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THE ONION-THE CIONSTITUILON-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
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HARRISBURG, PA
Friday Afternoon, February 7, 1862,
SPEECH OP HON. S. B. ELLIOTT.
We print to-day, on our first page, the very
eloquent speech of Hon. S. B. Elliott, of Tioga
county, delivered in the House of Representa
tives on Monday evening lust. The speech was
in response to the remarks of Hon. George W.
Zeigler, who had indulged in a defense of the
claim of Jesse D. Bright to a seat in the United
States Senate, tbe debate in the House then
t ?
bele 1 tne Senate resolution instructing our
'i in Congress to vote for the expulsion
o be traitor Bright from his seat in the Senate
of the United States.
Some men are born greet—some have great
ness thrust upon them, while others again la
bor for years before they are able to earn or
achieve the true quality of greatness and re
known. In this respect, Representative Zeigler,
on Monday evening last, labored for a great
ness which no doubt he would be perfectly
willing to resign, since his awakened sense has
taught him that in the expression of a sentiment
there Isar much force as in the performance
of a deed, notwithstanding philosophers teach
us that actions speak louder than words. Du
ring the debate in the House on Monday eve-
Iting last, on Cessna') amendment to the Senate
resolution instructing our Senators in Congress
to vote for the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright
from his sat as a United States Senator, Rep
resentative Zeigler was very happy. He was
spirited—he was sublimely eloquent, but it was
the eloquence of sympathy for treason and
. defence of traitors. It was not to be wondered
that the people of Jefferson county, the home
of Zeigler, presented him a rope with noose
auditnot, as he confeved they had done, if the
!aerie sentiments chamois* ized his private life
those which disgraced his career as a repre
sentative, on the occasion referred to, because
a macs holding such doctrines and sentiments,
deserves substantial admonishment and curbing,
though thetepresentative from Jefferson would
Searody relish the lesson, so suggestive of
diminished respiration by the tender of a rope
with noose and knot.
It was in reply to the speech of Zeigler that
theeipquent and patriotic remarks of Mr. Elliott
were elicited. It will be ob erved by a perusal,
that the speaker holds the true ground of an
American citizen only occupying one position
in this Contest. He cannot be loyal while he
sympathizes with, or apologizes for traitors.
He must devote his energies and resources to
the government, and when he fails to do this,
he is undeserving not only of the confidence of
that government, but unworthy of a seat in its
We commend Ur. Elliott's speech to the
careful perusal of our readers.
EV2III Max AT Homo has a friend in the
army, whom he should not forget. It is within
his reach and ability to do that Mend much
service, in the way of small favors, among the
most acceptable of which is the transmission of
news to the absent one. The cheapest manner
of dispatching such news, is by the mailing of
newspapers. Let every man, therefore, pur
chase and mail a newspaper to his friend in the
army. Let them purchase and mail their loca
piwers to their friends. ns the moat acceptable
attention and rememberance that can be ex
tended to the soldier. The mailing of the
ILtsaisstraci Tararoaapn, for instance, would
be the most acceptable courtesy that could pos
sibly be extended to any of the volunteers from
this locality. Let their friends at home re
member this fact, and act accordingly.
A NNW PROPOSITION LI soon to be offered in
the . Senate, In the shape of a separate andinde
pendent war tax' for live years, and of a hun
dred etilliona annually, to be set apart for the
interest of the public debt, and the gradual ex
tingulshmeet of the debt itself. A majority of
the' Senate is set down as certainly opposed to
the legal-tender clause of the bill now before
House, and should it pass the House it will
probably I* defeated in the Senate. Mr. Col
linear, lifr. Browning, Mr. Cowan and Mr. Hale,
four of the ablest lawyers in the Senate, are op
posed to this clause of the House bill and the
principle involved therein, or, at least, such is
the understanding here. Other Senators of equal
ability are in favor of the measure, it is but fair
to state.
ReUtILIBBURO correspondent of the Rafts
-77/41i Journal, the able organ of Republicanism
in Clearfield county, thus refers to the proposi
tion to iiivestigato the alleged fraud in the
military supplies of this State.
