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fIIE UNION-THE CONSITITMON-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Tuesday Afternoon, January 1, 1862.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The proceedings of the causes of the two
houses of the Legislature, as they were publish
ed in the Murmur TELEGRAPH, indicate the suc
cess of the patriotic policy adopted by the Re
publican members of the Legislature, while the
ratification of those nominations by both Houses
in a official capacity, is an earnest of the union
and harmony which are to distinguish the pro
ceedings of the present Legislature.
In the Senate, the Republicans elected all the
officers, there being a decided Republican ma
jority in that body. Hon. Lewis W. Hall,
Speaker, is a man of decided ability, and cannot
fail to become a popular and efficient presiding
officer. Mr. George W. Hamersly, Chief Clerk,
with the other officers, possess every qualifica
tion necessary to the discharge of their duty,
and we therefore anticipate, from the organiza
tion, a highly successful session of the Senate.
In the House, the contest for officers was more
spirited, but by a most honorable concession on
the part of the Republican to the Union Repre
sentatives, an organization has been effected
such as will be satisfactory, not only to the
majority, but to the reasonable men of the
minority. Hon. John Rowe, a Union Demo
crat, of Franklin county, was nominated for
Speaker by both the Republican caucus and the
Union Democratic caucus. This nomination
was made without the least opposition in either
caucus, and the election of Mr. Rowe may be
fairly regarded as an endorsement of the Union
sentiment to sustain both the state and national
administrations. Capt. E. H. Ranch, of Lehigh
was nominated clerk, a position which he filled
with so much credit during several past sessions
of the House. The other offices are fairly de
vided between the Republicans and Union
Democrats, so that the House may be regarded
as being organized on a Union basis, with a
working majority of Union men ready to co
operate witla_th:e Senate in all acts essential to
the interests of the cdUaoritveaaas--.l—alaw
rescue of the country from rebellion.
THE SUPREME COURT.
The President will soon be compelled to fill
the vacancies on the Supreme Bench, and al
ready a large number of eminent and distin
guished gentlemen have been named as fit to
occupy places on that bench. Among those
more prominent than others is the Hon. Mont
gomery Blair, the present efficient Postmaster
General. While we should be loth to see any
change made in the Cabinet we should
nevertheless rejoice to announce the elevation
of the gentlemen named to a place on the Su
preme Bench. He is among the ablest of all
the young men of this country—a ripe scholar
and a profound jurist, with such an appreciation
of the power and regard for the destiny of the
American Union, as would make him a safe re
pository of its justice and a fearless expounder
of its laws. We believe President Lincoln would
not only be responding to the preference of the
great west, but he would reflect credit on the
entire Union by at once making this appoint
ment.
In the event of the elevation of Secretary Blair
to the Supreme Bench, we have a right to antici
pate that his successor in the Post office Depart
ment will be the present efficient and popular
First Assistant Postmaster General, -Hon. John
A. Hasson. In the Department in which be is
now the first assissistant, Mr. Hasson is justly
regarded as one of the most courteous, able and
efficient officials in the employ of the govern
ment, while throughout the country, among the
thousands who are connected with the Depart_
ment in an official and un-official relation, the
succession of Mr. Hasson would be hailed with
as much satisfaction as would the elevation of
Secretary Blair to the Supreme Bench.
HON. WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG
The Republican party of the state of Penn
sylvania owe the member of the House from
Clinton county a lasting debt of gratitude, for
the noble and self-sacrificing manner in which
he withdrew his name as a candidate for
Speaker .of the House of Representatives in this
Republican caucus last evening. Hon. William
H. Armstrong manifested by that act the pa
triotic impulse of a man determined to promote
union and harmony at every personal cost, and
while he thus threw aside every personal con
sideration and present opportunity of success,
he has established a claim for the future which
will be honored in a manner worthy of the
claimant. There is no doubt of the ability of
Hon. W. H. Armstrong to serve in any capacity
in the House, equally as well in the Speaker's
chair as at the Representative'sdesk ; but, so far
as those services concern his own immediate
constituents and interest the people of the state,
his position on the floor will be made by the
force of his own energies and splendid tal
ents, eminently more distinguished and useful
than he could possibly have achieved within
the proscribed duties of the presiding officer of
the House.
