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A:Aslassns. , , os ITO CILAITUR, 1111 /lOW 0,1 Ti Two Dine."'ili the Baca OT WAIT, Strictures, Pains tr. diehous of the Kidneys and Bladder, Orgamt . e'vet,r lbaillity, Itecay of Wel - lush; t lacw• • T!, I lo.guor, L o w Spirits, Confusion 01 dears • iltLUtai i the lleitrt, Timidity, Tremblings, .; hi epoilieess, Inseaie ol the Stomach, Affections re lima. ,ei se or i,:itite—iboe terrible diem :in se c It er thi uolim.rieloti or Solitary Habits of ,tn—thn.i• dreadful and deotructive practises wbich Coi)HtitlltlOUP , detain:,, render marriage impos e , ana destroy both body Tad mold. YOUNG MEN. wile! mien erepeciaily who have become the nicums el the, that dreadful and destructive habit which tlly cweape to an untimely grave thOusands of owe of the most exalted la ic al and brilliant ietcl alw nag lit otherwise have entranced Satanic, ii ilb the thunders of eletinence, or waked to er• , ovine lyre, may eat/ wit h full confidence. MARRIAGE. p, route, or thok ountemplating marriage, be• •urr cl physical weakness, should Immediately non. • Lind be re•terel TO portent health. ORGANIC WEAKNICS Pnnt.diately cured and Nu 029 ralorot i t , we, places einiKell under the Care of Dr. 1., May e-”OtIr ie. Cie honor es c g temvn, anlt '`ITT iy emu on Add as a physical'. ~,r . col.cr "In, 1 :Muth Frederidt street, Baltieacri , 01. um !et tried eh le polite from Baltimore steeet, ',1,0111 m,, ouruer Be particular to observing the • or :lumber, of yea' will mistake the pike. Be par. Ito Igloo ant, Trlgia9 Quacks, with false names eary Crrtifiedeee, attracted by the repute ! . :chrism, Im C near ...11. Tr mule cootaiu a PcatakeSfotOP. to ass an the PIY• JuPiiettir. ,nernher 4.t 1111, Wiyal College 01 Burgin - ma grodo:detrom ono nt tne meet endnent Oo'teem , the United iintat ' and the greeteet part of whore lift ivebt the Hottpitel4 of !Amnion, tarts, Phila. .:1 nia And elecwhioro, has elibClPti $OOlO of the mom iti• niiioine cures the: were ever known Many troubled •tl4 ringing In the eitre ,ed bead when asleep, great Der hemp alarmed at sud,ien sound n, baebrulneee, tit frvon - nt hlte‘hineodi.ndon sometimes With derange. p.eel or Av . ! , ;Tip NOTICE. who havlui ittlered thew elun. Ise! and imyruper iudulgenoles, that Ceorel sobtary ha %bleb row ham hotly sad mttht uu• them Mr oilier business or eoetety. Ito err :tone of Ibe itad and melancholy eu tln pro ' a...a ni eariy 6ahq..c. o! youth, am Weakness of the ,:nn !INDY, ‘n the !load, Dhaneee of .fight, ,—a al Nuelliar ,w 4 r, +vtpuu lon of WO Heart, Dye. viau , Irrtv.thltly, Dernognment or the I heeetlve lt, , Mitty, Symptom ee 'liunornp. lan, &c. v the mind are =men to • ir , A tot —Lfics o New.tury, coorustou or Ideag, t:vil Mereborliugs, Aversion Lconett• A. ~ 11,11 .0, love Soli.ude, TingditY. le., are runt •• acute 4 1; perms 01 dl ages, 0001 now jUilpf Rual r•n t e L; ,n health, losing tbelr vigor, *NIL pale, nervous and elpeciated, nave s wildsum d 1,411 the eyes, coagh, and Syrup. YOUNG mllll • ,jl,f,tl LI.000:1000 OY a o•trtato practiou, ti • at. , ; idann--s habit frequently learned trots *" r ne or at School, the enrich' al which are t. I, tv.ll when asleep, and it not cured, render/ and destroys both mind and bee, : 'Lruabateiy. i:y wet a young man, Use hopes 01 his anon. hie parents, should be snatched iron' ,u.t enjityments of life by the consequence' : 11 ~, •cee the path of nature, and ludulgins in a '"•r^! trOul hl•rrsons must, before centers, itillAG, Naapi na~ eoio body pare the most Ileiaertrayy 4'll oreutete tioueuvial happiness. Indeed piornoy through lire becomes a wale/ o "r:aa the praspect hourly darkens to the view; the ' , ....er 0 s shadowed with despair, and elled with th rPtation that the happiness of another be. with our own tHttlttWol ,tii inratNti k 1 MISDY FOR us; ttANIC WKAKNESL 0 . 4 y tail ybd important remedy, Weaknees ot the pre4dl curse, and full vigor restored. of the wont nervous and debilitated writ . 