What additional evidence they will bring, or
what new facts will be developed that have not
come to light by the investig ttion instituted
byGov. Curtin bimtielf, nobody can conjecture,
but I do know that those who are pushing this
to arraign Gov. Curtin, and fix on him com
plicity in the army frauds will be grossly die
appoluted. That the Governor's hands are
ciusn, and that be is, free from every taint of
suspicion, . I want no better evidence than that
of that pure Dernoarat,and honest man, Jacsib
Fry, Jr., lattAnditor General et the State.
THE STONE FLEET.
In the opinion of the New York likening 41
few things more insolent than the protest of
the British government against our helping the
blockade of the rebel ports by sinking stone
fleets can well be imagined. The United States
is yet an existing power, an.i Las a right to
close any of its own ports that it pleases. But
the inference is particularly insolent coming
from Great Britain, which has set the example
of such a resort. In the year 1779, during
our Revolutionary war, the Savannah river was
checked uu under British authority by sinking
old hulks in it, and as late as 1853 the com
missioners of the United States appointed to
survey the river reported officially that they
"were a serious impediment" to the naviga
tion. We bad to appropriate money to get the
wrecks removed.
We have already referred to the attempt to
close the harbor of Boulogne in France,in 1804,
as narrated by Scott in his life of Napoleon,and
confirmed by a secret letter of Lord Hobart to
Sir A. S. Hammond, Comptroller of the Navy.
In reference to the letter, Southey, in his Om
niana (vol. 2. p. 31,) as we are reminded by
a correspondent, wrote as follows:
" When the Duke of Burgundy besieged Cal
ais, in 1436, he invented the notable project of
'blocking up the harbor with stone ships, and
sunk six vessels filled with immense stones,
which were worked together and clamped With
lead. Ihe experiment failed for this reason,
that the Duke had forgotten to take the tides
into his calculation ; so at low water tho stone
ships were left dry, and the people of Calais,
men and women alike amused themselves with
pulling them to pieces, and hauling away the
wood for fuel, to the great astonishment, the
historian adds, of the Duke and his Admirals
" Had this story found its way into the pop
tiler histories of England, this country would
have been saved the disgrace of similar folly,
and the ninety thousand pounds which were
wasted upon it. But it has been the fashions
of modern historians to reject a 1 the circum
stances of history, gnki give only a eve/ mor
tuum of results. That a First Lord of the Ad
miralty should have read Monstrellet was not
to be expected ; but ft might have been ex
veated that he would have known what the rise
of the tide is at Boulogne."
We might add to this that Admiral Lewis
sank five vessels loaded with stones in the nar
row passage of the harbor of Alexandria in
1807, after his departure from that port. We
might also have added that in the month of
July, in the year 1809, an expedition known
as the "Walcheren Expedition" sailed from
the Downs. The fleet consisted of two bun
dred and forty-five vessels of war, and it con
veyed four hundred transports containing forty
thousand soldiers. The naval force was under
the command of Admiral Strachm, and the
land forces under Lieutenant-General the Earl
of Chatham. The object of the expedition, in
the words of the British naval historian Allen,
was ' , an attack on the French shipping in
Flushing, and for the purpose of destroying
all the enemy's works in the Scheldt, which
was to be no longer navigable for ships of war."
The expedition, though a miserable failure as a
whole, succeeded in one intention. The his
torian informs his readers that " the bariniiii
senel and sea defences of Flushing were de
stroyed,.and the pore rendered, for some time at ,
lease, unfit fora French depot." We do not refer
to Admiral Napier's suggestion for closing
Cronstadt, by sinking hulks, inasmuch as it
was never acted on ; and yet it is worthy of
remark that it was not condemned in the
prints as savage and heathenish.