CHABLIS F. &DAMS, JR., who holds the post
of First Lieutenant in a Massachusetts Cavalry
regiment, is the son of our present Minister to
England, grandson of the sixth President, and
great grandson of the second President of the
United States.
FOREIGN CLAMOR
The recent issues growing out of the arrest of
Mason and Slidell, prove that as a people we
are prone to be moved and influenced too much
by the clamor which foreign nations may raise
in their relations to this government. The fact
that a mob in London, or what is even meaner
or more intolerant, that the London 7i'mes should
bellow and bully, was a source of greater an
noyance and fear to a portion of the American
people than a division of the British army
could create, were it to come charging bayonets
over the Canadian border, to attack the inhabi
tants of Maine, New York, Pennsylvania or
Ohio. The fact that the people, and the press,
and the governments of Europe do not enter
into sympathy with the freemen of this govern
ment in their efforts to preserve its forms from the
assaults of pro-slavery traitors, is no evidence
that the traitors are to be succored by these gov
ernments, or that the people who get up indig
nation meetings in
_England will hurry over • the
Atlantic to aid the cause of the rebels. All
these demonstrations do prove, however, that
the English, as a mass, are dumb to the prompt
ings of any regard for freedom, and that in any
issue where his interests may be effected,an Eng
lishman is bound to be influenced and guided on
ly so far as his emolument is concerned, regard
less either of truth or justice. And what iatrue of
the masses is also true of the government of
England. The first are .only happy when op
pressed, and by oppression alone, the other has
prospered and triumphed throughout its bloody
career. And, on the other hand, this gov
emment,while it does not court the sympathy - of
European powers, unless it is•freely and respect
fully given, does not either depend upon that
sympathy for prosperity and existence. Those
who are so apt to be excited by the spirit of the
London and Paris press, should remember this
fact. They should remember that if our nation
al existence rested ,tipon the friendship of the
governments of Europe, we would have lost
our position before the world ere this rebellion
had essayed to destroy it, and becOme common
slaves with the slaves of the south to common
aristocratic masters. We have nothing to ex
pect from Europe ; and it should not surprise
any intelligent man that the governments of
Europe, as such, have looked with indifference
at the political troubles which, in their estima
tion, portend the speedy and the irrevocable
destruction of the American Union. The Na
tional Intelligencer says that the only way in
which we can certainly put to shame all such
sinister anticipations, is to expedite the work of
restoration, and thus render ourselves indepen
dent of the wishes or caprices of foreign powers,
by being able to point them to results which
shall insure the ultimate predominance of our
polical power over the revolted states. What
though the insurgents are building large hopes
on the recognition of the " Confederacy " by
England and France, insomuch that Mr. Seward I
expresses the opinion that the rebellion would
come to an end in ninety days, if it were not
for such hopes, who does not see that it is idle
to expect of foreign Governments that they will
volunteer any declarations discouraging to the
"armed sedition?" If they do not desire the
success of tharar men seamen,- they would
the less impose on themselves the prudent re
serve inspired by the eventualities contingent
on all revolutionary attempts.
If the people of the kindr:ed nation to whom,
"in this darkest hour of our country," we have
looked for words of encouragement and support,
seem, in too many cases, to have met us with
"icy coldness," let us remember that this
people are ever ready to give their respect
to those who compel it by success, and if in the
future which awaits our land the historian shall
be called to record that we not only deserved
success but commanded it against the armies of
faction and the evil omens of foreign nations,
our victory will be only the more honorable by
being made the !sore signal. Let us, then,
put away all querulous thoughts, and give play
to vigorous action rather than to fruitless corn
, plainings, assured, in the words of a cotempo
rary, that "to fairly vindicate our position
abroad we must be successful in maintaing our
power at hoine ; and it is • idle, in the present
state of the world, to make cool diplomacy do,
in all respects, the work of armies and navies ;
it is folly to suppose that mere talk will answer
when all are disposed to appeal to the dernier
resort." •
PENNSYLVANIA
The legislature which convened to-day, will
find a duty imposed upon them as an official
body, which no other similar assembly has ever
assumed or discharged. The condition of the
state and the Union is of just devotion on the
one hand, and imminent peril on the other.
