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DECEMBER 15th, 1863.
iIS.EZUL PRESENTS
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arc determined to reduce our large
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ided inducements to purchasers during
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?St ECTFULLY announces to the citizens
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to Mr. Felix's Confectionery, tor the sale
celebrated
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glasses are recommended by the first
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to Lenses are ground of the finest crystal.
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PROOT, A TvT A TION.
ER F. A the Honorable Jonx J.
Ygev.soN, President of the Court of Common
la the Twelfth Judicial District, consisting of the
• of Lobanon and Dauphin, and the lion. &mu
. . . .
4 , , and. lion. Mesas R. `keno, Associate Judges 113
in county, having issued t neir precept, bearing
lst day 01 Dec._ 1668; to me directed, for
Court of Oyer and:Terminer and General Jail
y and Quarter 6eeetol:lB of the Peace at Harrisburg,
aunty 01 Dauphin, and to commence ON TIM SD
, 31 , JAM:WIT NEU, being the 18th day of Janu.
4, and to continue two week.
.51 theretbro hereby given to the Coroner, Sus.
the reaco, Aldermen, and Constables of the said
Dauphin, that they be then and there in their
r i ersomi, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said
s,th their records, inquisitions, examinations,
it:Lir awn remembrances, to do those things
t: their office appertains
,to be done, and those
a bound in recognisances to proseentdagairist the
:4 that are ur shall be in the Jail of Dauphin cotta.
hou and there to prosecute against them as shall
under toy hand, at' Hart - 1,71m1, the la: day of
mr, In the year of oar Lord, 11563, and In the
eighth year of the indetendenoe of the United
caraitr'e OYFICX
curg. Dec. 21. 1863.
,DELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD.
i.ebanon Valley Branch;
and after MONDAY, DECEMBER 28tb,
.863, an.A.CCONINLODATION PASSENGER
S will be run between Beading and Har
.g, in addition to the other Passenger
s now running on the Lebanon Valley
ad. • •
ving Reading at '7.15 A. rd., passing Leba
t 8.44 A. M., and arriving at Harrisburg at
laving Harrisburg at 6P. M. passing Leba.
at 9.15, and arriving at Beading at 7.85
ppplog at all Passenger Stations.
,e Fast Mail Train, leaving Reading at 11.07
, wilt stop only at Womelsdorf, Myerstown;
non, Anuville, Pal►yra and Rummell-
Passengers will procure their Tickets be
entering the Trains. An extra charge is
on all Fares paid in the Cars, •
G. A. "MOILS,.
General Sept.
ading, Pa.. Deo. 11, 1883.—de14131
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picked AP'PLES for sale, Apply to
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Etitgrapt
Convention of School Superintend-
outs
Pursuant to appointment by the State Super
intendent and agreeably to previous notice, the
Convention of County Superintendents assem
bled in the Court House, in Harrisburg, on
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1864. On motion of Mr.
Ingram, of Dauphin, Mr. David Evans, of
Lancaster, was appointed Chairman. Messrs.
Dun thett, of Allegheny, Newlin, of Schuyl
kill and Stutzmau, of Somerset, were ap
pointed Secretaries. Mews. Dunthett, of Al
legheny, Ingram, of Dauphin, andMickerson,
of Bedford, were appointed a committee on
permanent organization. On motion of Mr.
M'Divitt, of Huntingdon, the list of Superin
tendents was called over and the following per
sons answered to their naves:
Allegheny county—A L Drithett. ,
Bed tord county—Jno W Dickerson.
Blair county-8 G Connaman.
Barks county-7 S Errnentrout.
Bradford county-0 I Chubbick.
Butler county—A H Waters.
Cambtia connty—J F Condon.
Centre county—Tho Hollahan.
Ciawford county—S B Thompson.
Dauphin county—S D Ingram.
Huntingdon county—R M'Dlvitt.
Indiana county—Samuel Wolf.
Juniata county—H B Zimmerman.
Lancaster county—David Evans.
Lawrence county—S A" Morrison.