By a strange coincidence, the very mails that
bring us denunciations of the stone fleet bring
us also the report of tte arrival of a large
vessel in England from Charleston. The very
papers which put forth the denunciations, put
forth also the assertion that the Charlesto
nians do not complain of a proceeding which
really improves their main inlets. These facts
ought to have enlightened the British writers
as to the objects of our government. It has
never intended to close the harbors of Charles
ton or Savannah altogethl, but merely to aid
itself in the sup?reasion of the contraband
trade. Those ports have several inlets, which
it would require many vessels to guard. We
stop some of them to render the access by
others more difficult. 0 - ur intention is to put
down lie rebellion by force of lama ; but,
while doing so, we shall have to baffle the for
eign scamps who are lending it their assistance
by such other means as we have. The right
to do so is as clear as our right to declare New
York a port of entry and Albany not, or as the
right of the imperial parliament to make Lon
don a port of entry, and Portsmouth a naval
station. If France chose to reserve Cherbourg,
which is now a commercial port, as' an exclu
sive roadstead for its armed ships, could the
rest of the world complain? Would not France
reply, if she deigned to reply at all, that Bou
logne, Bordeaux, Marseilles and other ports
were open to all who wished to trade. If the
United States, for its own purposes, should
close the approaches to New York by Long
Island Sound, or through the Kills, could we
not properly do so without consulting foreign
nations?
tit FRIANDB or Taamons in Missouri are made
to pay tribute for tiffs support of those families
who were driven from their bomee in lower
Missouri by the 'rebels. Lately an auction was
held in St. Louis of property seized and taken
from such sympathizers as had refused to pay
their proportion of this tribute. It consisted
of horses, carriages, libraries, rose -wood furni.
tura, pianos, velvet, tapistry and Brussels car
pets, with any other article, large or small,
which the authorities could seize. If the same
rules were adopted in this vicinity, of compel
ling those who sympathize with rebels to contri
bute to the support of the Union men in the
south who are now suffering by rebel persecu
tion, there would be several that we have in our
eye who would be walking on bare floors before
many hours, and several others who would be
deprived of the music of their Chickerings.
Dia FOLLOWING is the tariff of exchange
adopted by the military authorities of Missouri:
Where the same grades cannot be exchanged
for each other, two of the next lower grade will
be subetitnted ° • that is, 1 major general for
2 brigadiers, or 4 colonels or 8 lieutenant-colo
nels, or 16 majors, or 32 captains, or 64 lieuten
ants, or 128 non-oommissioned officers, or 256
privates. In this tariff no distinction will be
made between first and second livtenants, or
between sergeants and corporals. •
BY TIMM
FROM KENTUCKY.
Capture of Fort Henry
•
ANOTHER BRILLIANT NAVAL
VICTORY.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT
The Engagement Engagement Lasted One Hour
and Twenty Minutes.
Two Generals, one Colonel, two Captains
and One Hundred Privates Captured•
CAPTURE OF SEVENTEEN LARGE
GUNS,
The Land Forms Arrived Two Hours
After the Surrender.
United Rates Foree,s In Possession or the
Memphis &Ohio Railroad Bridge.
OWE GUN BOAT DISABLED.
THIRTY-SIX FEDERAL SOLDIERS KILLE
Captain Porter Badly, but not Dan
gerotuily, Soalded.
The expedition against Fort Henry, on the
Tennessee river, has been entirely successful,
and the Fort is now in the possession of the
federal troops.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Cats°, 111., I e 6. 7.—Fort Henry, on the Ten
nessee river, was surrounded yesterday at 2
o'clock, after a determined resistance.
The fight, which lasted one hour and twenty
minutes, was conducted.by the gunboats. Un
cintiati, Essex and.fit. Louis.
The Cincinnati fired one hundred and twen
ty-five rounds and received thirty-four shota
from the rebel guns. Only one man was
killed.
The St. Louis fired one hundred and ten
shots, and received no damage.
The Rises waediaabled at the tenth round by`
a ball striking her boiler. Thirty-two were
killed or scalded to death.
Captain Porter is badly scalded bat not dan
gerouely.
Two rebel Generale, one Colonel, two Cap-7
tains, and one hundred privatee were taken
prisoners
The fort mounted seventeen guns.