The great example of the people must not be
lost on their representatives in council or their
leaders in camp, so that we have a right to an
ticipate from the session of the legislature just
convened, a degree of action and influence also
unequalled by other sessions of that body. There
will be, of course, a vast amount of business
brought before the legislature, businesi which
requires no debate; and which must not be de
layed by circumlocution, if the interests of the
commonwealth are to be maintained, and the
public credit preserved. The working capacity
of both Houses is very great—the presence of
old an.l experienced members above the aver
age which the House usually presents, and
therefore no loss of time need be feared by those
who honestly desire to further the public well
fare by rendering this session of the legislature
one not only of a practical character, but one,
also, free from all stigma or suspicion.
The pride with which we all regard the posi
tion of the people of Pennsylvania in this crisis,
makes us also solicitous for the dignity and de
cision of those now serving the state in civil
positions. It is not only those who shoulder
the muskets or wield swords, who discharge
great duties, although such examples are among
the proudest evidences of a people's greatness.
The example which now most should excite the
emulation of those delegated to legislate for the
state, is the disinterested devotion of those who
have taken up arms for the enforcement of th:';
laws and the vindication of the national honor
These examples are full of patriotism, hope and
pride. They indicate more forcibly, the spirit of
our institutions, than could possibly be displayed
by any other influence—and when we have a
like alacrity, devotion and patriotism displayed
by those invested with power in a legislative
capacity, the corruption and desperation which
gave rise to rebellion will soon be abolished,
and the rebellion itself speedily conquered and
crushed.
Pmflogtvanto Malty telegraph, ettesbau 'Afternoon, lanuarp 7 1862
Pennsylvania Legislature.
The House of Representatives was called to
order at 12 o'clock M., by Mr. E. H. Rauch,
chief clerk of the last House cf Representatives;
and opened with an impressive prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Cattel as follows :
0 Thou, who art the only living and true
Gcd, the King of kings and Lord of lords,whose
memorial is unto all generations, we give Thee
humble and hearty thanks for all Thy loving
kindness and tender mercy. And as there is
forgiveness with Thee that Thou mayest be
feared, pardon, 0 Lord, our manifold sins and
transgressions. For Ohrist's sake be very mer
ciful unto our unrighteousnesi ; cause Thy face
to shine upon us ; keep our eyes from tears—
our feet from falling, and our souls from death.
And now, 0 Lord, bless the Representatives
and Senators of this Commonwealth, who this
day enter upon their iolemn and responsible
duties. Give them grace to abide with Thee
in their high calling. Preside Thou
in the midst of all their deliberations.—
Give unto them that wisdom which is
is from above ; let integrity and uprightness
preserve them. 0 thou God who art of purer
eyes than to look upon sin with the least degree
of allowance, banish all corruption from these
halls. May our legislators approve themselves
faithful and able workmen that need not be
ashamed, doing their whole duty nobly and
fearlessly; stooping to no meanness or wrong,
either to'win the applause orlavoid the reproach
of men, while they make laws for us, may they
remember that there is one Lawgiver: over
them, whose statutes are just and right, who
searcheth the heart, and it is a small thing that
they should be judged of man's judgment, when
they must appear before Thee, and render an
account of every speech and vote; and all the
influence, secret and open, which they bring to
bear upon their fellow-members. 0 spare their
lives and health we beseech Thee; but if death
shall summon away one from these halls to Thy
bar, may it be only to hear Thine approving
voice, well done good and faithful servant, en
ter Thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Behold with Thy favor, and bless, we pray
Thee, the Governor of this Commonwealth, the
President of the United States, and all who are
in authority. Give us grace to honor and obey
them as the powers that are ordained-of God ;
and do Thou rebuke and scatter all that are
arrayed in wicked rebellion against their au
thority.
Bless those who leopard their lives for us on
the sea and in the high places of the field. Let
Thy right hand hold them up, and cover their
heads in the day . of battle. In the name of the
Lord they have set up their . banners, and
through God may they do valiantly ; yea let
God arise and tread down all our enemies at
home and abroad ; and let us be a people saved
by the lord as the shield of our help and the
sword of our excellency ; so shall the Lord be
our God, and the God of our children for ever
and ever.
Hear us in this our prayer, for the sake of
cur Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom,
with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor
and praise, world without end. Amen.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth was in
troduced, and presented the returns of the late
election held for members, which were read,
when Mr. KAINE, (Dem.,) offered the follow
ing preamble and resolution
WHEREAS, The Return Judges of Election in
and for the county of Luzerne met at the time
and place designated by law for that purpose,
did after counting and enumerating the election
returns of the election held'on the oigth day Hof
October last,[past tho ...ants a
Said. &dare duly .olected and certify thereto in
the usual manner that S. W. Dimmer, Pel& r
Walsh and William S. Ross were duly electedlt o
represent said county in the House of Represew
tatives of the Legislature of Pennsylvania ;
therefore.