Lehigh county—E J Young.
Lycoming county—John J Reed.
Mifflin county—Jas Williamson.
Northampton county—Abraham Kind
Northumberland county—Jacob My,
Schuylkill county—Jesse Newlin.
Somerset—J. J Stutzman.
Sullivan county—John W Martin.
Susquehanna county—E A Weston.
Tioga caunty—Ylctor E Elliott.
Westmoreland county--Saml S Jack.
Wyoming county—W la Monte.
The object of the meeting was then briefly
stated by the State Superintendent, Mr. Co
burn, and a few remarks were made by Dr.. T.
H. Barrowee, at the request of the Convention.
The committee on permanent organization
reported the following officers: President, David
Evans, of Lancaster ; Vice Presidents, S. E.
Thompson, of Crawford, and Jacob Ulp, of
Northumberland; Secretaries, J J Stnizraan of
Somerset, and Jesse Newlin, of Schuylkill; !Re
porter, Rribert Ei'Divltt, of Huntingdon.
Prayer by Mr. Williamson, of Mifflin county.
The Chairman tendered his thanks to the
Convention for the honor conferred and asked
their forbearance in the discharge of the duty
itssigned him.
Messrs. Dothett and Ermentrout were ap
pointed a committee to report a programme of
exercises. The committee reported as follows:
Ist. The reading of a report on the subject
of certificates by Mr. Jacob Ulp, of Northum
berland county.
2nd. Discussions on the sytject of Object
Teaching.
-The hours for meeting were fixed as follows:
Morning session from 9 to 12, Afternoon from
24 to 4 and Evening from 7to 9.
Messrs. Ingram and Ermentront ware ap
pointed a committee to invite the clergy - pen of
Harrisburg to meet with the Convention and
officiate in opening the sessions with prayer.
On motion of Dir. Williamson the State Su
perintendent, Deputy and all ex-Superintend
ents be considered members, ex oficio.
The report on certificates was read by its
author, Mr. Ulp, 'and, on motion, received.--
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The discussion oa the report read this fore
noon was opened by Mr. Ingram, of -Dauphin,
and continued by Messrs. Zimmerman, Stutz
mad, Matson, Elliott, Waters, Williamson,
Hollohan, Duthett, Thompson, Dr. Burrowes,
Bates, Dalrymple, Ermentrout, trip, Jack,
Woodruff, Coburn, Condon and Connsman, oc
cupylog the entire session.
Mr. Burrowes announced to the Convention
that the teachers' cannon was now in course
of preparation, and would be put in the hands
of Battery "F, Pa. Artillery.
EVENING SESSION
On motion, the time for diecussion was hin
ted to five minutes.
Mr. Duthett, of Allegheny, offered the fol
lowing resolution
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Conven
tion it is essential to the proper success of our
Common School that no certificates be
Issued in future indicating a lower grade of
scholarship in any branch than . that expressed
by figure 3 on' the provlsional certificate' now
used, - and that a memorandum be added to the
present marginal direction stating that 4 or 6
when used indicates a failure in the examina
tion.
Mr. Dickerson, of Bedford, offered the fol
lowing amendment :
Resolved, That in the judgment of this Con
vention, the present form of the teachers'
temporary certificate should be retained, and
that each Superintendent use or not use all the
figures thereon, as the circumstances of his
county may require.
The original motion was ably supported by
Mr. Duthett and opposed by Mr. Dickerson
and others, the discussion taking a very wide
range, and occupying a considerable portion of
the session. It was participated in by Messrs.
Weston, of Susquehanna, Condon, of Cambria,
Zimmerman, of Juniata, Dalrymple of Warren,.
Newlin, of Schuylkill, Counsman, of Blair,
Bead, of Lycoming. A vote being taken on
the amendment it was adopted.
Mx. Coburn, State Superintendent, addreasEd
the meeting briefly on the propriety of ascer
taining the number of teachers who have en:-,
tared the army, punctuality in forwarding
county and district reports and other official
business.