The land forces did not reach the scene o
action (or two hours after the surrender.
The Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge, fif
teen miles above the fort, bee been taken pos
session of by our troops.
From Washington.
The Flag of True from. Rebeldom.
No truth In the reported threatening the
lives of Col. Cochran and others.
The Capture of Fort Henry
WABBINGTON, Feb. 7.
There is high authority for stating that there
is no truth in the report that a recent flag of
truce, brought to head-quarters here a commu
nication, threatening the lives of the hostages
Col. Cochran and others, in the event of the
Missouri bridge burners. There is in the com
munication no allusion whatever to that sub
ject. It is not believed that its contents will
be officially made public.
The Senate has approved the joint resolu
tion authorizing the Secietary of War to pro
cure from srich offieers and enlisted noon of the
United States Army as are now, or hereafter
may be held as prisoners of war in the so-called
Confederate States, from time to time, their
respective allotments of pay to their families
or friends, upon which certified allotmen t" the
Secretary shall cause drafts to be made, pay
able in the city of New York or Boston . to the
order of such persons to whom allotments were
or may be made, and to remit the dials' to
the addresses of suCh persons as may I)4' desig
nated. •
Abram Feider has been officially recognized
as vice Consul of Switzerland for the States of
Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and the territory of
Nebraska to reside at Highland, Illinois.
WASEUNOTC;N, Feb. 7. No certain intelli
gence has yet been received at Head Quarters
of a recent battle at Fort Henry. In the west
ern news the press dispatches are generally
half a day in advance of those of the Govern
n.tent.
IKARKETS BY TELBGBAPH.
Nicw Yoax Feb. 7 .
Flour has declined 50., 9,000 barrels sold ;
Stste $5 75(45 75, Ohio $6 06(46 10, south
em $5 95@6 30. Wheat has a declining
tendency. Corn dull at
.65(466c. Beef quiet.
Pork firm. Lard firm at 71(44. Whiskey
firm at 24t. Receipts of Flour, 7,660 barrels.
Wheat, 17,440 bushels. Corn, 2,473 bushels
- THE PIRATE STEAMER CAROLINA.
.New Yoex, Feb. 7.
The pirate..eteamer Carolina, was at Naomi
on the 2911,121 t.:
The - Unlied States genboatikawnitivin.Forb.
raselloozwevanivallevithiattaontiag.
FROM FORTRESS MONROR
Arrival of the 11. S. Steamer Swanee,
MEWS EKON TH K BURNSIDE BIPEDITION
The Fleet Still in Hatteras Inlet
SIX THOUSAND TROOPS LANDED
LOSS OF THE OUNBO.4T E. H. HERBERT.
4 Forward Movement Shortly Expected
A FLAG OF TRUCE FROM THE REBELS
They Propose to give up Roanoke Island
to Save Elisabeth City from Attack.
Rebel Account of the Attack on Fort
The Missouri Difficulty Satisfacto
rily Arranged. .
GEN. PRICE TO BE COMMIS
SIONED A MAJOR GENERAL.
Spain claimed by the Rebels a
their Friend.
Representatives to be sent to the Span
Arrival of General Beauregard a
Biohnaond.
The Commissioners appointed to
visit the Federal Prisoners not al
lowed to go South.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD ON NEW RIVER
An Engagement with the "Tan
G.E417: MOB, OFMISSOURI, AT RICHMOND
SERIOUS RIOT AT RIOHMOND.
PERSONS HEARD CHEERING FOR THE
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.
Removal of the Rebel Troops from
DRAFTING TC I BE COMMENCED ON THE
Foment MOllltoll, Feb. 6.
:Eh S. Steamer Swanee, of the Burnside expe
dition, arrived this forenoon.• She left Cape
Hatteras yesterday morning, having come out
of the inlet the day before. The fleet was still
Inside the inlet and nothing had been 'done.
Moat, if not all of the vessels, had gone over
the bar and about 6,000 troops had been
landed.
The Swanee was considerably damaged by
the storm.
Part of her bulwarks and wheel house had
been stove in and her upper works injured.