1 in , 4; Lott Ivt been immediately relieved. All `"*" l :rz ,, In 11.trrrtya Physical or Mental Chaquallg. 'frettthllue Weakness or fthaustion or o•zt ol tom cored 'TO refitANia.b.S. -0 tlatil' thotoututlt curet at MIS 1.1/Stlueou Within me tat 1.4. 7411111., and tI numerous important Burgles yri , ,rm.,l . Witnessed by the re. t!1- paters, and many other persons, notices ol ~1 .N*144 "gen and again betOr• the publif., thindinu es 4 lendam44 of sh 4 raalgr 4,4 . 4 sultlineut guarantee to the afflicted. OF Eh I P II .I3DENCE.—WIteu thu misguided anotudent votary (.1 pleasure finds he has finhibee to nt this painful rhombic, it too often happenthat idsod , ;ease of shame or droved dtgoovery deter' :ram hpplyter, to those who, from education moil r.• i .. t rithiiity can idone befriend him, delaying till the our . symptoms rt this horrid Miscue mate th. t i t roarotate, affecting the bead, throat, node, ea ht, to. i iN treatiiiy on with frightlut rapidity, till death puts a !'"I to niv. dreadful sullerlngs by seeding him to "that whence ao traveler return." It ion me , met that thousands fall victims to this terrible owing to the unagillulneas of ignorant pretend tiiti“, by the use el that deadly vointio /stream, rum Lnt rociatilution and make the residue the miserable. ‘ 4r a.triezim.—The bootee's memos hang in hill Nri.ettql must oontatn a stamp to as so the rAri t iillleaualim heat Uy %AL N. 7 south 9)4 , 11,ra:a Area, Baltimore 1.1V:15 tr ak-WilliiAT EAL and CORN MEAL Wet received as or sale low at NICHOLS St BOWMAN, corner Front and starker streets. itt, TUUTI± NAIL. ULtYIII, IiAT, 144,Eit LATI-1 d DM 6B, sU &N dINIIINT SEJK, in great. variety 'A U SPEECH OF Hon. ;S. B. ELLIOTT, IN Tax NOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, On the Senate Resolution instructing our Senators in Congress to vote for the expulsion of the Traitor, Tesse D. Bright. Mr. ELLIOIT. I did not intend to occupy any portion of the time of the House until I heard this energetic, earnest, vigorous defence in these Halls, of an arch traitor. I had made up my mind, to sit quietly during this debate, as I have heretofore, during the session of this winter. But, sir, I can do it no longer, when such doctrines are proclaimed as we have just listened to. What aspectacle have we presented herol A member rises in his place, aid in his place upon this floor, defends a man who has recommended a-"reliable friend" to "His Ex cellency, the President of the Confederate States"—a man, sir, who has treason in his heart. For if ever a man had treasdh in his heart, I believe that man is Jesse D.'Bright. Aye, here, upon the floor of the House of Repre sentatives of the great Cumraonwealth of Penn sylvania, loyal as she is to the Union, we find such a man defended and extolled beyond all moderation of praise! Who is it that thus ex tols Jesse D. Bright? A gentleman who comes in here and boasts of a thing, of which as a member of this House of Representatives, he should be ashamed—that a halter was hung at his door, by his people, because of his political opinions. bir, Ido not wonder at it. It was a fit condemnation. I have, lying upon my table, the very resolutions passed by the convention that nominated that gentleman and his col league. I will read those resolutions, for they are very brief. I take them from the .6k Advocate. Tax. following are the resolutions referred to, and which, on the objection of Mr. Duffield, were not read to the House : In pursuance of a resolution passed at the Democratic convention held at hidgway, Aug gust 1860, the Representative Conferees of the counties of Cleartield,Jefferson,Elk and M'Kean, met at St. Mary's, ou Thursday August 15, for the purpose of nominating suitable persons to represent this district in the Legislature. The convention was organizeti by selecting Geo. Weis ' Esq., President, and. J. B. Oviatt, and Lever Flegal, Secretaries. The