Mr. Ingram, of Dauphin, thea made a veibil
report on The subject of Examinations. Re
port received. The discussion on this report
occupied the remainder 4^ t if the session. It Was
participated in by. Messrs. Reed, Ermentront,
Thompson, Woodruff, Ulp, Stutzman and Rob
erts.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION
Prayer by Bev. Mr. Waters. On motion, a
'committee of three were appointed to wait on
hisExmlleney, Gov. Curtin, and ask his attend
ance. Messrs. Reed, Duthett and Dalrymple
appointed said committee.
the following committees were appointed to
report on the suggestions of the State Superin
tendent last evening: On Revision of teachers'
monthly reports owl monthly
_reports of Super
intendents---Messni. Condon , Williamson and
Chubbick. On - distribution of fitn,io appropri
.
ation—Messrs. Woodruff, Erinontrout, Hetes,
Kind and Honoban.
Report read by Mr. Overholt, of Bucks county
Subject, Improvement of Teachers. Report re
calved.
DINA:Nit/II on Report participated in by
Messrs. Zimmertnan, Reed:, , Waters, Woodruff,
Monition, M'llwaine ; Ermentrant, iloilahan,
Burrowes, Coburn, Vethett, and' Stutzrian.
Report on Instituted read by Mr. Jack, of
Westmoreland. The following resolutions were
submitted in connection with the report :
1 1. Resolved, That the school law makes a wise
provision for the improvement of our teachers,
and,= through them, of
- our schools, by requir
ing District Institutestobe established. Adopt
ed without opposition. - -
2. .Resolved, That whemoreal-obstacies present
themselves in carrying .ent. this measure, the
Meetings of the Institateibn leas feequent and
their length correspondingly protracted, provi•
ded that there be at least two sessions during
the term. This rerolution of
_considerable dis
cussion, was 'finally 'postponed till -the time
when the order of business shall be the amend
ment of the school law.
3. Resolved, That when teachers fall to at•
tend the stated meetings' of the District Insti
tute, a fine equal to one day's wages be im
posed, and that when Directors fail to enforce
this provision the District lase its share of the
State appropriation. . This • resolution, after
some discussion, was disposed of in thei same
manner as the last.
4. Resolved,.That the establishment of Die
trict Institute Libraries should be encouraged.
Adopted unanimously, and without , debate.
5 Resolved, That Superintendents should
hold, annually, one or more meetings, in the
proper place in the county, an Institute of at
least four days. Adopted after some discus
sion and amendment.
Some flftec-n additional Superintendents were
in attendance this forenoon, having arrived
since the opening of the session.
339 trderegrapQ.
XXXVIII Congress-First Session
Waal:kelvin, Jan. 13.
Mr. Pomeroy presented a petition from the
Institute of Rewards, of New York city.
Mr. Wilson (Mass.) reported back from the
Committee on Military Affairs the bill authori
zing the appointment -of an Assistant Secretary
of War. f s• •
Mr. Pucka* (Pi.) offered a resolution that
6,000 copies of General M'Clellan's report be
printed for the nee of the' Senate.
On motion-of Mr. Anthony, (B. a resolu
tion was adepted, cal ling on the Military Com
mittee of the Senate to inquire whether any
obststcles have been thrown in'the way of the
egrets of the colored men not subject to mili
tary duty from the District of Columbia.
Mr. Sumner (Maui.) moved at half-past 12
o'clock to take up Mr. Wilson's resolution for
expelling Mr. Davis ; which was adopted. • -
• Mr. Wilson said on the 6th of January, the
Senator, from Kentucky laid upon your table a
series of seventeen resolutions and the Senate,
in compliance with hie request,ordered thini to
be printed. These resolution were placed Upon
our desks, and they have been reviewed by the
Senators who' hate the.bourt*ii to impose upon
themselves a task so oulculated to tax their
powers of endurance. Having a reasonable
degree of 'confidence in my own powers of en
durance, I entered upon the task of reading
them to the President and hie cabinet. The
majority in these chambers have the laws of
Congress, the' proclamation and orders of the
commander in chief of our army and navy, and
of all who were clothed with the authority to
administer to the Government. I groped
through this mass of vituperation of accusations
with mingled emotions of indignation and pity.
