,eitgrapll'.
Forever float that standard sheet
VS here breathes the foe but fall. before us
k , teedont , i Noll beneath our feet,
Ann' ereedont's banner streaming o'er MI
°Mt PLATFORM.
THE ANION-THE' CONSIII'uIION-4tND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE JAW.
HARRISBURG, PA
friday Morning, February 'I, 1862.
IMPORTANT OORRESPONDENOE.
PHINIDINT LINCOLN AND HON. &PION CAMERON
The following correspondence will be- recog
nized by the American people as a portion of
that, great material that will hereafter be used
in making up the history of the struggle in
which the American people are now engaged
for the permanency of the Union and the sue
cow of Comititutional liberty. The fact now
first divulged to the public at large by this
correspondence, although known to the inti
• mate igtirtuti. friends of the distinguished gem
tletnan whom it so closely concerns and 86
highly interests, was nevertheless confidentially
withheld from the nation, in the certainty that
it would at some future day hulaid before the
people of the country In its present shape, and
thus subserve the: end of that justice and hon T
orable vindication which it now so completely
achievat and .establishts. .The letter of the
President.of the United States will be hailed
by the friends of the Hon. Simon CamerOn
the realization of their faith and confidence in
the ex-Secretary of War. :It .1a an official an-.
nouncement of a fact which has been perverted.
and misconstrued as much for the injury and`
destruction of the Union, as it was hoped it
would malign and defame an object alike of their
hatred and fear ; and when the people whosei
confidence has been so much abused by the ai
mulls on the character and reputation of Gen.
Cktmeron,ltave read and pondered the letter of
Presidenti.incoln, they will renew their confi
dence and their esteem for the man thus as
sailed; and with the Tatrousso, accept the tes
timony of the President of the United States as
the noblest' vindication which an honorable
wan and upright public servant could desire or
even demand.
Although, as it will be seen, this correspond
ence Is marked private, its publication was ren
dered absolutely necessary, as well to maintain
the truth of history as to serve the ends of jus
tice. This must• explain its apPearance in the
oolumniefAte Tar.Ettamon. The letter of the
Presidents in his own hand' writing, reads as
follows :
[PRIVATIO
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
,„ Washington, Tan. 11, 1862.
Eisen Sat—Though I have said nothing hith
erto in response to your wish, expressed long
shwa, to resign your seat in the • Cabinet, I
have not been> unmindful of it. I have been
only unwilling to consent to a change at a time,
and under circumstances which might give •oe-,
onion to misconstruction, and unable, till now,
to ,see ',how such• misconstruction could. be
avoided... •
But the desire of. Mr; Clay to return home
and to offer hie services to his country in the
field, enables me now to gratify your wish, and
at the same time evince my personal regard for
you r : and. my confidence in your ability, patriot
and.fidelity to public trust. •
.I therefore tender to your acceptance, if you
still desire to resign your present position, the
poet of Minister to Russia. . Should you accept
it,.yott will bear with you the .assuranoe of my
undiminished confidence, of my affectionate es
teem, and of my, sure expectation that, near
the. great Sovereign whose personal and •heredi
lig'''. friendship for the United States , so much
endears him ,to Americans, you will be able to
render. services to your country, not leas impor
tant than those you could render at home.
Very sincerely, your friend ; •
A. LINCOLN. -
lion. SIMON ()AMMON,
The reply of Gen. Cameron to the letter of
the President, is couched in the same frank and
manly spirit which characterized his personal
and official intercourse with the Chief Magis
trate, while he was a member of the Cabinet.
President Lincoln had reminded Secretary Cam
eron of a e
, desire long expressed to leave th
Cabinet, which desire is reiterated by the Secre-
tatty of War, but not however without first re
minding the . President of the herculian task
width had been accomplished—of the kindly
feeling which distinguished their personal and
official intercourse ; and of the reluctance with
which he had first accepted a position in. Ills
administration. Such confeseions and aq
knuwledgmente, emenating from such men,oan
not fail in eliciting the profound respect of the
country. Nor will the tender by the President
of another important position to Gen. Cameron,
while lie nricepte his resignation as Secretary of
War, fail to increase the respect and confidence
of the people for both Gen. Cameron and the
President, as the evidence of the former's strength
and character as a statesman, and the fact of
the diecernment and discretion of the latter as
an Executive officer. Altogether, this corres
pondence must form a chapter of remarkable
interest in the history of the national adminis
tration, at once fraught with noblevindloatioit,
frankly expressed confidence, and Manly, recip
rocity both of personal and official res p ect and
BACtB34.
