ail Edtgraffi. THE PEOPLES CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HARRISBURG, PA FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1864. A Home for the Soblair.' Orphans. Governor Curtin; in his-message to the Legislature, which body the copperheads in the Senate will not permit to proceed to business, refers to an offer of • money which the Penn sylvania Railroad Company had made to the State, but which"helthei Governor) could not accept forWinfof Poiver. Alter this refer-1 ence, his Excellency suggests that power hi! granted him to accept the ,money thus ten dered, as it is -presumed that the company soil cousiders,its tender binding,; and, that when the State is put in psssession of this stilla, that other moneys. be appropriated, the, whole to be appliedto the creation, and mita port of a school or an asYluntlor,the orphans of the heroes who Perished in - 'the War 0' . • crush rebellion. The whole " subject is one of a greater imPktaneftlhan most people will at, first sight littled to admit,while the-expe4e of the eittettpse; :however large it may appear as thus presented, will never reach a sir to - make the instittttion a burden to the 'State. indeed:, such an institution would not require. an 'existence "at most d more' than fifteen `years; supposing that, the war will not last manymarths.longer. The.orphans of the men Whit hive alreadylillenin battle while contend `atb contend ii or e 0,1 ernmen , all e ; a condition, in fifteen years,, hefiee, to care for themselves, or at least to be: placed where they could earn their o 'ving. Hence, there can be no ar nt ed against this enterprise, ob. the f 3 of cost. Considering the obligations under which the Stato,restao those who went 'forth:to maintain its hottA and secure its existence,. there 'should be • "per time arrives, , the emetic'', d the lative. Hence, we insist that the capital : of the State is the proper locality for the a l syt: lam proposed to be istablislied.-The fl cilia' ties afforded for access to th,i4intal—the advantages of the country by which we are sur:, rounded-4he health of the region:of Harriab,urg -With other advantages - which it is unneces z sary at present to 'enuiderate, all combining,; to make it almost absolutely necessary that, this - establishment be lodated in our midsti --HoWever premature irmay now seam . 4uis to discuss this matter, we deem it due.to the State and ita.capital_that thus early the atim tion-of theipeople•of rentsylvmaia.should be called to the 'project. We have every te+ion to believithat attemPt will be` made, 'if no Agitation of the subject is .had, to, combine the purposes of this enterprise with otherh of. a similar charactor, which are controlled: by indiNiduals entirely, and which reflect, their „credit alone upon a locality. What is aided" Irtby the establishment of the institution Ford pOsed by GovernorEfOurtin, is to fouudione that will be recog4 ,as the work of the We will, return po..this.subject when s properly beforeAttcliegialatnre. t.:Crookadile-Teirs for 'Soldiers:" The buffoon of the House, and the :most. disgustingly blatant of all the demagogues that ever disgraced t l iie Legislature,' R4x liffordteiriery . county, atiertipted yesterday to , create a sensation in that body, by offering a resolution condeihnatorrot the State and na nonal authorities for theartariner in which the returning veterans are * received'hid RC:66nm°- dated at . this Post. We have no apology to offer-for the gross neglect of duty which lies it-HO:door of some of the sUbbrenuiteS at this . peat, nor.will weattempt to deny that the recep tion Of our returning heroes basheen.shabhyin the extreme. But then, theideabfßex atteinpl-, ing" to . make Capital -fors; his i party out of tile pp ; .glects of individual officers iSatipteM4yrilian-' ions and impertinently preposterouS. , ;The idefi! of such a, miserable y' foul mouthed villifier of: patriots, heroei and a good Government, `seek-' ink-tc; 'pass a 'resolution:Of censurefor - wrongs to the. soldiers he and 1:* part& have exceeded.a thousandfold. Relti,- , WhilelteXWa'S laboring to accOmpliSh e his dirty object, not actually to vindicate the soldiers iri ;Fong, but,-if possible, disgrae to the -Government, Mr. Bigliami, of Allegheny, administereda most 'withering reblrke to the tribe of which Rex is a- contempliible Wm, rent. Kr. 