Resolved, That the said S. W. Trimmer, Petr
Walsh and William E. Ross who hold the reg -
lar certificates of election are entitledprana fa
cia to their seats.
The Clerk declared the preamble and resolu
tion out of order, which led to a protracted de-
Late, when finally a motion was made to pro
ceed to the election of Speaker, which was
agreed to by a vote of fifty-one to forty-eight.
The House then proceeded to ballot for
Speaker, which resulted as follows:
Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, Armstrong, Bates,
Beaver, Beebe, Bigham, Blanchard, Bliss, Brown
(Mercer,) Busbey, Chatham, Cochran, Cowan,
Crane, Dennis ; Dougherty, Elliott, Fox Free
land, Gamble, Grant, Gross, Hall, flapper,
Henry, Hoffer, Householder, Hutchman, Ken
nedy, Lehman, M.'Clellan, M'Coy, Moore, My
ers, Ritter, Ross, (Luzern,) Russell, Schrock,
Sct, Sellers, Shannon, Smith (Chester,) Smith
(Philadelphia,) Strang, Tracy, Twitchell, Vin
cent, Warner,Wildey, Williams, Windle, Wor
ley-58, vote for Joan Rows.
Messrs. Banks, Barron, Boileau, Brown (Nor
thumberland,) Caldwell, Craig, Dellone, Divine,
Donley (Greene,) Donnelly (Philadelphia,) Duf
field, Early, Gaskill, Graham, Greenbank, Hess,
Hoover, Hopkins (Phila.) Josephs, Kaine, Kline,
Labar, Lichtenwallner, M'Culloch,
M' Manus, Neiman, Pershing, Peters, Potteiger,
Qaigley, Ramsey, Rex, Rhoads, Ross, (Miffl'n,)
Rowland, Ryon, Tate, Thompson, Tutton,Wake
field, Weidner, Whaley, Wolf, Zeigler-45, vo
ted for WILLIAM D. HOPKINB.
Mr. Hopkins (Washington,)—voted for Thos
DUFFIELD.
Mr. Rowe—voted for N. S. Ross.
Mr. Rowe was declared duly elected Speaker,
and, upon being conducted to the chair, re-,
turned his thanks for the distinguished honor
in the following speech
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
With feelings of deep sensibility and sincere
gratitude, I receive this distinguished mark of
your regard and confidence. I accept the office
your kind partiality has conferred upon me
with the diffidence and apprehensions which a
knowledge of the arduousness of its duties
generally, and of the present peculiar delicacy
and responsibility of the trust, unavoidably
produces.
In the endeavor to meet the requirements of
this station, and to fulfill the reasonable expec
tations of this House, I shall depend alone, on
the zeal, attention and fidelity which I shall
bring to the discharge of my duties. Shrink
ing from no resposibility, however grave—from
no duty, however painful, I shall endeavor to
be equal to the labor and burden, at least, of
this position.
Without zealous co-operation, and a generous
confidence on your part, I am well aware that
this Chair will be wanting in authority, and the
proceedings of the House be without that order
and decorum which it is the peculiar province
of the Chair to preserve and enforce. This co
operation and confidence, with a large indul
gence, I beg at your hands.
I seize this occasion to offer you my hearty
congratulations upon the proud position which
our noble old Commonwealth holds to-day
among her sisters of the Union. She has been
true to the memory of her earlier days. Her
people, her legislators, her Hxecutive, have
risen to the magnituds of the demands of this
crisis in the affairs of our beloved-country. She
has known no divided duty. Her sons were
not the last among the freemen of the
north to take down the muskets of their
patriotic fathers for the preservation of
the liberties which they at so dear a cost aided
to win. Her place so far in this great contest
has been in the van, and whoever, grasping the
standard of the constitution, shall march fore
most and farthest to vindicate the supremacy of
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, January 7, 1862
ADDRESS OF SPEAKER ROWE
the nation's laws ami;te maintain the integrity
of the Union, will, I am persuaded, find the
representatives of Yennulvania close by : his
side.