oommittee on resolutions, through their chairman, Dr. J. T. Boyer, reported the follow ing which were unanimously adopted by the convention Resolved, That we are in favor of a speedy settlement of the present difficulties by com promise. Readved, That when one section of our coun try shall have been subjugated by the other, we have already become the slaves of a military despotism. Resolved, That the small patriot band of Sen ators and Representatives, in the last extra ses sion of Congress, who dared to maintain the integrity of the constitutioa under the menaces of expulsion and imprisonment, are entitled to the gratitude of every American citizen ; and impartial history will award them an enviable distinction. Resolved, That the persistent deterMination of the majority of the members of the late extra session of Congress to frown down every mea sure that had tor its object the peaceful adjuat meat of our national difficulties, indicates a fa. uatical mania that would have much better become the crusaders of centuries gone by, than the representatives of a free, intelligent, and Christian people of the nineteenth century. Mr. DUD IMP, I rise to a question of or der. Rave these resolutions anything to do with the question 'before this Rouse ? spjiIAWRIL They are not properly in order. Mr. ELLIOTT. I withdraw, then, my prop osition to read them and will simply state that the resolutions are almost as full of treason as the letter of Jesse D. Bright. Mr. Speaker, I deprecate as much as any gen tleman upon this floor, the luggiug in of a polit ical question here at this juncture It has not been done by those who act with me politically 1 am a party man, it is true, in ordinary times, but in this question I am determined to lay aside all party. I have not thought of party. Had Mr. Bright been a member of the Republican party, 1 should have voted just as readily for his expulsion as Ido now. Ido not take into consideration that he is a member of the Dem ocratic party. I have discarded all politics in this question ; and I hope to God I may ever discard them when questions like this are at issue. I say I deprecate any such political is sues ; and I was glad to hear the " constitu tional" gentleman from Bedford, (Mr. Cssszte.,) say that he deprecated such question, as I was also glad to hear the gentleman from Cambria, ' (Mr. Paasapio,) make a similar declaration. Though a member of a political party, I wish it understood that in this matter I discard all parties, and all political preferences. It is a question of treason or loyalty to this govern ment. We have before us here two propositions One of them is a plain, concise resolution. 1 will read it : " Resolved, That our Senators from-this State be, and they are hereby instructed to vote for the immediate expulsion of the said Jesse D. Bright from his seat in the United States Senate. That is a very plain and concise proposition. The other, which it is proposed to substitute for it, is ambiguous and uncertain in its terms. Now, I hold the case to stand thus : if the treason of Jesse D. Bright is open to question, is not plain and apparent, then this amend ment ought to peas ; if it is not questionable— if it is plain, open and apparent to all, then the more pointed the terms that we use in denun ciation of his treason the better. Let us examine for a single moment the evi dence of his treason that we have before us. Allow me again to refer to the letter which has been already several times read. It begins— "My Dear Sir." Had it been a formal letter between Jesse D. Bright and Jefferson Davis, it would have been " Sir." Had it been a tolera bly familiar letter, it would have been " Dear Sir." But it is almost an affectionate letter, expressing on its very face deep and tender re gard for Jeff. Davis —" My Dear Sir I" But what else do we find? "Allow me to introduce to your acquaintance my friend Thomas B. Lin coln, of Texas." Jefferson