'Biglrait fully exPoied the hypoc . risy of the whole. movement, , and the. House contributed to the rebuire of Rex by refusing to entertain his motion.' A'Siithsiitrite was 1/4-.lf .fered in lien..pfßex:s resolution of censure, which will bring- tlis whole subject before`the public. Whenever the soldiers must depend upon,suchta thing as Rex for, defence:or- jus tice, they will cease to be heroes, - andwill have sunk as utterly low;"as is Rcx . , in ' the: public estimationandXespect. hi all eariddiquitraineerity, and isitlf tic de: sire to silgaii*ss 2 * . ,, 4.thoiit3', `but'with no 1.438 .r, ei4Ter;:Ot'P:ll4s#4,lg the guilty we; would ask, Whose4uty iazit tolsee , to-the fort, the subsisteneeend t .the-shalteriof ittrz4g veterans ? We cannot close Apr eyes to the fact, that there are kajcni , Generals," Staff officers, Captains, Lieutenants` andeibt* grade Of official at this po r attiend "military affairs." And yet, when a regiment of 'veterans arrive at Harrisburg, either during da9 4l lolt.or dafir—in sunshine or r".'t :^:'t is noboitii business .to give them qua i -', no ,. _„.„.. bodb!,-busin*, tu...lsgue Piem rilla qw. —n°.— bodylOausiniiiisf to ;pay thesiff. *men t am baftiko lie (07A:4 - the menic cy ur4rced to rope s e on flit etepa ;pf 'the - ;eapitol or - a'. ccllai r door. In ' one instance, while these veterans were huddled together in the soldier's retreat, they were driven out on the written order of a Major General, at the point of the Pliavost Marshd's bayofiets. T. 'hese are facts. We cannot close our eyes to them; and ii"is time that the Government take hold of these neglecti,, if we lzpict" men to peril their lives In its defence. ft:- Bonk toili is t 4 t end! sinnebodjlieeipiCied. If it hi not trehirsiness of the innumerable officers at this post to at tend to ,the wants of : the, soldiers , -,-. to, see that they are quartered, subsisted, paid, &c., then the Officers in questionzare i : sit of idlers, Con suming the substance of the people without a fail return in service, and they should all be exPelled from the employment of the Govern ment forthwith. We trust that the committee aiipdirited to illqtare into these ribileets and alciuses will -sift the -whole Anisiness thoroughlti. DIU the (attempt at exposure by-such-men as Rex only adds . to the insult and injury of the soldier. Yet, in. the merit** eve fi::.6444:*64w 1edg0 of thbse proßeedings will riach t -t i lle, pro per department of the. GoverrizrienfittintlPthat • the officers guilty of lhhae.sble wrongs will be held to a `strict iteeimbsitiliiiiti. at advance of attyl subjedt, to disalss the erection of Mick itutiorCpurelY iden; . : IPutation and lilbekdi! Commonwealat, I* ; aknce to retake- it it V' Penalvanil )ject, then,we arc cqn- ,e!ted men will agree tm such as it is pro in to erect, ShouLfbe be constantly under tecessary, supervision Executive and Legis- What . A171%014(01. "Mead 1 j: rw,j4ned ,1 1 4, on to the :414 si4ehly lit set g i titry claims in the Departments at. Washing' thn, was inflici*g - niisery, and *anal :s . Mliiion upon thousands of NVTdows and oritatu!.--L Since we thus oslled ottOntion to this Mot, many of 'our e,otetiiikorkinif have engaged in .disenush.