Orn: Cameron's reply to the President Is as
follows : . • .
WAR DIPARTRIOrr, 1
a.. Washington; January 11, 1862. f
MY'Dass. Bra:—l have the honor to acknowl
edge your favor of this.date, and to thank you,
with profound respect ; for its kind and gener
ous tone. When you were elected President,
a result to whiph I
,contributed Jay bast fixer
tionir,l had: no thought of liaivjra the Senat e
of 04,1704 States, or of amp 'lig *wry
tion within your gift. But when you invited
me to Springfield,lllinois,and presented me the
choice of one of two named places in the list of
tour constitutional advisers, I could not, for
grave public reasons, and after great reflection,
refuse a trust so trying and laborious. My life
had been one ef constant labor and excitement.
I looked to the Senate as the best field, after
such a life, in which to serve my country and
my State. It was only when I realized that 'I
might be of service to the general cause in the
darkly foreshalowed future, that I ventured
to undertake the manifold and various respon
sibilities of the War Department. I felt when
I Few the traitors leaving their seaU in Con
gress, and when the Star Of the - West was fired
upon in Charleston harbor, that a bloody con
flict was inevitable.
I have - devoted myselkwithont interruption
to my official duties, and have given to
them all my energies. I have done my best.
It was impossible, in the direction of operations
so extensive; but that some mistakes should
have happened, and some complications and
complaints should have arisen. In view of
such considerations I thank you for the' ex
pressiontif your Confidence in my ability, pa
triotism, and fidelity to public trust. Thus
my own conscientious sense of doing my duty
by the Executive and by my country, is ap
proved+ bytbe`aciituovilicaged ha*P.Ofithe gov
ernment himself.
_ .
When I became a member of your adminis
tration I avowed my purpose.to retire from the
Cabinet as soon as my diity to my country
would- allow me to do so. In your letter of
!his daft' date, so Alustrative of yourjuet and
Upright charaCter, you revive the fact that I
sometime ago expreked the same purpose to
yon, and; iwremhulim; me .-of 4.his you lirOffer
for my acoeptanceune of thehighest diplomatic
positions at yourbestoWeil;as au additional mark
of your confidence and esteem.
In retiring from the War Department, I feel
that the mightfainay of the :United States is•
ready to do battle for'tbe Constitution ; that
it, .is marshalled-. bpplUtifif and::exPerenoed
leaders; that itia tanhmkted,ith the greatest
enthusiasm for tiiiitrodd - chute, and also that my
successor in this Department, is my personal
friend; whe-tiultesto -wonderful intellect 'and
vigor; the gtand essential of beingiti earnest in
the presentstrugglei and'of being•rasolvfld upon
a speedy and -Overwhelming triumph' of our
arms. I' thereforotranklyturept the new dis
tinction pit have -'tendered' me, and as soon
as important and long neglected private- busi
ness:can be arranged,. I' Will enter 'upon the
;imnortantlintiewef the miesion whith . " you have
assigned-me. - • -•-• - •
I have the honor to be, my dear sir,
-Your.obedieht and humble•servit,
SIMON CAMERON.
ABRAHAM Locerat, President.
DR. Olikk.r.FileiS LECTURE.