She brings a large mall and thirty-four sick
men from the expedition. Four died on the
passage.
After landing her mail and passengers the
Swanee will go to Philadelphia to repair.
The gunboat E. H. Herbert was lost in addi
tion to those before mentioned.
A forward movement was shortly expected.
There was a rumor circulated that the rebels
bad offered, through a flag of truce,
to give up
Roanoke island on condition that Elizabeth
city should not be attacked.
Tbellanuisiaua has been got off without ser
one damage.
The steamer Albany arrived this forenoon
from Annapolis with quarter-master's and other
stores for.the Burnside expedition.
It has been raining all day.
A flag of truce went to Uratiey Island, and a
large number of women and children returned
to go north ; and also Lieutenant Preston, of
the 71st New York regiment, to be exchanged ;
and J. H. H. Sands, of the 4th Michigan regi
ment, a prisoner of war released on parole.
No news was brought down.
Mars, Feb. 6.--Three federal gunboats
appeared on the Tennessee river yesterday.
They opened fire on Fort Henry. The latter
responded. There was no damage done to the
fort. The Federate are landing troops two miles
from the fort, and an' attack is expected; The
Confederates are in full force on the Tenneseee
river and no damage from the 'Federate is ap
prehended. An order was issued from the War
Department on the 4th, brdering all military
commander§ to impress all saltpetre found in
their districts, except such as is in the hands
of original manufacturers, and good agents and
contractors, paying therefore, 40 cents per
pound and no more. The order is *mod in
consequence of the monopoly of speculators
and the exorbitant rates charged the govern
ment
A Richmond divatch says the Missouri dif
ficulty has been satisfactorily arranged. Gen.
Price will, doubtless, be Commissioned a Major
General, and the Missouri troops received into
the confederate service as twelve months vol
unteers.
The Legislature yesterday (fourth,) went in
to a secret session for the purpose" of consider
ing an important communication from the
Governor, upon the subject in regard to which
it is understood the State and Confederate au
thorities are entirely agreed. Its purport will
not transpire at present.
The Des Patch sari in an editorial, Sfain is a
national ally of the South. If the south has
had one friend from the beginning of her trou
bles it hies been Spain. We think it due to her
generous and chivalaric people to have sent'
representatives to the Spanish court, and there-.
by laid a broad and deep foundation of perma
nent and close amity with that nation. It is
too late now to rectify the omission, which was
not dictated by any want of courtesy.
There is no news from the Burnaide fleet, or
about the Merrimac steamer.
The Rhode Ldand arrived from New York
this afternoon. '
Adjutant General Schouler of Mass., arrived
this morning.
The Constitution sailed this afiernoon. Gen.
Beauregard and suite arrived here this eve
ning. Heavy rains during the night and to
day interfered with the preparations for his re
ception. He will proceed to take command of
the department of the northwest immediately.
NORPOIX, February Et. There is no doubt
that the commissioners appointed by the Wash
ington government to visit the federal prison
ers in the sqnth are at, Fortress Monroe, bat
'there is not the. slightest probability that our
',government will permit them to visit the Con-
I=l
Henry.
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Ish Court
keep' Gunboats.
NOBODY HURT.
UNION
Richmond.
FIRST OP ALAROLI.
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Anausra, February 5. Private letter, written
last evening in Savannah, and received here
this morning, states heavy tiring was heard in
the direction of New river, on the South Caro
lina side on Monday morning, which lasted
for over font hours. It was supposed to be an
engagement with the enemy's gunboats.
Ldiressenger who reached here this morning
says, he was informed by a cunt', derate officer
in Savannah, that our batteries at New river
bad been attacked, and that one at least of the
federal gunboats bad been destroyed.
The Charleston Mercury of to-day says that
the Bring beard yesterday was at the Red bluff.
The enemy destroyed the houses in the neigh
borhood. Noholy hurt. Gen. Price is in
Richmond.
RICHMOND, Feb. s.—Gen Sterling Price, of
Missouri, arrived here on official business last
evening. He desires to be confirmed as a
Major General, and seeks pay, clothing, an.]
supplies for his army in the West.
