
and exponsee of Pennsylvania Volunteers, pro;
vided that these olaims should be" paid out of
the "war loan" of $3,000,000 authorised by
the act of 15th ,May, 1,861, and if that werejn:
sufficient, Ihenput of any other money in the
treasury not Otherwise appropriated.
The " war loan" id now exhausted, and as
these claims, It is 'supposed, will amount th,
nearly 82,000,000, it will- , be seen that' the%
cannot bepald tout of the 'ordinary 'receipts of
the Treasury in Any reasonable =time. '+ When
it is remembered that all .the income of thl
State, except the tax of 2 nillis.on real an
personal property,.L3- appropriated to-the Sink,
tug Eund;-and the:Commissioners of the Sink
ing Fund are authorised totransfer from' he,
general fund an amount sufficient to pay the
interest, and redeem a portion of:the principal
of the public debt annually, it will be apparent
that some other means will have to be pro-'
vided for the payment of-these claims.
There has been for years an Unavailable bal.;
mice in the Treasury Afortpone-thousand and;
thirty two dollars ($4.1,982) of worthless hinds,.
which, by therACt of the - legislature of April
19th, 1853, the „Conmlssioners of the Sinking
Fund were authorised to dispose of, and place
the proceeds, if.any, to the credit of the Sinking
Fund.' I presdthe the fear:lhicif sold, they
might find theiewity JAW-circulation, and thus
entail loss on the :public, preiented the Com
missioners from disposing of -the* as author-
During the invasion of the State last summer;
when the books and paws of the various de
partments were removeddroin throe
funds had alio to be removed at a considerable
oast and inconvenience. As,they are:entirely
worthless,'l would therefore mspectfully, recom
mend that authority be given for !heir destruc
tion.
Annexed are tables giving in detail the ope
rations of thisAvartment the';latt- &ea
year, together with estimates of the receipts
amtexpenditnreti fdi the present year ; all. of
which ate respectfully `submitted. .
WK. T. IdoialtErg, -.
• • State Trearmfer.
January 7th, 1864
THE INTENSEXIOLI) WEATHER
TERRIBLE SUFFERING IN IRE WEST—A, FAMILY OF
esyss PERSONS FROZEN'S° DEAMR, &C.
The Western pap= Coiditibe to be filled with
appalling accounts.of.:the eaten storms that
`ushered in the new
_year. We could fill oar
paper to its utmost capic4 with cases,where
people have been Trois:ll,k deathcrent_
sections: We confine ourselves to the, follow
painful accounts:
A., WHOLZ YAYELY ZMUSS TO. ,DEATH
The Detroit Tribune says that the driver of
the4tage coach coming from Crowd Point to
Lake, via Centerville, found -that the-dwell
ing of a man named Knitsar had 'been burned
to the ground, it is :supposed the eight previ
ously, but none of the figaily were tote seen.
About a mile furthef on,iiimever, he was hor
rified to find the father and two boys frozen to
(loath. The boys were in the father's arms,
and it is supposed that he had fallen with
them after having been so. far affected with:the
frost as not to be able to proceed. The .three
corpses wore placed in the stage, - , buttefore.ii
had proceeded more than kquarter of a mile
on its destination, the body of, the oldest girl
was found in a snow drift wilt:La shawl wrapped
closely around it, where it, had doubtlestk been
deposited by its weary inottier r widie yet alive,.
In the hope that some chance traveler might
rescue it from an impending fate.
This corpse, too, was placed'in the coach, and
ii,gain it started on its way; only to find, after
traveling a short Aistaoce, the lifeless remains
of the mother, with the : two youngest children.