The announcement that Rev. Dr. Cheever of
New York city, would deliver a lecture in the
Hall of the House of Representatives, last eve
ning, on the. sbuject of the -they Emancipation, of
Slaves, drew together a large and brilliant . audi
ence. The fame and reputation of the lectu
rer as a scholar and an, orator, as well as the
interest of the people on so grave a subject
as the one , proposed, to be. discussed i led the
audienen to anticipate at .14st a digniftedini ,
partial, as well as argumentative discourse.—
We hoped to bear the recital of historical facts,
gathered by the lecturer dirlng his scholastic
studies and
_more mature investigation.. We 2
expectedio hear a Christian Peirsuathiii tolibrual
don wrong in the hope of achieVing some good by
releasing the bondsman' and bidding him wel
coinetioithe eweete r theAndeiendenba; and tbd
responsibilities of liberty. But in these antici
pations Dr.. -Oheever disappointed his audience
and ourselves. Instead of the discussionhav r ,
mg been of the prectinallendetieles of enntia- 1
pation; attunes into the lowest vitu
peration, while the. lecturer essayed to •review
the statesmanship of the President or the mar
tial energy and Valor 'of Gen.' McClellan : It
was a discoident 'mingling of the notions of
wild and impracticable abolitionism, instead of
the calm expression of a man cooly corrteni ! :
plating a subject in which is invested the social
salvation of a race. The lecture possessed no
charm beyond that In which the egotism of
the author had invested it ; no. nail fiv e bAt
thrit'which drought to periert - theolifidia - acts
.of the President and Gen. McClellan ; while its
positions were as vidnerable as its arguments
were weak, and RS influence on the audience
tended only to arouse theifmarked disapproval,
if the intelligence of the people presmt did not
alone prevent them froth 'open and free oF.-
preesions of disgust at the worse Ulan "in
endiary." sentiments of the lecturer.. • '
• Stich men as Bev. Dr. Oheever are - the least
fitted in the World diecuss great practical
questions. Fdugation, association 'and expe
rience lead them into extremes when they
come in contact with the'' great ' progressive
plans of the world; and their efforts, therefore,
td accomplish good,
,often result in greater
evil to the men and women they seek to serve:
Dr. Cheever is no benefactor to the OrielaVed
African. • Hii cannot minister to a single Want,
Of the Plantation .darkey—his arguments
against slavery are impotent for good to 'the
•slave; and if the 'emancipation 'which he advo
, .
. •
dates were promulgated, and the slave, wild,
ignorant and irresponsible, were let loose'tin
society, the Idea `und the exclusivenea, 'both
solidly and religiotaili;whichDr. Cheever
roseate, would be the first , to ErtlfrOX _and the
Most frantic in complahit.against eniaticipated
Bomb° and Dinah.
Honestly we 'trust, that Dr. Cheever may
never again be heard on this subject, in the
capital of Pennsylvania, or any other capi
tal where the good sense, judginent and
patriotism 'of the people are as likely to he
outraged and insulted as they were Jest evening.
, . .
WE Arm war:Anna disposed to.. support
almost everything in the way of economy, but
we must make one exception, and 'that is, the
pay of soldiers dowdy enlisted: Enlistment is a
contract, binding in all its terms, as well upon
the Government r as upon the soldier. For the
future, Government oan offer such terms as it
chooses. .But the past is (morally) irrevoc
ble. The pay of officers may be reduced, be:
cause they have the option of , 'retigning. But
soldiers cannot resign. They' Must serve out
their agreed period, andin turn, they car' claim,
as:a matter_ of , contrack the performance of all
the conditions upon which they enlisted.
Darserama—Facte are being developed 'tts
prove that certain colonels of regiments on the
Potoduto are connticted - with the secret sale of
liquor tuthe men tinder their command. One
of •the. tricks resorted to is to fill mineral water
bottles with gin; find thub dhltbgea,"tiell it'ta
the soldier, 'Efaa4
• glpg would be to ie** a
pinbduuent tor , incti ; , •
pains luania Data _1 Celt ri ' Orraiirlu
What ,re our citizens doing witktiiikirendW
the subject of locating the National. FaWtd►y f,
We have the natural resources, and the gesP
graphical position, but have we the energy, the
friresight and 'the determination to press on
Congress the necessity and absolute economy
and advantage of Iticating their great national
work in our midst? While other localities are
pouring petitions into Congress, we are supine
ly neglecting not only our own local interests,
but the Interests of the nation at large in thus
postponing to lay before Congress facts and
advantages concerning Dauphin county, which
it is theright Of tittlgovernalialtiiiriiideietand.