Again, I thank you cordially, for the honor
you have conferred upon me.
The members were then severallysworn, and,
after the adoption of some few business resolu
tions, the House Adjourned.
SENATE
The Senate met at 3 o'clock, P. M., but the
lateness of the hour prevents us from giving a
synopsis of its proceedings for this evening's
edition.
2D EDITION.
BY THEM
From Washington.
THE REBEL FEMALE PRISONERS.
Clandestine Attempts to Release
Them.
ARRIVAL OF BRIGADIER GENERAL
SHEILDS.
HEALTH OF GEN. MoOLELLAN.
I=ZIZEI
PROBABLE EFFECT OF THE SETTLE
MENT OF THE TRENT AFFAIR IN
ENGLAND, ,
ARREST OF A DISLOYAL FEMALE.
WASIUNGTON, Jan. 7
It is known that several female prisoners are
watched and cared for in the northern part of
the city by a detachment of the Sturgis rifles
under Lieut Sheldon. On several occasions
recently events have transpired showing a plot
to clandestinely effect their release, but the
vigilance of the guard has as often frustrated it.
Brig. Gen. Shields has reached washington.
Gen. McClellan was so much improved in
health to-day as to be able to ride out. Gen.
Marcy rode out also for the second time since
his recent severe illness.
Private letters received here from distin
guished English politicians, settle all doubts
as to the acceptability of the settlement of the
Trent affair. These correspondents state that
the rabid hostility of the English people towards
the United States had greatly abated, and that
even a proposition on the part of the United
States for an arbitration would enable the peace
party there to avert hostilities. The return of
the rebel prisoners, even upon the grounds
stated in Mr. Seward's despatch to Lord Lyons,
will effectually extinguish the war fever, and
produce a reaction in favor of the United States
and adverse to the rebels.
The discovery of treasonable correspondence
with rebels, alluded thin previous dispatches,
has been carefully investigated. The rumors
in reference to it had in the meantime grown in
immensity, and pointed to a member of the
family of General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant
General of the United States Army. This morn
ing it was eurrentiv_renorthi that_ General
Thomas and his family were under arrest. trp -
on-proueetung• to verify the report, your corres
pondent found him attending as usual to the
duties of his office, and only indignant at the
imputation of disloyalty to any one connected
with him. It is-now presumed that this absurd
story of the implication and arrest of General
Thomas was maliciously put in circulation by
parties anxious to injure him.
An investigation of the facts instituted this
morning shows that the lady criminated by
holding treasonable correspondence with the
enemy, is the daughter of a neighbor of Gen.
Thomas, and not a member of his family, or in
any way connected with him. This is only one
of the several discoveries made within the last
few days, in which females occupying high so
cial positions are implicated as the correspond.
ents who are in the habit of furnishing import
ant information to the enemy. Consequently
there has been a very great abridgement of the
privileges heretofore accorded to the sex.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE,
&cumulation of Letters forthe South;
RELEASE 'OF MORE FEDERAL
PRISONERS.
FORTRESS MONROE,
via Berrniona, Jan. 6.
The accumulation of letters sent to this place
to be transmitted to the prisoners of war and
others, has become so large that the members
of Gen. Wool's staff, who are employed in their
examination, cannot attend to a third of those
that arrive here daily. Orders will soon be
issued probably to limit in some way the
number, which are allowed to pass, and mean
time all persons desiiing to communicate with
their friends in the South are requested to make
their letters as few and as brief as possible.
There are now several thousand waiting to be
examined, and many of these which are too
long will be destroyed, without being read.
The U. S steamer Spaulding sails for Hatteras
this afternoon. Among her passengers is Charles
Henry Foster, U. S. Marshal for North Carolina.
The 11. S. sloop of war Jamestown arrived
last night from N. Y. The coast survey schooner
Bibb arrived this morning.
A flag of truce from the flag ship'this after
noon brought down from Norfolk Capt. Ralph
Hunt, Company C., first Kentucky regiment,
and Lieut. Ives of Co. G., seventy-ninth N. Y.
regimenty released prisoners of war from Rich
mond, completing the number of 250 in ex
change for the Hatteras prisoners sent south.
The Southern papers received contain no
news, except a telegraph dispatch to the effect
that the Federal troops had been repulsed in
South Carolina, and forced to take refuge under
cover of their gun boats on North Edisto
Island.