In this farrago of spleen' and malice, the
Chief Magistrate and his supporters have been
arraigned and underrated. The horrors of Get
tysburg, Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Chatta
nooga, and fields made immortal by their en
durance, and the valor of the heroes who res
cued Kentucky, who rescued even the :hearth
stones of that Senator from rebel • desecra
tion, are branded as subsidized armics, and
the men who at Port Hudson, Milliken's
Bend and Fort ,Wagner, fought with heroic
valor are Stigmatised as negro janizarice
After hurling his accusations at the Pretident
and his srapportere in the Cabinet and the field,
the Senator turns to the people of the loyal
North and calls upon them to revolt against
their war leaders, to take the power into their
own hands and go into a national convention
to terminate the war. . Should the loyal people
of the United States act 'up to his' declaration,
:hould they be incited_ to revolt against the
President and his constitutional advisers, and
taking the poster in their Own hands and as
semble in a national convention, a convention
unknown to the Constitution or laws, •to ter
minate • the war for the preservation of the
Union, the fields of the , loyal States will be
reddened with the blood of a civil war.
He asks the Senate , of the United States,
with their oaths of fidelity to the Constitution
recorded, to proclaim to the American people
of this unconstitutional, revolutionary and
treasonable doctrine, that they ought to revolt
and assume•the powers that , they have dele
gated under the Constitution of the United
States, to men who now fill the• executive,
legislative and judicial departments of the Gov
ernment. In the sixteenth section he calls the
bloody insurrection of rebels a revolt, hereby
showing that 'he .knows' the meaning-of this
word revolt, when he ,urged that it was a duty
upon the loyal-peOPle 'of the United Stater..
The Senator must not trifle ; must remem
ber that this is the Senate of the United States
and not a barbecue in Kentucky - . The Sena
tors cannot fail here to comprehend the kapott
and meaning of the words that are embodied in
these resolutions, and then know that these
are words and pratses of statesmen and
not the idle babbling of fools, whereby
the exprees words of his resolution. The Sen
ator from Kentucky declares that the pi3ople
North ought to revolt against their war lea&
ers, and take this great matter into their own
hands. He must be held to have-intended that
they should rise and abjure their allegiance to
the. GOvernment of their country. That Sena
tor from Kentarcky means b y the term war
leaders theoE'reeident and others subordinate
to him in authority, and that the people should
revolt against them is not and cannot be open
to debate. makegood these clauses of paver
, sign of Constitution and laws and rights and lib
erties of preoPleouldto fire the Northern heart for
the revolt. It is farther declared in the reso 7
lotion that the President of: the met ed States
and the civil' and military officers area may
Adjourned
SENATE
commit treason against any State whose gov
ernment, in performance of its duties under the
Feleral Constitution, by levying . war against
it, or adhereing to its enemies, "giving them
aid and comfort, or-resisting with au armed
force the execution of its laws, or adhering to
such*armed force, giving it aid and comfort.
Mr. Wilson, in the course of his remarks,-
said : Row sublime a thing it would be in this
crisis of our country for the Senate of the
United States to rise to the heighth of a stern
and holy duty, and cast one who has dared to
tell - a loyal people to revolt and take its powers
into ther own hands I Such an act avenging
patriotism would fire the loyal heart of Ameri
caosilence the mutterings of treason and nerve
the arms of the heroes who are battling and
bleeding for the republic.
•
Mr. Doolittle (Wig ) thought it would be de
.sirable, before coming to a 'Note, to hear the
Senator from Kentucky. After that he hoped
the resolution would be referred to a commit
,
tee.
Mr. D.►vis (Ky.) said he was ready on this
or any other occasion to submit to the judgment
of the Senate. It was not for him to suggest
what course should be taken; It was a grave
question, but he Vias now prepared to reply to
Senator Wilson. He asked for the reading of
bib resolutions, upon which the Senator bad
arraigned him, and the resolutions were then
rind.