The capital city , pf i l'expsylvarrin-, however eli
gibly Other cities may located, and whatever
may be the advantages of other localities, possetie
es the powen ,resources,facil ides and advantages
such as cannot be found elsewhere within the
Union - Welaire thliberaild Witter
We have a railroad outlet. which diverges in.
every direction. We have canals running into
every portion of our own, and connecting with
the mineral and agricultural regions of other
commonwealths. Added, to these advantages,
we are within sufficient reach of ;the sea board
and lake `shores for ally Prectleahle purposee,
and yet so tar from, both`' art to make tke
works, when located in our midst,-tale beyond
the blow of any enemy.
These advantages and resources should at
once be elaborated and presented to Congress
throsgh the medium of petitions signed by all
classes of the people. Thepeople have "the
disposal of this matter in properly presenting
it "to the consideration of Congress; and'
have authority for declaring, that the land .for
locating such work Will, be donated to tin gov
erument in the event of the erection, of the
form ai); in this loitthty. the people ihen .
at once unanimouslytake' hold ni,.#4 subject.
Let our leading. citizens units An a call for a' meeting to secure the object. It will require
but a small effort :to :PrO7e that here,. either,
wlthinor,itaar the limits of .liiirriehurg, is the
only proper, eligible and advantageous loot*
for the lireilional Founari.
T.HE EXPULSION:OP TEE TRAITOR
The United States Senate, yesterday, by a
vote of tbirty-twd to fourteen, expelled Jesse
D. Bright, ;from his seat as "ti Senator from the
state of Indiana. The causes which led. to this
expulsion were freelyand, fairly &Mimed hefore
the Senate and the people,' , and the resu lt thus
arrived at will undout.tedly'receive the appro
bation and s cotictiritiram'of the loyal . citizens of
all the loyal states. At a time,of great public
peril, when Jefferson Davis had ; been made the
chief of the oonspirators and the:head of the
traitor confederacy, Bright wrote him words
of iutinduo to him a friend
who offered to supply the rebels with arms, and
by other acts andrecognitloru3; proved, that he
sympathized with, ma desired the success of
the rebellion. "These facts. and
.circUmlitalicos
were fairly established by the record,, the con
fessions of Bright himself, with the letter he
had "written to' Jeffeison Dos. With this
proof before it, the Senate could not have
. ~ •
done leei than 'expel Bright, and thui refer hie
case to the Legislature of the state of Indiana,
which accredited him as the representative of
;that state, and With which bodylt nOifi remains
to fill a position thus made vacant;by the pri
vate, public and convicted freeman of Jesse D.
lßright•
We regard"this action of.the., United States'
Senate as the sturdiest blow that has yet been
istinck at a class of secret sympathisers with
'treason, who haie been working great injury to
he country ever since thellagOisecimion was nn
failed. It was a decision at once demanded by
the proof against Bright, tie eilgehelis of the
Public service, and the necessity of preserving
the dignity, confidence, and power of the
'Otmerican &nate.° No more righteous judg
ment was ever decreed against guilty com
plicity with an actual participation in crime.
.
The last sensation. report from Washington Is
to the effect of letters having been received in
that city from an eminent diplomat abroad, that
France, England and Spain had entered into a
eague to prevent the re-organisation of the
4txnericcu3. states.: The.‘initial step of this
Movement consists in the renewal of Spain's
desertion of authority in kexico, by which
She league hopes to provoite a protest from the
federal authority; On the 'Monroe principle of
denying the right of conquest on this hernia
phere to any of the powers of Ettrope. We
Save no doubt that such an alliance for the
purpose named would be very acceptable to
. , _
She powers in question, but we doubt very
much the existence of the league. Neither
England or France can afford to complicate
t h eir own. .affaini , in an imbroglio with Spain,
llecause a uar on the Mexican quest ion would te•
an likelytoinvolve Europe in a general figlit;lta:
an American army ia Rome, or &legion of 008-.
sacks in Constantinople. European princes
and aristocrats, however, will plot and devise
until they do.accomplish some plan by' which
atf, ey can justify- an interference in, be dmestio
ins of this government, so .that the' sooner
establish the.fsderal authority in the rebel
tes, the sooner 'and stronger we will be to
Meet any alliances to crush our' power or anal-
Nide our institutions.
.. .