UTAH APPLYING POE ADMIIiSION
. I tiTO THE UNION.
Mass Meeting at Great Salt Lake
GREAT SAW LAKE, UTAH, Jan, 9
At a mass meeting held in this city to-day
resolutions were passed relative to the admis
sion of this Territory into the Union as, a State.
Delegates were elected from this county to meet
delegates from other counties on the 20th inst.,
to draft and adopt a Constitution and form of
State government to be submitted to the people
for their acceptance or rejection. Congress will
be memorialized for the admission of Utah dur
ing the present session.
FROM MSC OCK, Md.
RETREAT OF THE REBEL GEN. JACKSON.
The Result of the Shelling Unimportant
I=
One Rebel Officer believed to be Killed.
-.-
NOBODY HURT ON OUR SIDE.
—.—
Supposed Intention of Jackson to Attack
Kelley's Command•
QUICK MARCH OF GEN. BANKS THIRD
BRIGADE.
FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 7
The latest advices from Hancock, up to last
night, reports that the rebel General Jackson
had retired, leaving only a battery and a de
tachment of infantry to guard it in sight. The
result of the shelling was unimportant.—
One rebel officer was seen to fall from
his horse and is believed to have
been killed. None are reported killed
or wounded on our side. Jackson's force con
sisted of ten regiments with a large baggage
and supply train, and ten days cooked rations.
It is not known were be has gone to, but it is
surmised that he intends to attack Kelly's
command.
Gen. Bank's third brigade left here at 6
o'clock yesterday morning, and arrived at Ha
gerstown, 26 miles, at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon. 111 Nine srtagglers• were left along the
route. This march was performed through
three or four inches of snow. They will pro
bably reach Hancock at noon to-day.
Gen. Lander is assigned to the command of
Gen. Belly's division, and Gen. Williams takes
command at Hancock. The latest from Hancock
states that all was quiet there. The most ex
travagant reports prevail of our forces having
been cut up.
The New York Legislature.
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
The Legislature met to-day. • The Governor's
Message briefly reviews the present condition of
the country, and says the State credit never
stood higher, and the finances are in a satisfac
lory condition. The balance in the treasury in
September, 1861, was $3,075,000, and the
war tax had been reduced from 82,000,000
to $1,500,000, forty per cent of the advance
made by the State having been returned by
the Federal Treasury.
He recommends that the military drill and
tactics be introduced into all the State collegi
ate and academic institutions, that the States
proportion of the Federal war tax be as
sumed at once. He recommends the
Legislature to make the State laws con
form to those of Congress, to improve the
efficiency and discipline of the State militia, the
aggregate number of men raised in the State
for the war have been 130,758, of which 89,034
I are now in the field, and there are 14,500 now
I in the State.
He , recommends that the. State Treasurer
shall receive and disburse the volunteer's allot
ments to their families. He alludes tothe harbor
defences, urging that prompt measures to obtain
Congressional appropriations to provide for the
coast defences are necessary, recommending
that the State proceed at once with the works.
War with England is deprecated as fraught with
untold disasters at the time when the State's re
sources are so largely dravvnupon to overwhelm
H e concludes with the, _dochlini
don that New York will do - everything to sus
tain the Union.
SECOND DESPATCH
Henry J. Raymond, editor of the New York
Times, was elected Speaker of the House of As
sembly to-day.
Erplosion of a steam , Boiler at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard.
The Engineer billed.
•
BosToN, Jan. 7
The steam boiler in the Portsmouth navy
yard, connected with the Ordnance Department,
exploded yesterday, killing engineer Bridges,
demolishing a chimney one hundred feet high,
and causing other damage.
Y:M~i~i~i~CiJYF.`~.3iIMJIIII~M,C~j:~~a:
Flour has been affected by the Bohemian's
advices ; there is a steady export demand, with
sales of 3,000 bbls., at $5 37i : for superfine,
$5 75 for extra, and $6 for extra family. Rye
flour is dull, at $3 75, and Corn Meal at $3 ;
there is a good demand for Wheat, and 14,000
bush. sold, at $1 31g1 35 for red, and $1 40®
146 for White. Rye is selling at 72c®73 for Penn
sylvania and 65e. for Delaware. Corn is un
changed; 3,000 bushels new and old; yellow sold
at 58c®60. Oats are dull at 38c. Provisions very
quiet; sales of Mess Pork at $12®12 75 and
Beef at $12®14 for Western and city packed ;
35,000 , bbls. were taken by the Government on
private terms. Coffee scarce ; small sales of
Rio at 191 c and Jamacia at 22c. No change in
Sugar or Molasses. 600 bbls. Ohio Whisky
sold at2l-ic.