Mr. Davis said he had not anticipated this
movement;.it was , sprung upon the Senate to
-his surpriee. He had considered his resolutions
well, and they had hie - definite approval.
'I he jeundiced narrow mind of the Senator
from Massachusetts was wholly unprepared to
Interpret them. - His heart and his mind to
tally disqualified , him for the teak. He entered
his solemn protest against the Senator's ver
sion and asked all candid, sensible Senators to
consider them for themselves.. He denied that
he had said that the army had been subsidized
by the President, and that the heroes of our,
battle fields were maligned. What he said was
that if the present Executive enderses the
schemes alluded to in his resolution, these lead
ers,in the event of their failure to reach - their con-
CI usions, an;ito succeed in their nefarious andtrea
son able object, wouldthrOw themselves back up
on the armed power of the Government against
the lords of the land. He stood up for his res
olution and intended to abide by its fate. He
would vied the.section upon which the learned
and patriotic Senator balsa his Indictment.—
RIF; resolutions only proposed to institute a
plain. and frank investigation of the measures
of the , administration, and intended to continue
Such investigation , until the Senate expelled
him, waif the Senate should do that, he had a
higher mission as an American Senator and free
man under the. Constitution, which he had
imbued in his infancy, and cherished in
his manhood. . - He would go home'to the peo
ple of his loved native Kentuckey, and raise
the cry of opposition, tyranny, usurpation and
revolution r'against the faithless who have
Charge of the , government. We had fallenon
evil times indeed;. -we have a great rebellion
r i ce eld onlyllihripartance to that when er
honi -heaven. We have In' tide
administration of the Government, in all the
Departments, men who have sworn to sup
port and defend the Constitution, not
for the Power it confers uponthem but for
the libertiee it gives the "people." Recreant to
their high trust, and by the abate of civil and
military power, .they are trying to subvert that
Constitution and the,proper liberty it secures to
the citizen, and yet any_man heying the auda
city to the "wisdom and constitution
ality.ot the policy of the administration is
branded'as disloyal. t We have tad great 'Men
in the past. The founders of the Gov
ernment were great and wise. A man and
patriot, when he desired to learn their princi
ples of Government - went to the noble founds
tion.of political knowledge. Such men as the
Senator from Massachusetts only performed th
base office of muddying the fountain. He-is
not fit for any other work. On this subject
- Mr. Webster held that it was the undoubted' '1
right of legislators to scan the acts of public
men—ttat this right was as undoubted as the
right of "breathing or malking - the earth. It
was the last right that he would Auden. He
would exercise it at all hazards. At an'humble
distance and in his feeble way be intended to*
show the great expounder of the Constitution.
The-Senator-from Massachusetts (Mr. Wilson)
seems to have installed himself as a sort
of overseer 'of this body; and he was
astonished at the dictatorial manner in -which
he bustled - about administering rebukes in
this and.the other house. He has persuaded
himself that he is the Government and is par
ticularly aseured himself that be is the Senate;
at least the largest aril most important piset of
it. [Laughter.] Bnt I don't think there is a
person in or out of the Senate who hugs such
a delusion to his breast except himself.
[Laughter.] - He would read the resolution of
this learned' Senator, this able man who' dis
tinctly understands everything in the admin
istration and conduct- of war matters in the
field, to expel him. If the Senator had power
commensurate with his purpose it would have
been done, but he thanked his stars there were
Jager, abler arid more patriotic men in the
Oenate and the country than the Senator from
Massachusetts. If there were not, God save
the mark. The country would soon go to
ruin. How long did the Senator sit under the
treasonable utterances of leaders - in the
rebellion three years agd? At that time
he (Davis) was . engaged at 'his avoca
tions at home, and he occasionally
referred to the debates in the Senate and read
the treasonable effusions Of the band of traitors
who have organized the rebellion. He read the
avowal of Toombs that he was a rebel and the
world never saw 'a better one. This; as well as
the audacious declaration of Mason, that he
owed no allegiance to the Government, and
others in their treasonable 'schemes, was uttered
in the presence of the just, pure, courageous and
patriotic Senator from Massachusetts who re
mained as dumb as a fist. (Laughter.] There
was a chance for the display of the moral and
pbysioal courage of the Senator. When he (Mr.