A serious riot occurred in Richmond on Tues
day night, which was so extensive and danger
ous that it is feared the city will be placed tin
der martial law. During the excitement per
sons were beard cheering for the Union.
The troops at Norfolk are being sent south
very rapidly to repel the advance of the federal
troops into the cotton States There are but
few soldiers to be Stet in Norfolk now. As
these troops are being rent as far south as
Mobile. It is probable that the rebels have
been misled as to the designs of Gen. Burnside.
Drafting will be commenced throughout the
south on the first of March. Great numbers of
the soldiers express dissatisfaction with the
course which has been pursued by the reb .1
government in this particular.
XXXVIIth Congress--First Session.
IN SENATE
Mr. ANTHONY, (R. 1.,) presented a resolution
from the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in
regard to the permanent location of the naval
wademy at Newport. The said State bad ten
dered exclusive jurisdiction to the United States
of the necessary land, &c. He referred bristly
to the loyalty of the State, and the fact that
Newport bad suffered greatly by the rebellion,
and was one of the finest harbors in the
country.
Mr Wmsmr, (Man.) presented memos ials of
a number of mercantile firms of New York
against any repeal of the present ware-house
ingsystem.
Mr. Wassyr presented several petitions in
favor of emancipation ; also in favbr of homce
pathic surgeons.
Mr. Dootrrria (Wis.) presented the resolutions
of the Legislature of Wisconsin, requesting that
the Senators and members of Congress from
that State vote for the abolishment of the
franking privilege.
Mr. RAINS, (N. Y.,) from the Committee on
Judiciary, to whom was referred the credentials
of Benjamin Starke and other papers, without
expressing any opinion as to the effect of the
papers, or any action of the Senate, reported
the molt:Mon that Mr. Starke was entitled to
take the constitutional office as a Senator.
Mr. Tenmeou, (111.0 asked to file the minor
ity report. The committee had not seen fit to
report on the testimony, and could not agree
with the majority of the committee.
Mr. Remus (N. Y.,) sail the committee did
not express an opinion as to the effect of the
papers on any subsequent action of the Benet-.
The papers were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Yr ARLAN, (lowa,) from the committee on
Public lands, reported a bill to reduce the ex
penses of the government in the survey and
sale of public lands.
Mr. Hats, (N. H.), from the Naval Commit
tee, reported a joint resolution tendering the
thanks of Congress to Captain Samuel F. Du
pont, and the offivere and seamen wider his
command, for the victory at Port Royal.
Adopted.
Mr. HALE, from the Naval Committee, re
ported back the bill providing for the construc
tion of twenty iron-clad steam gunboats, with
an amendment.
The Unite,' States note bill was received
from the House, and referred to the Committee
on Finance.
Mr. Wusos (Maw.) introduced a bill to in
crease the efficiency of the medicial depart
ment of the army. Referred.
Mr. Lamm (Cal,) introduced a bill relative
to the warehouse system in the Pacific porta of
the United States.
Mr. Gams, (lowa,) moved to take up the
gunboat bill He said that If the intelligence
which came to .the city this morning, of the
capture of Fort Fleury by our gunboats on the
western waters w4ts true, then no bill was more
important. The bill was taken up—the
amendment appropriates $10,000,000 for the
purposes of the act.
Mr. HALE, (N. H.,) read a letter from the
Secretary of the Navy, saying that the Depart
ment could probably build ten or twelve boats
in six months, and double that number
in a year. That the Department do not
intend to conform to any particular, plan,
but intend to avail themselves of the expe
rience gained in the progress of the
work; that the cost range from $BBO,OOO to
$680,000, bat that Capt. Erricson proposed to
build four in six months at $226,000; that the
purposes of the boats were to reduce the har
bors of the enemy and open them to the Union
army. The Secretary earnestly recommends
the appropriation of ten millions.
Mr. ITAIP, (N. H.) said that the vessels al
ready built by Capt. Erricson was built by non
tract and was completed, within a day of the
time specified. The bill was amended so as to
limit the number to twenty and passed.