The - body of the mothir.was standing erect 'in
a snow.drift with the children in her Arms the
youngetit one being at the breast. The seven ,
lifeleestodies were Conveyed to Centerville by
the driver of the Stage, .at which place they
were deceeitly interred by the irdiabitaxits. ,
This is certainly' the most appalling' disaster
that it has ever been our duty to record; and
the bare recital of the facts could' 3161 'failbiing slindaereven to 'a heart of stono.. A
whole family ntlhered into, ihn prasenbe Of their
Creator, and 110110 ,to telthe'Vile of suffering.,
TiElannA 1311ER410;;; -,
The aeithei sufieriog,frono railioad -block
aaeslocourind, on. the-Dtiohigen.qinitral, where,
" The House met at 7i. P. X.
A number of petitions and bills were pre
sented. •
TRINZENG DEPARTMENTAL' RETORTS.'
Mr. BIGHAM' offered the following resolu4
"don, which was twice read ; '
Resolved, That there be - printed - for the use o
.thisillonselPo copies Of ' the' Adjutant Gene -I
sal's report-in. English, and 2,000 in German 4
also, -2,000 copies of the - same, in English; for
the miutant-Geneiiirelofilce copied
of Treasurer's report in English, and 2,000
in German ; and of, the foport of the ,Surveyor
General, Commissa ry General, Surgeon General,,
Chief of Transportation and Telegraphic De
partment, and ; the State Agent at Washington,
2,000 copies in English , and ,000 in German ; ;
and •500 copies .of the report , ` of. the Chief. ot
Transportation rand - Telegraphic 'Department,
for the - usii'of the Department.
The resolution was amended E 0 as to prOvide
for printing 8,000 'copies lit Engllah, and 3,000
in Germin., of the State Treat:if:mottos Report.
Thus emended the resolution was adopted.
• s
PRINTING RAILROAD REPORTS ,
Mr. BIGHAM offered the following resolu
tion, which was twice read
Resolved, That_the reports of the several Rail
road companies ,ordered. to be printed for the
use of this _House, be bound in •muslin, oases,
provided the same does not exceed 25 cents per
copy. .
After some discussion, the farther considera
tion of the resolution was, on motion of Mr.
WATSON, postponed for the present.
•.
'
INAUGURATION OY TIM G0Y,....0R.
•
Mr. ALLESLAN offered the following resolu
tion, which 'was twice reactaiia adopted :
Winaums, The Of:nstitution of the Common-
Wealth of PenesYliania reAutres -the Governor
elect=to enter upon the duties of his office; on
the 3d Tiiesday of Joinuary next ensuing his
election"; therefore,
Resolved, That the inaugural ceremonies of
the Governor take place at 12 o'clock, m., on
Tuesday the 10th instant., on the portico of the
capitol, should the weather prove favorable ;
otherwise in the hall' of the Howe of Repre
sentatives: ' . •
Resolved, That a committeeof three membeis
of this HOll6O be appointed. to` act: in, conjunction,
with a similar committee of the Senate, should,
the Senate appoint suoh a committee, to make
the,necessaryiniegund arrangements and toit
wait upon the Govern& at the. Gubernatorial
mansion and accompany him to .theriapitol, on
"the 10th instant, for , the:urpose °flaying the
path - of office cif Governor of this Common.:
Wealth administertid"to bins. ~ . •
DAILY LEGYELATTITE RECORD. •
Mr. OLMSTEAD offered the following resolu.
Lion,which was twice read - • - '
Rsolved, That a- oOmmitte of three be - ap
pointed from this House,- to act in cooj unction
with a similar committee on tiro part of the
Sedate, if thatbody should appoint such a com
mittee, to contract for the publication of a
Daily Leoislailve Record.-
The resolution was amended, on motion of
Mr; JACKSON, -by,inserting before the words
"to contract," the words "to receive proposals
for and." . ,
Thus amended the resolution was adopted.
ADDRESS BY COL. MONTGOMERY.
.111 r: COLEMAN offered the following resolu
tion, whickwas twice read and adopted.