Davis) read these declarations his tdood boiled
in his veins, and had he have been present he
dared to say that he should not have kept silent
like the Senator from Massachusetts. Now
the Senator has a majority here, backed by
hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers
who hold their places at the will of the power.
at the other end of the avenue, who, when
they are ordered to do the bidding of that
pdwer, do it or suffer. incarceration, court
martial or death. The Senator was, so all
sufficient and insufficient, [laughter] that
he did not consult with a single individual,
he wanted all the, glory „ [Laughter]
He calla the` - proposition for a convention tree-
sou. He was told that 4 . 1 e Senator boasted
that, he' was -the successor of Webster. Ye
Gods I what a sum:este:or. (laughter) The
Senator Is afraid thataile proposition will stop
the war; there Is where the shoe pinches. He
does not want the war to cease. He , (Hr.
Davie) did not want the war to be stopped till
the rebels should have submitted to the Con-•
siltation and,the laws of the United States; he
would not prove recreant to the GoVernment,
but would support those who are adininistering
it, however incompetent he might deem them.
The, grand purpose of the Senator was to carry
on the war for the destruction of shivery, and
to pervert the war power, and all other powers of
the Government to this end. Hei:askd the Sen
ator, if the rebels in the Sentherii States offer
to come back with' their rights under the Con
stitution, save it forfeits their rights for their'
rebellious actions,
would be 'agree that they
should come hack? The Senator is silent, but
his heart answers the question. There is no
Senator but what knows that ha is more devo
ted to the dptruction of eliVery than to the
vindicatioillit the laws in the seceded States.
He would sweep away the Constitution and
State laws, to abolish' slavery in violation of his
oath as a Senator, and yet to hear him prate of
loyalty one would think there was no loyalty
in the United States besides himself. Hr.
Davis said that while he was opposed to such a
course, as an abstract proposition the majority
of the States had a righttogetherin convention
and do away with the best Governaaent on the
earth; this political partnership could be can
celled by the consent of the partners. I ask
that the people of all the States go into con
vention and take this civil war into their hands
and close the bleeding wounds of the nation,
reconstructing it upon the principles of compro
mise and liberty, upon which Washington and
his asaaciatea acted.
HOUSE OF REERESENTATIVES.
Pennsylvania's claim bill was postponed until
information can: be procured from the second
Auditor's office.
Mr. Bontwell from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a bill to enable the President's Ewan vipation Proclamation to be carried Into effect.
The Hormel went into a committee- on the
President's annual message.
Mr. Yearnan, in a speech, explained that the
object of his resolutions heretofore offered, WWI
to invite and encourage the loyal people of the
South to resume the functions of civil govern
ment under the Constitution.
Mr. Dawes, (Mass.) from Committee on Elec
tions, reported a resolution for admitting Wil
liam Jane to a seat as the delegate from iDa
cotah. This is not to &image the right - of the
conteatant. The rasolition lies over.
Mr. Wilson,-(Iowa) from ti?. Cominittee
the Judiciary, reported a joint resolution to
amend the joint resolution explanatory of the
act to suppress insurrection, punish tresson and
rebellion, confiscate estates, and for other pur
poses, which was approved July, 1862. It Hayti
that no punishment or proceedings under any
act shall be construed to work the forfeiture of
any estate except during the lifetime of the
offender, in accordance with section 3, article
3 of the Constitution of the United States:
Provided, No other public warning or procla
mation under the act of July, -17 ,, 1 562 . 64 ,
shall be requited than the• .
26th. of. Jtily;- 1802, #ltibli 'proclamation • set
made Shortie received :and held stifseieat'= hi
all oases - now pending, or whicli'may hereafter
arise.