HOUSE OF REPRE.SENTATIVI23.
Mr. Srmers,(Pa.) said that the United States
note bill passed yesterday,provided for payment
of interest on bonds semi-annuallY in' coin.—
This he said was inadvertantly inserted,and by
the unanimous consent of the House, he today
amended the bill by striking out these words,
leaving it to the convenience or option of the
Treasnrrdepartment to pay interest in coin or
papett
Mr. HOLMAN, (Ind.) from the Committee on
Government contracts, reported a joint resolu.-
tion declaring that certain lands were granted
to Missouri on condition that government
troops and military supplies be transported over
such railroads as might be constructed from the
proceeds of sales thereof free of charge, but in
'consideration of the fact that the ability of
the Hannibal and St. Joseph and Pacific
tailroads have been greatly impaired by the
public enemy, the Secretary of war is author
ized to make such an adjustment with these
roads for transportation as may be just and rea
sonable during the existence of the rebellion,
provided that the charges do not exceed these
fixed by the War Department.
Mr. Houtax showed the necessity for the
adoption of the resolution, and maintained
that the Government could not transport
troops, munitions and supplies as economically
were it to take possession of the roads as pri
vate parties. After a debate, the resolution
was recommitted to the committee on Govern
ment contracts.
Mr. Hormax, (Ind.) from that committee re
ported a resolution requesting the hecretary of
War to inform the House the amounts paid to
each of the several railroad companies for
transportation of troops and supplies since the
commencement of the present difficulties to
gether with other information on the subject.
Mr. VANWYCK (N. Y.) moved that'the House
proceed.k) the consideration- of the report of
the committee on government contracts. He
spoke of, the advantage taken of,the trembling
necestatiea of the courts ry by speculators of the
Cattle contract made in this city; whereby
$50,000 was reali&hi on tAu thu..,o„;
theagencyof Alexanlercuinruir..!,
of the immense amount uf
him without any vouchers ; ;
linen,pantal.,ons, IsJud‘
and Dutch haring, for the u•,- ''
He next spoke of th e eh ,rt,r t 11:
Catalina and of tho horn color
don, Tennessue. A blue tont , ;
system was sought to he
commencement of the difficult;
per cent. was to be paido. •
friend of the adutinistratim, 11.
to insist that it shall drive c - '
land and treason front [he
spoke of Mr. Morgan's
tions in the department or '
filar rie
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On the 6th inst., n v the y , , \lr
MOORS to Maim E. Matirt. oh 6
•
P ENNSYLVANIA
STATE LUNATIC jio ,p ITAL
PROPOSALS will b e r.,
o'clock M., of Thurs.l iy
supplyiug the Peonsylrau..., •t.t. 1.
f esh and corned
Th- fresh beef to
weighed on the Ho-p.td
Any further info. thavou itt,y L,,,,
the hospit4l.
Proposals to be s• ht loG r. ,
robe dtd
LOST.
()
N WEDNI , SDAI", ~ i O,
Market, Bith ur F IL, s: •s
locket, containing a por,rin ,
'niched. A suitable reward OIL b •
this office.
TEACH - --
WANTED by a gellllll,,
oth exp•ri-nc,l t h
and modern Ito wages Lti.l :
Of mu-ic, Yr , lICII, etc e
•ti some school or ; hoetr h,,;1 1
Germ:kr. fluently, ant •h • IA
01, t;.43.1 ft ft'rel , .
..teachers "
box iimor r
CURE OF SUFFERING AND D .-
• lIHROEGII WAKING 4 . ,,
A oepti uofth • es.l-, e „ r
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7
OF TILE
WRIT OF HABEAS !.
UNDER THE CONSTI'II: Fl. N
Money, Esq l'Auplii••t • .
at BERGNER S CHEAP
Price 15 cents.
VALENTINES ! VALENTINES!
AFULL and VieLdid L.
endow, wholesale or rt
BERGNER'S !'
NAZARETH HALL.