'A 150111111115 AGENT, writing iron England to
the Richniond Acquirer ; describes many of the
difficulties that he has encolmtered abroad. He
tried to promote shipments of manufactures to
the s-utherii ports, with a promise of one hun
dOed per cent. profit, but the sturdy manufac
tapers said ten per cent., and no risk , is a better
business than drier hundred.per cent. and ex
treme risk. Nothing was eixxnap4elied: Ha
adds that he has some doubts whether the for
eign powers will recognise the confederacy, and
assigns the following reason Ist. Both En
glind and France are strinagly, coneervative,
and both possess important colonial possessions,
4iarl they do not like to encourage revolts; 2d.
A prevalent impression that the north and south
would soon come together again if separated ;
3d A fear that, in me of recognition, the
nc4rth would undertake the conquest of the
south ; 4th. The determinatton of England to
nab' hereafter upon her own sources of supply
fcni cotton ; and sth. Th'e determined anti
slavery feeling among tire people of both as
:titan'. Some, or all of these cam united, he
says, will long delay the mach-hoped-for for
interventien.__
DM
THE NATIONAL FOUNDRY.
LEAGUE 1R DESPOTISM.
nsylwga Legislature.
EspoiTip 12a/DESLY FOR TER rsurazeru.
SENATE.
TuussnAT, February 6, 1862.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock A. M., and was
called to order by the Speaker, (Mr. Hem.)
Prayer by Rev. Mr. &rens, of Harrisburg.
The journal of yesterday.'(Wednesday) was
partly read, when
On motion of shirrs, (rhiladelphia,) the
futther reading'of the same was dispensed with.
PETITION PBX3ENTED
Mr..GIATZ presented.a.patition of the audi
tors, supervisors, and other citizens of Shrews
bury townsh*, York county, • praying that the
road supervisors may be' authorized to collect
the road taxes of said township.
Eeferred to the Committee- on }loads and
Bridges: - • - -
'IMPORTS OP STANDING COAOLITTRINI.
Mr. BOUND, (Judiciary,) as committed,
House bill" No. 48, &Watt
,relating to taxes in
the borough of Dushore, Sullivan county.
(sanie,) as committed, an act providing
for the collection of taxes in Millville borough,
Cambria coonty.
Mr. OLVMPR, ( 8114. 00 as an a n ia "_i 1
a ""
fur
ther supplement to an act to authorize the
county of Dauphin to borrow money, approved
March third, nuethousand eight hundred and
sixty.
Mr. SMITH, (Philadelphia) (same,) as com
mitted, `House bill No. 18, a supplertend to an
act, passed April fourteen, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act rela-
tive to the organization of courts of justice."
Mr. KETCHAM, (same,) as committed, a
supplement tb tan dot" to enable joint tenants,
tenants in common, and adjoining owners of
mineral-Undo in this Commonwealth, to man,
age and develops the - same.
Mr. SMITH, (Philadelphia,).• (Corporations)
as committed, an act to incorporate the Hyde
Park cemetery company.
Mr. SMITH, (Philadelphia,) also moved that
the Committee on Corporations be discharged
from the further consideration of "An Act sup,
plemental to an act to incorporate the city of
Harrisburg," and that said bill be referred to
the Judiciary. Committee. ' - • - .
• The molitm - was agreed to.
Several other private bills were reported,
among them one (with a negative recommenda
tion)for the incorporation of the Harrisburg Ex
change and mercantile association.
BILLS IN PLACIZ
A number were introdueed, among them one
relative to the dispatch of business in the Courts
of Common Pleas of this Commonwealth.
ORIGM/LL RESOLUTIONS
Mr. IRISH introduced a joint resolution in
structing our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, to favor the establishment of a
second National armory and foundry similar
to the one at Springfield, Mass.
The resolution was passed.
Mr. LOWRY introduced a resolution request
ing a recall from the Aortae of the Senate joint
resolution to investigate the alleged corruptions
of the government.
After some debate it was agreed to.
Mr. LAWRENCE introduced a supplement to
the bill for the commutation of tonnage duties,
extending the time for the completion of cer
tain railroads mentioned hi said act of last
year. -a' H
BILLS RUUD
A large number of private bills were consid
ered and passed, among them "a further Sup
plement to the act authorizing the county of
Dauphin to borrow money," legalizing the ex
tra expense attending the building of the new
court house in Harrisburg.. - .