Resolved, That the use of this Hall be granted
to .Col. Mentgomery, late from Vicksburg, on
Thursday evening next, to enable him to give
a correct deocriptiou of the bombardment and
surrender of that city to the Union forces.
Adjourned,
MEI
Death of a Xaryland "Congressman.
'' , WASIIINGION, JIM. 11.
_
HOli ' B. GI. Harris, Democratic Congressman
from MarYland, died in Baltimore this Meln
ik of small pox. . .
. Promos Somia, Ober whose" arbitrary arrest"
by deberal iiintler at New Orleatui, the Copper
bead"press mode a load outcry some eighteen
months ago; le now at the head of a bureau in,
the rebel War Deportment at Richmond. He
ie trying to Pr 6 ve hitmielf worthy of Copperhthil
11-kml)l . l4ly, by
.devising - a pian, destroying
the navigation' of the Mississippi river.
the passengers were blockaded in snowlrom
Thiarsday till Saturday -evening: ?deny in-'
teresting incidend. are arelated. One. wcOmm
lad given her 'eldest child, ai girl of two awls
half years,' into the haids of a strong man to
carry. He deposited - the child • safely in the
train. The : mother attempted - to, folldw with
a babt , of four months folded closely to. her I
breast. She found herself unable to brave'
the cold, and so the mother and child Were
separated.- The child etiffered. lesi than the
mother, for, wrapped. in a heavy shawl she
soon fell asleep, and awoke to be fed and
carefull nursed by Mrs. U., of Chicago. ''
New Year's day had faded into darkness; when
the door of the second car- as thrown open,
alacia muffled figure,white with frost and anoW
gladdened the occupants with the announce
ment that a team had arrived with provisions
from the city, adding that two more were corn
ing, and it would be necessary to build a fire
frk the rear of the ears at; a beacon and signal to
fgose men. A half score of men volunteered:
WThe fire was lighted, and about eight o'clock
another team or two came by its guidance to
:the relief of the storm-bound travelers. The
sandwiches, cold chicken, turkey, duck, &c.,
&c v were partaken of amid frequent expressions
of gratitude to the menwho braved the storm
, to give theca aid' and cheer. The children fared
the worst. One child about three years old
bad his arm covered with - frost blotches, the
shawl having. blown oft and left his arm ex
posed. Saturday morning the howling of the
wind' awed; and be spirits of the passengers
revived, farther distribution of food took
place, and a - vigilant lookout was kept for some
signs of help.
Alantt ,12 o'clock it was announced that.
Sleighs:had arrived to convey such passengers
as did not choose to,wait for the , road to be
broken to the city. These were soon crowded,
and, after a cold, tedious ride, the weary travel
ers reached alairrin of rest and comfort. The
many lieautiful traits of character exhibited
&ging the trying scenes . through which they
had just passed, were a subject of general re : :
mark. Each one seemed to have forgotten his
own suffering in endeavoring to 'give' relief to
those around. The first day of the'Now Year.;
1864, will limg be remembered by those who
were on railroads during the great , storm •
Pennsylvania Legislature'
REpORTED REVIRESTir POR THRLiAILY TELEGRAPH;
HOUSE OP - REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, Jan. 11, 1864.
At) Teregrap4.
FROM WikSHIN-GIPON.
WssIINCITON,' -- Jan. IL
The bill introduced by Mr. Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, to-day, the ,consideration of which
was postponed till 'February next, provides that
within all the territory of the so-called Confed
erate States which has been or maybe con
quered by the Federal armies; all laws-and
parts of laws which permit slavery are hence
forth ' abciiehed, and that slavery shall never
again be ktablished within - the said territory,
and that hereafter no portion of it shall be ad-
-witted into • the Union as a Slate or be repre
sented In its Congress, except by delegates, if
the same should be authorized, until the peo
ple within the territory forming such State
shall by its organic law forever prohibit slavery
therein.
Senator M'Dougalls' joint resolution in relation
to the French occupation of Mexico asserts that
it is an act unfriendly to the United States.