% the wime subjedt 'until the faet.bas beendo.'eloped . ,that 'there are,:thonsands of country, ,whose bus tiithdre:,fniir,e been killed in this or hal% perielied:froni aiaease and who • are suffering for went of the back Tay. which was dhi ihfin at the time: of 'their. They fined it utt erly impossible to get.apy . a 0 te ohtatliCir'claims from the authorities on. We k:now instances of prccisely this kirid. ;Widows, ANdiose husbands havefall en ihe field ot tattle, and ~y34.hct%i:nbthi ng whatever, for themselves and their cihild rep, to live upon, would be unide cionfeortilblc if `hoy could only get the pay whie . b. was ;duo to their hUsbands when they all , Cl ear applications hays-been utterly'fkuiless, • 'l , • -; •Tllesobannot even - gel anOvers to irkt4rics which are Made on their behalf': Surely this ought t 9 be . promptly.rernAced , and we trust our representatives in OcMgress will see to it at once: Thepeople tolerate the PiOciastination WhiCh retaidsr the transaction.,oLall, official business, iiithia tience which they. would not. display to any set of men charged with the`conduct of i pri- , Tate affairs: But it is hardly inAsiblithni. the same patience will attend the delay intnittle-: mentrof the claims of Wldowslind orphars,, dissibled'inen, made such by 'the !The pecipl4 denizunl that these eliited be at ;once adjUited and, liquidated. Tics Omv•PouricAL Ginum.Aiiproduced by the effort to crush the slaNie-holders' rebellion, is one *horn the - eneinies'or tha i giiVirninent and the friends , . of „slavery areplottingit°. in vest with civil power.. 'There is:notiatigro iu . the - afinynot brAilig''*e 2 lleifite . ' fmani who before the rebellion WELS • a berimi.crat, andiwhois now laboring for-tl2e cause of the Union, that is halt so adulated as :the • man whom the Democracy are prexara- Amy to las being set up , as a . candidate for popular favor. • Wheniu command, this man ' Was Mori, proMPt obey- thebehests 'cif his partizan associates than follbw the - orfters of his superiors in authority. Si-urie,ltis !relief' from duty, his niune i is the theraeltd.priase in . rebelAoin, and his fame is'the :sheen of ;glory - i, 4 2 a partY,whose aN ; oiye"/ PFP'Te is t r ii ; frus trate tla.,e efforts of .the government to crush rebellion -with the force Of arras; simply be 'thitiSe the 'object is to save' the prestige ?f sla very. by compromising with treason, :in , that the influences of• that institutionaw unimpaired-forAthemses of Democracy. Thi4, is ithepolitical - Generalof - the war. His ; name alone conduced to the creation of partizanships in the army. - His followers- in politics', deny the rights of `citizenship to those who, gave • , • him all the no torietyhe posse see •- of his. notorious .syryipArwAtib . the`: politica , enetaies ofzthe , g - oViniient) a - nlyyet.We are osnstaxtirfo4o t he •"abolitionists have made 'o24a. p911.041.7iyar." upon such. hypoirisr! , . • gikrdit' num. Imanalm. , -4Phea e *an statistics of the port Shbw .the : totaLeiodas I.37;9B2Ao‘allpoiuts:-,andluereases•of 76,668 uptin tli'd'year '1862. The' emigration: from, Ireland to the United States is still jriatasing in volume. .thut Aire are not emigrant 'Ships ....enough to' indug,tbe 'people over who are waiting for a paisage. to this cumgry.Theboardi4 houses :f4iierpool are repoxtedlull of eMlgraufa,.kokai.,4o bark, for-lhe , United_States. • §OBLE so -CA •TX: 1 1 LADIES OF -O# VIC.IOi , IA O took SA pSills ' tO OX-413ii bleft TCil. EMSt ' g the prayer of the Presideut i osd in,ilie,,4p copal ChurdlOin that eityloy aqloyarcleienian, on Chrisbnarllii9N2i3ltavilig - the churcl4 The ' eOniniitinElLdgenetarreeognizd&their Unlady like condnctasin insult to the Goveinment Avliieic,hp rupreffnW, 2 and it pnee issued an orderhanishing frOni the Aderal lines 'all who were Partiesin , the-Peribilualiea -: -Beimoiuc -errs; Grasshopper-ere - Ai Idaho fi . ; , gahl:diiiittg _hale WOrla,' , 'Am4iiiitlsoo,ools per Week.' If this doesul : gukhe i 1514,9 popu jo*-91enfreerkbat hav overeomefall love 'for the ieliovfanst. ' • .1 , 10 Atral .rnqtt).