On the question being
.taken, the latter part
of the above was agreed to—yeas 77, nays 54.
Mr. Wilson explained the object - of the
"resolution reported by him, which was to make
and conform to a provision of the ConstitntiOn.
It was not proposed to deterrainety legislation
whether the forfeiture:shall be lathe or'simple
durlig the lifetime of the offender. The whole
question was left to the courts.
Mr. Cox (0.)-asked, does the gentleman pro
pose to press this resolution to a vote without
affording an opportunity for diecussion!
Mr. Wilson. I desire to' have an action or
passage of It to-day.
Mr. Cox. You can'f have it.
Mr. Waehburne, 111. We shall see.
Mi. Cox said this party action strikes at the
organic law.
Mr. Kerman (N. Y.) argued to show that
the Pruident, in approving of the' confiscation
act and tho explanatory resolution heretofore
passed, regarded them in fact as but one act
and therefore signed both. The President in
his message at that time said that any attempt
to make treason work a cOmplete forfeit= of
of life and estate would be unconstitutional: It
were better to leave untouched the law as It
now stood. He was for suppressing rebellion
by all the means in our power and hoped to
see our people living peaceably under a united
Government, but it seemed to hi& that toward
the mass of the people in the South, we should
hold out inducemontito desert the secession
leaders and to come back under the Constitu
tion and law. One of the encouragements
should be not to take away the right of the
children to inherit the estates forfeited during
the lifetime of the offenders.
Mr. Wilson moved to recommit the resolu
lotion to the Judiciary Committee, when the
House proceeded to other business:
Mr. Orth (Ind.) made a speech on the power
of Congress under the Constitution to declare
the absolute,
.forfeiture of the property of trai.'
tors. He took the position that Congress'had.
such power, and fortified his arguments by a
review of _the law of treason in Engkind downs
to the adoption of the Federal. Constitution,
and the reason and true construction:of the
clause conferring the power on Congress.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
second auditor, to; report the character of the:
expenses, - and whether the military were called
out by the Governor for_the defence of Pennsyl
vania, Btc., this information beiogtneceseary as
preliminary to the action in the, pending bill to
reimburse thatlitate for the expenses incurreZ.
Oa motion of Mr. Stevens, (Pa.,) the farther
consideration °Utile bill was postponed until
Monday or Tuesday.
kir.looffroth (Pa.)introduced a bill compelling
the provost mashals in each Congressional
trict to hold their examinations at the county
seat of each of their respective districte. The
bill was referred to.the Committee on Military
Affairs. " -
On the motion of Mr..lifyers, (Pa.,) the-Com
mittee on Military Affairs was instructed to.
inquire into the expediency of amending the
enrolling act so as , to make the term of service
one year, leaving the commutation as it now
stands.
Mr. Baldwin, (littes.,) 'from the Committee
on Printing, reported a ,resolution in favor of
printing 10,000. extra copies of Gens.M'Clellan's
and Eir afit's official reports ; which was
agreed to.
A resolution_was offered and referred, direct.;
lug an inquiry as to the expediency of extendF,
ing the time for the States and Territories to
accept the grants of land under the Agriculttiv
ral College act. - It was also ordered to bo
printed.
Mr. Boottrell, (Mass.,) frowth.e Committee
on the Judiciary,. reported back theT bill to:en
able the President to carry bitoimmediateexa
cutien his :,procliunotion of ZarauttrYil, -1268,
and,prohiblting the holding of c er t a i n p e rsqns
as slam in the certain States designated.
Mr. Spaulding (N. Y.) reported back from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, a resolution
Which was passed, calling on the Secretary of
the Navy for certain reports, showing the ser
vice and efficiency of how clads, as exhibited
in former engagements.
Kase. ,) from the Select Committee
on Emancipation, reported &bill to establish a
tureen for the consideration , of the affairs of
'freedmen. The bill was postponed till next
Wednesday.