IXXVIIth Congress—First Session.
IN SENATE
Mr. POMEROY (Kansas,) and Mr. CHANDLIIR,
(Mich.,) presented petitions for the emancipa
tion of slaves.
Mr. CHANDLER, also presented a petition for
the exchange of prisoners.
Mr. Viusox, (Mass.,) from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported back the bill in regard
to Sutlers 'with amendments. Ordered to be
printed.
Mr. ELLE (N. H.) offered a resolution that
the Naval Committee be instructed to inquire
how the practice prevailed in the Navy of
making purchases through others than the re
cognized agents, and if any such had been made
whether larger prices were paid. Agreed to.
He also gave notice that he should introduce
a bill to punish fraud on the United States
Treasury.
Mr. POWELL (Ky.,) introduced a bill to abol
ish the franking privilege.
Mr. Davis, (Ky.,) offered a resolution that the
Secretary of War be requested to report to the
Senate the aggregate number of three year vol
unteers, in what classes they have served, &c.
Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. SnaamAN, (Ohio,) the bill
to increase the number of cadets at West Point
was taken up.
The qugstion was on the amendment that
cadets be dismissed if deficient in their studies.
Disagreed to.
M. MUM:BULL (Ill.) opposed tho passage of
the bill. He believed it was owing to West
Point that the war has languished as it has. If
West Point was abolished military tactics
would be taught all over the country. He was
opposed to increasing the number of cadets,
and especially at this time.
Mr. CLARK (N. H.) said he would not vote
for the bill now, but he could not join on the
tirade against Ast Point. Treason had been
ALBANY, Jan. 7
PILELADELPBLL, Jan. 7
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7
taught more in the Senate of - the United States
than in the school at West Point.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
A message was received from the President
with the documents in relation to the Trent
affair.
Mr. VALLAIMIGHAM, (Ohio,) took occasion to
express his dissatisfaction at the course pur
sued by the Government in delivering Messrs.
Mason and Slidell, remarking that in less than
three months there will be a war with Great
ggitain or else we will tamely submit to the re
cognition of the southern confederacy and the
breaking of the blockade.
Mr. Hurcauss, (Ohio,) replied, saying that his
colleague had heretofore been opposed to coer
cion as to the South, while now he is against
delivering up Mason and Slidell. The position
of his colleague was liable to the suspicion that
his beligerent attitude was one which would
benefit the rebels by getting up a war between
England and the United States,—a war which
the South desired with that view.
Mr. Tuomes, (Mass.,) argued to show a justi
fication of the capture of Mason and Slidell, and
that England did us grievous wrong in making
the demand, which was unjust and insolent in
spirit. She has done that which has implanted
in the American breast a sense of wrong which
will await the opportunity to sttike the blow of
retributive justice.
The message and documents were referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
IMPORTANT TO OIL SPROULATORB.-At a recent
meeting of the New York Insurance Companies,
resolutions were pissed declaring, petroleum,
rock oil and earth oil, in a crude or unrefined
state, uninsurable, except when stored in de
tached and properly ventilated sheds and ware
houses, specially adapted by their construction
for that purpose, and devoted exclusively to the
storage of such oils, or substances of a similar
character, and then at a special rate of not less
than three per cent. It was further resolved
that benzine, benzole, and naptha, when kept
in quantities of three barrels or less, be classed
as " specially hazardous," and charged as such ;
and when kept in larger quantities than three
barrels, be subject to the same restrictions and
rates as petroleum, rock oil and earth oil ; and
that manufactured coal oil, refined petroleum
oil, kerosene and carbon oil, and all oils manu
factured from coal, rock, or earth oil and petro
leum, when kept in less quantities than ten
barrels, be classed as " exti a hazardous ;" and
when kept in larger quantities than ten barrels,
be classed as "specially hazardous,'; and char
ged as such.
Ntm cAbinertiotmtuta
NOTICE?
HARRISBURG BRIDGE COMPANY.