TILE LATE REBEL DEMONSTRATIONS
IN WEST
Wasnasuanx D. C. Jan. 11 .— No little ex
citement has been ca used here during the past
few days, by the reports from Western Vir
ginia, not in circles whhre the entire falsity of,
wilful exaggeration was known, butt among the
public generally, whose ignorance of the true
condition of affairs nathrally induced theiato;
varnish the statements of the sensation papas
of New York. - - „The Aferald's dispatch, for in
stance, dated Cumberland, January Bth, was
written some days previous; and was, it ie un
derstood, refused transmission over the wires
from Washington, its untruths being so paltla
.ble. The enterprising correspondent, however,
was not to be thus checked, and the dispatch
was palced in the Baltimore office on Friday
afternoon, and on the folloWing morning was
published in the paper to which it was ad
dressed, and from its columns sent over the
country by the Associated Press.
In the early part of last week Fetersbarg
and vicinity were threatened by the enemy,
;but not onlywas Cumberland not occupied or
in danger, but no rebel'in arms has been with
in twelve miles of the Baltimora and Ohio
railroad for the past month. The wagon train
said to have been captured on Thursday really
fell into the hands of the enemy on Sunday
last, and the scene of the exploit was about
thirty miles from Cumberland. Some days
ago when the military authorities had become
somewhat slat-Med by the rumored approach - of
the rebels, the general commanding gave orders
for one of the trains front the . West to return
to,Wheeling; but on no other occasion since
the reopening of.the road has the travel upon
the Baltimore and phi° railroad been is the
slightest degree interrnpted e and we leam,uport
thobest authority„that the troops are so ad-.
inirably distributed along its length-that all'
attempts at raiding will prove futile.
Although these false statements' doubtless
injure the road, therpaliscegerund freight traffics!
is very, prodtableandlatitliabtory.
Captain Blackford;lwirb*ralikilled a few days'
since in the . Shenandoah Valley, has been a
guerrilla commander almost since the war be
gan. -He lived his faint . about four miles,
from Charlestown, 3ir4efferitan county, an&
formerly pitied himself `greatly'upon the fleet-'
ness of his steed, not unfrequently when Gen.
Banks exercised temporary sway in the valley,
placing hiinself in such 'positions that the 'speed
of hid animal alone' saved him frian capture.
He wits much respected in the sectihn In which
he resided, hut was an unscrupulous leader of a
no less unscrupulous band of guerrillas.
•
From the Soathwest—lle.enllstment of
Veterans.
Cmeumm, Jan. 11.
We learn that General Sherman has gone to
Memphis. Hie headquaiters will be at Hunts
ville, Alabama. .
Re-enlistments. are ,more general than was
anticipated, by any ,one. Every regiment. in
Gen. pedge'S DlVido/2:111 West Tennes.see has
re-enlisted. 'The Twenty•seventh Ohio arrived
here on. Saturday.. night. andlhe Forty-third
Ohio last night. %Every day-brings home regi
ments who meet with enthusiastic receptions.
Their return on furlough Wllrre-kilullo, the old
enthuslasna, and volunteering will go on more
'rapidly than ever.
Trial of
_the Chesapeake Pirates.
Sr. bang, N. F., Jan. 11.
In the case of the Chesapeake pifacy to-day,
Charles Waters , testified- that he 'attended a
meeting in St. Johns, at which Cast& garker,
Mc/Kenny and tithers were
piesent. Capt. Parker said he wanted a crew
to - get to Yew :York to caPtureta Vessel arid stated
that he had-a comudssion - frota.the confederate
government. The witness understood from ths
conversation that the, sEew. mu' to be engaged
for the confederate service- This closes the eyi
deripa tot the pp:mention. The court has ad
journed until Friday. -
from Cairo—lnteyruption of Navi
gation.
• Omcnntavt, Jan. 11.