% The London Times says it is almost certain — war will be averted in India and Japan, - D. 11, ''iLEGISLATURt -;: :' .nmyoarra =1 THE TELEGRaIsrf. St " r T ige January 29, 1864. ahe Sennitl.o o'clot:1,. Mr. croll.4ao/1 tt;± Speaker pro tent. , . The Journal was read and adopted; The Senate refused to ballot foriiPeake .. Y,ls but eighteen Senators appearedlmSettt... . A long -discussion ensued, atettpated in R . -LEMMA TITKELL, DONOVAN . and CON . L - After whielythe - Smat,e adjourned. HOUSE '46F itaisENTAT/TES. FRMAY, Jan. 29, 1864. The House rattPlat 10 o'clock; and the whole of the session was:spent in the consideration of the bill relatisnto the payment of the :in terest on the State debt, which was advocated by Messrs. BIEN, ETNIER and COI:M. BAN, (Erie.) aWopposed by Messrs. BAS. GER, SIEfARSg t RICE, •PERSHING and. HAKES. Thc was passed finally. Adjourned. jorcip . ________ titin TelineSSee•' : CIACINNATI, Jan. 29. The Knox •1 :-..•cospondent of the Gosette says: On last V . ,F t Fur cavalry, under Gen. Sturgis, &WlWl:Arm...the direction of Bain bridge, forty Ribs film Knoxville. On Sat urday morning dkibe the enemy's videttes out of the villa '" 11. I . A portion of„snir Aitfentry, under Genhml Barks, .also mo id but on learning that the enemy w • force beyond Bliin4 it sli bridge, they f a 'to their former ilosi I t ). tion. On S fly mbfning, the enemy seeing that they haddrawn our cavalry as fat as possible, Mildargi desperate attack on four lines, with Ated's and Busbrod Johnden's divisions, led" .. r the Hampton cavalry. iOtr serving their s v . .hrate deterinination, Gen:' Sturgis order,':• . 01. M'Cook, conimanitilty.,4 division of Bliii•es cavalry, to charge mil the , meanly. Thislaharge turned the fortunes of the day, "whielleAip to that time, had been de cidedly againttio. Our total loes wie aliont .lso. - L. • i On Sunday we fell back to Strawberry Phdus, six miles from. KnOXVille, - .and Oni.ithei 19th: General Sturgis fell back to Knoxvllld. On the same evening lie crossed - the Holstein, Ivor with a. ew of intereeptin* tite egemy . tra 1 t 1 I f If , i gOcavie ' ' 4/011 . 1K • “Gordo t ges'cetobps on Idle' 2btlOw . e.re moving in the same direction, where a battle: waspending.•. - Great anxiety was felt atlitiox villa for the result or this battle, and ere was a kind of pane among the people,. 1 , ki'diiisittltl'iosteirokisl&inl4Of- tliwaiting the enemy, although it is pretty certain I thut fliongstreet had -bpen heuyily reinforced, !Soy . ernl•ofthe prhineri._taken. belonged to regi ments. that:were fresh from -Richmond., P ROM EUROPE The steamier Australaesian has arrived with. Liverpool ilateS 'to 4 the Gaf.er Barrens.—The government iniresti gation into the,ease„ of the ; ,, zivateer ppa-'• hemlock, late the.leirstietoi4- 4s re 'suited in preying ilerithiollitthilkatitheOness guilty of gross it4gllllA-Vof'aiiity, andMelitation,. of the neutrality laws.. The governinunt,, is determined to prosecute the prnicipal offend - - 1 044 .3 =44 , . 63 449er and in - speetoz,:oia :•• rtry::a-11454, was brought liefeire — the.rniagistketei-and , -bound: over lob{ heavy bail. Noprdoeiftlingslitavietbeentaken against the others. The case of the 'Pamper°, seized cin. the Clyde, had been transferred to the Scottish eourtfaissiosions; iisl an exchequer easel and would be shortly debated. 1 The steamer -Germania took out several heavy siege guns• of large .calibre for. Federal use. Three persons were, summoned to the. Liverpool AikAipe Oita on lie IRA, charged with , enliet L isinCeiCfOribe rebels. 9nly one appeared, and the-evidence showing h*: com plicity,- he witis liolind; over to rippear.The defendant's counsel denounced the case f .l! asthe most trumpery one ever got up, encl. con demned the Feddral espionage. • Dintkirriz.The Sing•Of-Meninark made brief speech pledging himself to defend Dan ish rights. Austria and Prussia have taken steps it the Diet without a pacific. tendency., • Fitiarcz.Tire..