BOARDING SCHOOL FiR
NAZARETH, Northatilpt , .:l
ltasy of access from , .
Easton, and thence seven Lullts by -t
Rev. El.Yori;: 11 _
5 3m*
PAROC El lAL SCIIOOI,,
Third and Chestnut scree' , , Itirr
ti sr ,
rirliE SEVEN 111 semi aunt
Oils lost lotion Will co niiietiie
rear] 10th, 1862. Male and feral p
For terms apply to the Principal
of the modorsigaed :
AUGUSTINE L CII11"NE
CARPENTER AND BUILDS
FOR SEWING ADICRISEi
JONAS BROOK & BRO S
PRIZE MEDAL SPOOL COTTON,
200 d 600 YDS. WHITE, 8L.4 0 K
THIS thread being mado
Sewing Machln&i, is VEKY STA
Ni. BLASTIC. Ito strength i 3 not nnpair. , l
by friction of the needle Y.Er
Patent Glace,
FUR UPPER I'HRE.II ) .
and Brooks Patent Six Cord, Red Te,kel,
FOB UNDER TEIREAP,
Sold by respectable dealers ;,,
Also, merits or 10013(0.21N 3:33 ,
V 7.11. fir:KY t.- 1. +,
NEW CLOTEIMG STOR,,
SHELLENRERGER & 131{()TiFr:11
(Room formerly occupied by the 1,5r).0 •
THE undersigned have just op!' H 1 ,
new aud large usuortnic•nt of th , •
clothing. We are also preosre,i Mad 'n
all kinds of Gents Wear cat to t h I 0,-; •t •
ions. We have always on ham I
made clothing and Gentleman's Fars,t , s:
nog dam Sliti I ENSE
TO GRAIN cosruscroiN,
THE BALTIMORE B ICI FAG'JRI
1
No. 77 South Strto, ,
Is PREPARED to furnkli
Contractcre and otheri with I mon r •
all o•zes, PrOMplif For Ca3;ll
Corn Contractor/ will rind it to their • _ •
a Call. C
Baltimore, MIL
THEO. F. BCEL'EFFE R,
ROOK AND JOB PRINTriI
NO. 18, /fARKE7 STREEf,
HARRLSBUFaI.
arirfarticular attention paid t.,
Binding of Railroad Blanks, Mnadesis.
Praia, dre. CARD 3 priuted at
thousand In elegant sty 10.
SCHIEFFELIN BROTHERS •
WHOLESALE DIVJGGNIS•
r•
AND DEALERS in Fahey
Ms) aeents or ih.• s ,
Petroleum, Illumluatg s r.fir t
furnished Many q uautt to uaa at the to ore-t. rl.
170 and 173 William Sirat,
SEW YOBi-1
a27-dam
HEAP SUGARS ! I— Nl Gal l
C OLS 5 D AMAN tt.
corner Trout and Yarket slree ",
Nett) aOutrtisentz,u,
D R. A Li I) I
the celebrated Meiial E , ;
burg and Lak.o
Room No. 45 ,Je the .1..,,,
where Is • wilt rem im tpo
lion Of persons of cted l't
tering. The r , nursas Is t
be acquires of °in.] , '
questions whitev..r, is ;y •
amines. by his ,c..,ouata t t
tram the IP :I
tem, tha blood or any ~r4AN L.: • • ;
OT WIZ, his cures is Phil.id
places where ho his pew. I
numerous and rem'', obi.. :or IN
ones have been brought to ~,,
prompt relief and sp,,ly reo,ra
health and comfort, htl .
skill In mastering and shown; to .
Dr. AddisOn'a
are made wi.hout cha , go, so it, • . ,
omit any , thing ; and to min) 1:
cur • almost beyond valu 1 -
emeat is desired, charges un I
nit the times.
THE PRIVILEGE
B. I' ,
rl
11. h
A. J. r
febb•d3Le
Resit/axe No. 2,7 Notch
N. B—JOBBING ATTENDED I
DoO.d6m
NO. 80 MARKET STREE:i
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