728811 D. BRIOITi-AOAIN
The Clerk of the Rouse inforined - the Senate
that the House had refused to recede from their
amendment, nonconcurred in by the Senate, to
the resolution relative to the expulsion of Jesse
D. Bright, and had appointed Messrs. Ossamk,
.g:htma, and Ross (Miffin,) a committee of con
ference.
The Senate insisted by a vote of twenty-two
to eight, and then the whole matter wee inde
finitely postponed. -
The Senate then resolved to adjourn from to
morrow until Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
P. M.
I=l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTAI.WES.
.Tmatauxr, February 6, 1862.
The House was called to order at 10 o'clock,
a. and opened with prayer by. Bev. Mr.
Carson.
A large number of- petitions were presented
end properly referred.
BILLS CIONSIDBAKD AND PABBP.D.
Agreeably to order the House proceeded to
&raider bills called up by the members in
alphabetical order, when the following were
diliPospd 0 4. as stated::: • : • _
A joint resolution relative to the pay of
W. 0. Snyder.
Negatived.'
An act to amend and extend the charter of
the Independent Mutual Insurance company of
Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks counties.
Passed ' finally.
A further supplement to an act to incorporate
the M'Kean Oormty railroad company.
Passed finally..
An act to legalize the official acts of Benj.
.Tay, At justice of the peace. After prolonged
debate,
Passed finally.
• An act to repeal• an act, entitled "An Act to
secure a stricter accountability of certain public
officers in Schuylkill county, so far as the same
relates to the township of West Penn, in said
county. • .
Passed finally.
supplement to an act to secure to farmers
certain rights in the markets of the city of
Philadelphia. Postponed.
The House then adjourned.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
f i nizenzums, Feb. 6
There is more activity in Flour, and 6,000
bbls. were disposed at $5 75®6 00 for low
grade and good extra family, $6 62} for extra,
and $6 26 for superfine. Rye flour is steady
at.sB 50, and Corn Meal at s3:oo. : The mar
ket is poorly supplied with Wheat, and it is in
demand; 6,000 bush. red sold at $1 34®1 36,
and some white at $1 45 ; 1,000 bush. Bye
sold at 72®730. Corn is in good request, and
6,000 bush. new yellow , sold at 56®57c. Oats
are steady at 38®88,1c. No change in Coffee,
Sugar and Molasses. Provisions are quiet ;
sales of 600 bbls. Mess Pork at $l2 50®12 75;
Dressed Hogs at 4c ; 200 bbls. Lard at 80.—
Whisky is firmer ; sales of Ohio at 24(112411c.
•
Naw YORK, Feb. 6.
•
Flour quiet; sales 11,000 tibia. Wheat quiet ;
sales unimeorteint. Corn unsettled ; sales 25,
000 bush. at 651®661. Beef steady. Pork
steady. Lard dull at 7i@Bte. Whisky dull
at 24c.
STRIFE OF GORDON THE . SLAVE TEA
' DER.
The President' has granted a respite of two
weeks to Gordon the Slave Trader who was to
have been hung tomorrows
BY TUEG
Froth our Sysibleg Bahian Of Yesterday.
LATER FROM MISSOURI,
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
THE UNION MIMES IN SOUTH-WEST
MISSOURI RETURNING ROME.
Rumored Capture of the Rebel General
Raines.
GENERAL PRICE NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
HE INTENDS TO SHOW FIGHT.
Roma, Mo., Feb. 5.
[Correspondence of the Missouri Republican.]
The remainder of Gen. Sigersdivision started
west on Sunday morning, under command of
acting Brigadier General Calor. Gen. Asbotha
division started several days ago, and there are
now left at this place only the troops who are
to remain for the protection of the post.
The roads have, somewhat improved, and .
the army teams are progressing with lees dim-,
lty
The Eldon refugees from the southwest of
Missouri are now taking op their line of march.
for their homes once more. Kvery day they
may be-seen on the road wending their way to
the southwest. •
Tnere is a rumor that the rebel General
Baines has been captured by General Lane's
force's, but it needs confirmation. Advices from
Lebanon justifies the inference that it will be
several days, perhaps weeks, before the army
moves forward,- and no movement of im
portance may be expected until the troops
to take pirt in the campaign shall have been
concentrated at that point.