• The steamer Gladiator, lying at Cairo, has
had a hole knociced in her hull by the ice. She
sunk-to her lemier guards.
• Fiftyiteameis are lying at Cairo' unable to
navigate on account of the• ice.
Gov. Brough,. of Ohio
CLINC,INNATE Jl4l. 11.---Gov. Brough will be
inaugurated to-daY atlißolumbus.- In his In
augural Address he takes the highest 'anti
,
slavery grounds. He recommends a heavier
tax than did Gov. Tod for the support of sol
diers' families.
The weather is moderating. •
New York Bank StatOniOnt:
Nxw 'tank Jan: 11
- ,
The bank statement for the week endhlg on
Saturday, shows a decrease' in the amount 'of
loans of $1,704,764, decrease in amount of
',specie $39,883, decrease in circulation ; $7O;-
785, decrease in amount of deposits $6,388,-
880.
_
Bale' of Five-Twent ies. •
Pumenurnia, Jan. 11.
The subscription agent'for the National loan
reports the rale of : $2,220,250 in five-twenties
an: Monday. Deliveries of bonds are being
made to DikeMber )1 The Sales for • the_last
week:were over twelve millions; and lc& than
'forty millions•remain taiioold: •
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ILIVIII Congress-First Session
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.
" Mr. Dixon (COnn.) presented a memorial
from the Friends of New York, praying for ex
emption from the draft. Referred.
Mr. Doolittle (Wis.) presented " three memo
rials' of dazing of Wisconsin, praying Congress
to abolish slavery in the Territories. Re
f= ed.
Mr.. Pomeroy pumas) presented a petition
from ten hundred and ten men of Kansas,
praying for the abolishment of slavery through
out the United States. Referred.
My. Sumner(Mass ) introduoed the followiog,
which was referred to the Judiciary Committee:
Witness, The joint resolution approved July
17, 1862, explanatory of the act entitled an act
to suppress insurrection and punish treason and
rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property
of rebels , for other purposes, likewise ap
proved July 17,1862, contains in its last clause
the following words, viz: Nor shall any pun
islnnent or proceedings, under the same act, be
so construed as to work. a forfeiture of the real
estate ofthe offender beyond his natural life: And
whereas The Intention of Congress was simply
to declare that restriction on the forfeiture of
real estate of any offender under the act, which
is required_by the Constitution of the United
States, in the following words : No attainder of
treason - shall work corruption of blood or for
feiture, except during' the life of the person
attainted ; And whereas, Troubles have arisen
respecting the construction of the said joint
resolution in this particular; now, therefore, to
remove all such doubt
Be itenadeed by the Senate and House cf Repre •
sentatives in the United States in Congress assem
bled, That the said resolution should not be
construed to create any other restriction upon
the forfeiture of the real estate of an• offender
under the said act than is created by the
Constitution of the United States, in tile'case of
attainder for treason.
Mr. Henderson (Mo.) introduced a joint reso
ntion proposing amendments to the Constitn.
Mr. M'Dougal (Cal.) introduced a joint resolu
tion in relation to the occupancy of Mexico.—
Refused to come on foreign relations.
Mr. Wilson (Mims.) introduced a joint Iwo
lution amendatory of the joint resolution to
supply deficiencies in the appropriation for
' public printing and bounties to volunteers.
Mr. Wilkins (Minn.) introduced a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of War for informa
tion in regard to the arrest and imprisonment
of soldiers of the 9th Minn. regiment by the
military authorities of Missouri, while engaged
in protecting certain Slaves froth being carried
away by their rebel masters.
Mr: Lane (Kansas) said that scores of soldiers
had been Incarcerated inidungeons in Missouri
for the simple offence of- hurrahing for Jim
Lane, and that the colonel who imprisoned
them was afterwards-obliged to hurrah for Jim
Tian°. The subject introduced was now under
going investigation by the Missouri authorities.