•
ritlHE President and Directors of the Har
i!. risburg Bride e Company have this day declared a
dividend of sorry CENTS per snare on the capital stock
of said company, (say TUNAS PSIt cast,) for the last half
year ; and have directed the same to be paid, at this of
fice, to the stockholders or their legal reuresentatives af
ter the 16th inst. - J. WALLitial,
Tressuier
Harrisburg, Bridge Office, Jan. Gtb, 1662.—j7-3id
COAL! COAL ! ! COAL ! ! !
THE undersigned would inform the con
sumers of Coal i hat he is now prepared to furnish
Casi from ramie• cover perfectly dry and clear in all
kinds of weather
Lykens Valley Broken Coal
44 " Large Egg .
" Small Egg 6,
No,
Pittston Lump Coal.
No. 1
2 1{
it 3 ca
" 4
44 44 5
Lorberry. Broad Top and Allegheny, also Hickory and
Pine Wood it. BYERS.
Harrisburg, Jan. 7, 1812.
REMOVAL.
rfSHE Schuy l kill and Susquehanna Rail
Road Company have removed their Milne to the up.
per end of the Lebanon Valley Railroad Depot.
Jan. 6, 1864-1 m
EUROPEAN RESTAURANT,
HARRISBURG, PA. •
I . ll lE otel tes n t o a w ur o a l li n t w fM? t r uke t a h e e European e
season• j 6 dbre
BIICK-WHEAT MEAL and CORN MEAL
just received and for sale low at
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
corner Front and Market streets.
PURE Fresh Ground and Whole Spice,
Pepper, allspice, Cinnamon, Nuttiegs and Mace, at
NICHOLS & BOWMAN'S,
corner Front and Market atreete.
PURE Cider Vinegar, for sale at
AnROLA & so NI KAN' 8,
j 6 corner Front & Market streets
FRESH Choice Teas, Black and Green,
in ,V„ 3i and 1 pound papers, for sale at
NICHOLS & BOWMAN'S,
corner Front and Market streets.
SANFORD'S OPERA HOUSE!
THIRD STREET BELOW MARKET.
GRAND OPENING NIGHT,
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY TM.
ThiS new and Beautiful Establishment will open
for the Season, presenting SONGS, BALLADS,
OVERTURES and LAUGHABLE BURLES
9ITES.
In which Messrs. SANFORD, CARNCROSS,
HUGHES, EDMONDS, BECKET, HOLDEN
and the Great Troupe of ARTISTS engaged will
sustain parts.
Miss JULIA SANFORD
will appear for the first time in this City in her
popular Dances, Passes, &c., &c.
Admission, (no half-price,) 25 cents.
Orchestra Chairs, 50 cents.
Seats in Private Boxes, 75 cents.
Entire Box, $5.00.
Doors open 61 o'clock ; Commence still , . o'clock.
['ln preparation the MUMMY, also the
OPERA OF LA SOMNAMBULA, &c., &c. j 6
FOR SALE.
Avaluable Two Story double frame
Dwelling House and Lot of grow d, situated en the
corner of North street and Bast Avenue, 30 feet on North
street and 110 feet deep, two basement kitebens, two cel
lar, and eleven rooms, also a never failing spring of wa
ter. The building is well calculated for a storeor hotel.
Terms reasonable. Enquire of W. BARR,
jan4 City Auctioneer.
BOARDING.—A few gentlemen friends
desiring to room together. or separately, can have
peasant apartments, with good board, in a private fami
ly. Enquire at No. 5, Locust street, year the river.
jan4-ets
CRANBERRIES, Dried Fruits, Fresh
Apple, Hemony, at
NICHOLI & towitews,
corner, Front and Market streets
FOR SALE CHEAP.-A. TWO
STORY FRAME HOUSE, 12Xx50 feet situ- Sae
atel on Grand street, in the retr of the Reser- V
voir. For further particulars apply en the prem.
lace to [de3l-d2et] E . M. MATER.
NEW Fruits, Currents, Raisins, Citron
and Lemons, at the new Wholesale and Retail, Gro
cery and Provision Store, corner Front and Market
street, Harrisburg, Pa,
DANDELION COFFEE !---A Fresh and
large supply of this Celebrated Coffee jug recdviod
by [jai] WY. DOCK, Jr., Ac Co.
NICTUIIS k BOWMAN