The news from Gen. Price, received by the
public, is that he is eight miles this side of
Springfield, and intends to show fight.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE,
ILA RISE S AATE R.
-.-
THE FRENCH MEN OF WAR
Activity in the Rebel Fleet in Eliza-
The United States transport Constitution,
which sailed yesterday forenoon for Ship Isl
and, spoke the gunboat Miami about forty miles
north of Hatteras last night in a sinking condi
tion, and unable to make steam enough to take
her into port. • .
The Constitution arrived here at one o'clock
this afternoon; she will take in a sataliquan
tity of coal, and probably sail again in the
morning.
The French steamer Catinet sailed this after
noon for Havana.
The Pomone, the flag ship, is still here. It
is probable that the French fleet in our waters
will- toe; represented here for some time, one
or two vessels' being always M port 'Another
steamer is daily expected.
The rebel fleet in Elisabeth river has been
moving about considerably all day. During
the forenoon heavy firing was going on at
Sewall's. Point, and. this afternoon a tug was
seen steaming around, and at one time towing
something, supposed to be a floating battery to
the point.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Aprroval of the Bill to Strike Sym—
pathizers with Treason from the
Pension Roll
Adjourned
The President has approved the bill authori
zing the Secretary of the Interior to strke from
the pension rolls the names of all such persons
as have or may hereafter take up arms against
the government of the United States, or who
have in any manner encouraged the rebels or
manifested a sympathy with their cause. It is
known that some persons in the west after
drawing their pensions have openly joined the
enemy, while others who hive not taken this
extreme step have openly sympathized with the
rebels, and at the same time drawn their pen
sions. The law just passed affords a partial
remedy against disloyal pensioners receiving
money from the government.
Congreso--First Session.
Wasartrorozr Feb. 6.
At twelve o'clock not a single Senator was
in the chamber, and there were but very few
persons in the galleries.
A few minutes after 3 o'clock, Senators,came
in and the chair'called the Senate' to order.
Mr. HoWean Maim, presented the resolu
tions of the Legislature of Michigan, asking a
grant of certain land to endow &military school.
Mr. Sitio, (N. Y.,) presented several petitions
asking that 30,000 copies of the agricultural
report of the patent office be printed in the ger
man language ; also several petitions for the
emancipation of the slaves.
Mr. CHABDUR (Mich.,) presented a memorial
from the merchants of New York city, praying
that the salary, fees and perquisites of the na
val officer and surveyor, be reduced.
Mr. Gamee, (Iowa) preeented sixteen peti
tioas in favor of the appointment of Home
pathic Surgeons in the Army.
Mr. Quarts, (Va.) presented a petition, nu
merously signed by citizens of Boston, Mass.,
asking Congress to leave the negro question
alone and attend to the business of the coun
try.
Mr. HARMS, (N. Y.) presented petitions
against the sale of liquor to the officers and
soldiers of the army; also a petition for the re
peal of the reciprocity treaty.
Mr. Gs, (lowa,) introduced a bill to allow
the corporation of Washington to issue small
notes. -Referred.
The bill to define the pay and emoluments
of officers of the army was taken up.
Hr. Sairrusarc, (Ohio,) said that this bill did
not meet the difficulty. It did not remove any
of ;the inequalities of the present system of
coMpensation. A prorate system would operate
injuriously on those receiving small salaries.
The problem of this war was not physical but
financial. A. year ago we were physically
weak, but with no public debt, now we
are physically'strong, but financially weak. He
read the estimates of the Secretary of the Trea
sury for the year ending July 1862. The actual
expenditures of the first quarter were $98,239,-
788 for the second, third and fourth quarters;
estimated $302,035,761, making a total of
$543,406,4.12. The estimated expense for the
year ending Jane, 1863, was $575,331,245.
This doesmot Include bounties and damages to
private 'property, so .that the total amount for
Nxw Yoax, Feb. 6
w a9
beth River.