Theo sere appointed by Governor- Gamble
were the offenders, and they are sympathizers
with the-rebellion.
'The Horn bill making consular and dIplo•
matfd appropriations, was referred td the. Com
mit;tee on Finance.
Mr. Wilson's resolution to expel Mr. Davis
was made the orderof the day for Wednesday
nest, it onee'elock.
• Mr:Carlisle (Va.) announced in appropriate
terms the death of his colleague, Mr. Bowden,
and moved the usual resolntionsof condolence,
and that the Senators wear crape for thirty
`days, and as a further mark of respect, that
the Senate adjourn.
Messrs. Willey (West Va.) and (Masa.)
followed In appropriate eulogies.
The resolutions were then adopted, and the
Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
Sales of Confiscated Property.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.
•
At the sale of confiscated property in Vir-
ginia - to-day, the Arlington, estate vilti bid in
by the Govhiument at $26,800: For this prop•
erty the Government had three or four com
petitors.- The Custis Mill farm was -purchasied
by Mr. E. Flannegin, at $4,100 There were
in all thirteen sales, amounting to $60,600.
Arrest of a Supposed Murderer
BOSTON, Tan. 11.
Gustavus D. Smith has been arrested
Holmes Hole, on suspicion of the murdet of
Captain Luce.
Mazkete by Telegraph
haLADJILPHIA. Jan. 11.
Trade moves Slowly in all departments. 300
bushels eloverseed sold at sB@B 121; sound
timothy at $3, and flaxseed at $3. Ootton
firm, at 82®83c.. Coffee, sugar and, molasses.
are quiet. Flour is doll, and only 1,600 bills.
Sold at - $7 25®8 25 - for low grade;and good .
.eitm family sold at $9OlO for fancy lots. Rye -
I.spr and corn meal scarce, and.these isnothing
doing in either. Wheat is dull ; 6.,000 bushels
red sold at $1 60@165 per hurdle', and white
ranges from $1 76 to $1 85. lege is wanted at
$1 40. Cori is scarce, and 1 cent higher; sales
of 3,000 bushels - yellow at $1 13®1 14, closing
at the latter figure. 3,000 bushels oats sold at
85c. Petroleum moves slowly ; small sales of
crude at 40c. Refined in bond at 45®46c, free
at 53®,55c. In provisions there is more activ
ity;, 5110 barrels mesa-pork sold at $l9 25 for
old, and $22 23 for new. .100-bbla beeet hams
at $2O, and 500 tierces pickled hams at 11
12c. Whisky is firm at 96c.
Raw YORK, January 11.
The Cotton market is quiet ; sales are quoted
at 81 cents. Flour firm; sales 7,000 bbb•at
$6 30®$6 60 for State, $7
.40®$7 65 for
Ohio; tiouthern unchanged. Wheat buoyant;
Sales 87,000 bushels at $1 464241 50 for Chi
cago spring ; $1 48®$1 5210 r Milwankle club;
$1 56g$1 61 . for .red western. Corn Ablet
and held at $1 27®$1 28 in store... Pork
fain ;* new mess is quoted. at $23 00. Lard
'firm at 13c. Whisky clibed firm at nano
!Receipts of flour 6,688 bbls; Whear 760
Ems ; Corn 4,723 bus.
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P..uststou.s, Jan, 11.
l iterals no grain.arriving and nothing doing,
Alottrdtal ; Ohio extralT 25@i7 371. Whisky
firm ; Ohio 95®96,1c. Coffee quiet st RA@
3 . 4-c. for Rio. • -
New York Money Market.
Raw Yonn,lan. n.
Stacks better. Obicago'rindlloatlsbuidl4o,
gamßerland 69t, minoincentrarrantutainsi.
Milmaakie and Mitnotni , 6'o.
American, gold 1621, Troog9: 3 :/ 0 • LM: c.
cingemo'lBBl 4 lool 6-21'8101f. . •
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