Mr.• Steele- (N. Y.) said a resolution was
adopted a few days ago instructing the Com
mittee for the District of Columbia to enquire
and report relative to the small pdx. That
qoinmittee had had several sittings, and lavas-.
tigated the subject to a considerable extent.
As a member of the sub committe he held that
there was no reason for unusual. alarm, and
that the accommodations in the Hospitals are
Mr. Kelley (Pa.) inquired whether the small
pox is not prevailing largely in this city.
Mr. Steele replied that extraordinary efforts
had been made to take care of the suffering
from that disease.
t The House then went into committee of the
whole on the state of the nation to consider the
topics discussed in the President's annual mes
lag&
Mr. Yeaman (Ky.) expressed his views on
the message - of the President. Although he dif
fered from the President in some of the details
of plans for reconstructing the Union, he was
satisfied with the auggestien in the message
that the plan of the President did not exclude
the adoption of any other.
The great fact was admitted at last, that it
Was a political question, and the matters of
emancipation and confiscation must be left to
the judicial tribunals. He denied that a State
could -be In rebellion, though persons in, the
State, might be, and his effort was to endeavor
to assist in restoring the government, for we
have not to reorganise it. He, as be had de
'dared in his resolutions recently offered, was
for putting down the rebellion and insurrection
by force of anus, sod that, insurrections and
rebellions did not work a forfeitureof the rights
of, loyal persons. He was in favor= of encour
aging the loyal people to resume the functions
of loyal States.
The ordinances of exception are bold in be
half of Kentucky and the :border States, and
he would say, with all deference to another
gentleman, that they , are to day the moat =-
conditional Union men on the continent, and
this be would prove. One- party would have
the Union only on their theories of State sover
eignty. They may have their theories if they
leave us the Union and Government, and their
Party would have the Union with slavery, and
another without slavery; bat we are for the
Union and the Government under the Consti
tution. The committee then rose.
Oa motion of Mr. Noble , the t
on Ways- melee*
. S:henck, (0.0 from the Corrimittne on
Military Affairs, reported:a bill teintmote the
'efficiency of mechanical enines.
Mr. Holman (Ind.) asked leave to offer a pre
amble to the resolution,
setting forth.the frauds
that have been charged against the ,army offi
cers and others, furnishing supplies and pro
Wiling for the appointment of a select commit
tee to examine into the.contracts made during
the present war, and the subject generally, in
eluding the question as to whether any of the
offenders have been brought to trial.
Objection was made to the introdubtion of
the proposition.
The House then adjourned.
Now York Park Barracks.
Nsw YORK, Jan. 18
An investigation into the condition of the
Park Barracks showed that sixty men were
quartered there. All are in the most wretched
'.condition and covered with filth and vermin.
The Mayor will urge on the Action relative
thereto by the Common Council.
On investigation it is found that the riven
:Ability for the condition of the Park Barracks
does not rest with the General commanding
the department, nor wholly with the United
States authorities. The barracks belong to the
'city and are under the charge of a superintend
ent appointed by Governor Seymour. The
prisoners confined there are under the exclusive
control of the Provost Marhal's department,
which is entirely independent of General Dlx's
,orders. .
Blockade Runners
Bermuda dates to the 29th nit. state that
the steamers Flora, Coquette, Bander and
another were waiting to ran the blockale.
A schooner arrived at St. George's on the
28th from Wilmington, with a cargo of tur
pentine and tobacco.
The, gold market closed after board at 163.
Arrival of Steamers,
Arrived—ships Chase, from New Orleans ;
Humboldt, from Hamburg ; Ev s enlng Star; from
New Orleans ; Panama, from Montevidio -
bark .Glackuff, from Rio Janeiro ; brigs W. M.
Xiodge, from Pernambuco ; Marie, from Ha
vana ; L. J. King, from St. Martin's, and Hen
rietta, from Bermuda.
Applicants for the Archbishopric
Nzw Yong, Jan. 18.
The names of Bishops Bally, Biinon and Mc-
Closkey have been sent to Rome for the sac
!cession of the Archbishopric.
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