Females MONIOI, Feb. 5
Weannanon, Jan. 6
SENATE
the next year will probable not be
5550,000,000. This was a great er " .s t ' a t ,
than had ever been borne by aro- t ,' C l '
The highest expenditur e of Great
never five hundred thousand million ttal
in the wars with Napoleon. Our til,a! o• ;
dition had attracted the attoatier, f,,
government& He quoted from the
poi; the government orttau, whir l 1; ,:`
~
were approaching a national bar,kr4
did not wish to impair the credit
ernment or Interfere with the pre , r „
war. He would give the l tat luau ,ird I, '
doltar to prosecute the war,
In his judgment there Were thre e 1 ,
needed: First, The prompt k a hey f.l t i
less than $150,000,000 8,11 ' 1, 1, A co,
sion of the laws regulating salary;
pensation ; third, a rigid s.crutqlr
bursement of all public fund;, as I
punishment of every offict.r lil t
taking money or allowing other,l . t Ih '
~
property in the service, from whi 1, ft,
eminent did not receive the loeuelil
HOUSE OF REPRDiENTA 111,
The House went into committ, ;1,,.
on the state of the Union, and th ou
the further consideration o f t ;,,
bill.
MY. CONWAY (liausae,) atikpl It ,
the following, to which Mr. Mayl. !
and it went over, by unaniteuri E t,,,,,. .
t,
required to produce it.
Resolved, That the Presidt nt L ..
furnish the House, if not
the public interest-, with the
eons arrested under the order
officer without legal proces s
any of the forts, an.l whei
country exclusive of perlinust3k,LL
in the war ; the names of the
prisons in which said pers, ns
are confuted nmpectively : the a
several arrests, together with it fill -•
of the charges and evidence
were arrested ; also, the UAllits
sons who have since been
of their several dischsr g ,
the same.
Mr. EC =LOCK} (Ills.) said that
times he might have some '
Btitutionality of this rnetn,uo.,
tremity, when we are bt1ut.!.;h1,..,
Lionel perpetuity, he was Vl/11,11.tr
verge of the Constitution to
ernment. He regarded this
In the course of his remarks, 1p I
have no more surreudersm rebel 1 , 1,- ,“ •
fully made, though RUS6i i , L r till , 1. y
Spain and the combined p..w,,,,. : t
demand it; we must stand by our t
by the honor of the nation; 1111i111
of the name of a people, we
The exigencies of the times yinui
him to vote for a bill which i, 1,,
the constitution, for when ,
Constitution it is mockery t s ae w ,
on a war under that iustrmo nt t „,,
the Constitution ; but he zozee I
within the power of'
congre , .. -
stitation, to make the notes pn ; • •
tender and give them value 1 ) :,•
entire property of the country f • -
demption.
STATEM F. NT
OF THE
HA ti RIB URG 13.1 Nlc
FF:l3lst
ASSETS.
Loans and Discounts
Stock of the Commonwealth
'United States Loan
Specie
Due by other banks.. $332,2
Notes of other banks.. 17,:,.;;
Otocks, (at present market
Bonds, do. do,
Real Estate,.
LIABILI'IIE
Circulation
Deposits
Due to other banks
The above statement k orr
of my knowledge and belie f
J. W. WI..
Sworn and subscribed 1et,e.1,,
dlt DAvLD 11A
Aftto 261:Itrttorinent9
PENNSYLVANIA
STATE LUNATIC HOJ'ETAL
PROPOSALS will bo rye.l! '
o'clock M., of Thursday, febr -
supplying the Pennsylvania :• , ttt •1, i! •
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The fresh beef to be delivery t
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THE PRIVILEGE
OF THE
WRIT OF HABEAS
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION- by h
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Price 16 cents. __-
VALENTINES I VALENTINE S!
AFULL and splendid assortno
entines, wholesale or retail, it
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BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
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11 Easy of access from Ilarrtsourg L
Eason, and thence seven miles by
Rev. EDWARD
3ra* - -
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c. v. NA VS. A. St..
THE SEVENTH semi aimutia
this institution will commence ,:i
rear9loth, 1862. Male and fenv!e PI" ! r :
Per terms apply to the Principal et ttk ,
Of the undersigned :
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