`opposition speeches- in the _Corm Legialatif has given rise to clainoring ru iIQLS in Pailih;gta . kd that Eiriperor -Jai, greatly ;. offendek"and there are some ru- Mors of a possible , coup de eclat. TheNEmpe ror in a significant speech said that Grid had ~too .Visibly,protected France to permit .., the spiiii * Of evil tO l eall'faitir a'gitation. •• New* From New 'WM' *BMW STATE COILISEITTF4F, 'AND !JIASTI - ES' isoczattkrias--Lt bus- N T 8 ) 5 !..?! . :4: 1 4 , MT0, 11'9.1*. A. ,57A 21 7 , CON- WA' YOPX, ,Tan i 28. The steamship Brripire: City (Milted States transport,) Captain Baxter, from New Orleans; January, 1 18,, T aniy,tl at this , port yeliterday forenoon. New. Orleans papers of , the 17th adm 18th :ate . ojtaiorby,,pie*Oiro; Oity. • The Evening Srtoti frOnasTeiy.York,,srriVed at New Orle.aais on the evening of 17th tst. A Young Men's Union Association ivasOr ganizeid in Newtolileans9n the night!of,,, the leitihst. l The Free State 'Union Association ioCtlie .First filled meeting the k t e.z *dtlestaol l iines says.: night, the Free state General - Comx&ttee memorialized Gen eral Bea:1AB ra •g him to so far modify his roe have.the election fOr dele gates to a convention to form a State icoristi tution, as well @S for Stataofficert, on the 22d proximo. Yeaterdal the memorial was pre , spited; and, the prayer, we rejoice to learn, was readily granted. Michael Regan, On Hundred and Scsienty fourth N,ew,Y,oric Volt,teers, fell overboard' oi-l'iiiday-idettf•ionitiw'firchfaldsonvill'e, from the ,Ateanaboat J. . Pringle, on her pansage 'frinieNenr tieins?' 4 Every effort was made to recover his body, but without success.l Destruction of linilroad Property. PHILADELPHD3 Jan. The depotvf the Camden. and AnabOk , road company in Camden was entirely -de stroyed by Die* six o'clock this morning.,..: Nine freightiess, five cars loaded with ; giovr ernment ha3rgtbree emigrant ears, one - hos"- pital car, twOitirs filled with hogs and sheep, and a horse :14 mule, together with a steam fire engine;gtaiting transportation. !to. Now York for repwrs, were destroyed. The loss hair.' ‘ not yet been estimated. >. _. • , Ipebate In Boston. .0- BOSTON Jan 29 At; an aimlversary meeting held last eyfm ing, a spirited debate occurred betiieen Wendell Phillips and / 1 1i. Lloyd Garrbion,'L upon the 'Administration . ne,forink4a.- phatically condemned, whileVelnttin• inrie plic co itl3r approved the policy of• Abraham Linln. 14. GEN. 'GRA The _Rebels Badly Ntehipiperl Al Florence., 9/13g8 ELTZL: Ny,all. MORY.N(.I.. ciat Its it k :from Gen. Tho m as. GuaTrxsoooA, Tam 27, 1864. ' Major G eneral Hai& , Ganerol-in-Chier: Col. Borne, with a force of four hundred and fifty men of the= Tweirrtretglit mounted infantry and the ;Fortrth Michigan cacalry, attacked the camp of kerne Guards, Col. Culbertson commanding, and routed them, destroying ilimir i samp, a considerable number of arms and diher property. Col. Borne retignol% his Calnpwithont any clitsu.- alities in his force. Johnson's brigade, ofßoddy:s.,commanti, >ised the Tennessee r oar at Ab l p tei dge, three miles, and Newport Ferry, six miles, below Florence, intending to make a junction to etfi th brigade of which was pected didasktfie Slllt likrab'ittaint Etlt.fer ries, and then proceed to Athens, to capture our foides- there. 0. We engaged them, killing fifteen, wounding quite a numbl3r, and taking some of them Pria l f toners. Among them are .three commissioned , officers. Our loSs is ten wounded , GEORGE H. THOMAS,; ( Major Genera. Commanding. WROLESAU' DESERTIONS FROM 'THE MsRY— LIVELF WITH 017:46111.148--AVRE - - Iffirrllth REBEL Ram, /cc.- ' Mr. .IMiam Young's Dispatch. it t•l',V , 44 l o o inre. - ? ( Wt.") . P B4 . is reported that one hundred and thirty deseritis dame into our lilies yesterday in one squad, tixe, pickets leaving s their post