Davis and Jesse D. Bright were friends ; so were Jesse D. Bright and Thomas B. Lincoln ; it was a mutual friendship between them. And, mark you, do you suppose that Jesse D. Bright, being a friend of Jefferson Davis, would have introduced to him any other than a man who believed as Jefferson Davis believed? Of course not. But let us read the letter further : "He visits your capital mainly to dispose of," &c. He certainly, according to Jesse D. Bright's idea of the mat ter, had more than one object in view. The great object, perhaps, is disclosed further on in the letter. "He visits your capital mainly to dispose of what he Muds as a great impro vemen t in *ram" Fire-arms I The very thing of all HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1862. on the earth which the loyal people of thin Union wished to prevent falling into the hands of Jefferson Davis. The plotters of the rebel lion had stolen our arms and ammunition through the instrumentality of the traitor, Floyd. Through his treachery valuable arms had been removed from the arsenals where they could be of service to the goverume , nt in an emergency, and had been taken down south to be used by rebels and traitors in battleing against the sacred constitution of our country, and yet, notwithstanding all this, Jesse D. Bright, with the facts before him, recommends this man to Jefferson Davis as having "a great improvement iu tire-arms," which of course Davis would stand in need of, as Bright well knew. But, as I have said, there was more tuan one.object in view. One ,object was the fire-arms; but Were was something else 'which he had failed to disclose - to us. But what does Jesse D. Bright acknowledge in that letter? He says--="He vikitiijour Capitaii r • —thus acknowledging tallikJeffesson Davis was the head of an existing governinent—admitting, in fact, the independence of a de facto goyefn-, malt of the confederate (states. • • '!'• 1 ' Now mark the time at which this letter was written. It was written on the first of March. Long before that the Star of the West had been fired into whendt attempted to 'provision a ,be leaguered fortress belonging to this govenimeu t— when Major Anderacin, with less than a hundred Men, had been housed up there in Sumter, and the traitors had forbidden him communication with his own government and his own people. I say that when an unarmed vessek-harmless in tue face of the world, had attelEpted - then and there to provision that beleagured fort, the rebels had opened fire upon; her. 'Further-' more, Jesse D. Bright knew at that time that there were seven States that declared them selves Out of the Union,,that had .announced their determination, to make. war uponthis gov ernment. Aye, notwithstanding all this, Jesse D. Bright writes a letter and recommends to Jefferson - Mavis avian readyteurnizehitirwith those very things, as I remarked before, which we did not want him to have—a man who , would assiat in giving to that arch-trilitor and his minions, the means of murdering-our loyal citizens. - Mr. Bright says "I recommend' hita to your favorable consideration." Well, no doubt if Mr. Lincoln had succeeded in reaching the capital of the " confederate states," he would have been a very acceptable visitor. He re commends hint as " a gentleman of the first re apeciabitity." No doubt. he .was onei.of the F. F. Ps-one of the first families ! This wail a great consideration, for Unit, aristocracy that has taken so large a art in this rebellion—an aristocracy, borne up as it is, upon false, sis taus of government. It was important that he should be a gentleman of the "first respect ability ;" that he should be no "mud-sill," uo " greasy mechanic," but a very respectable gentleman, besides-being "reliable in every re spect." He says, in eileot—" Jefferson Davis, you can lonfide to him anything of your trea son, just as you have confided it to me. He is your and my mutual friend ;. understand him to be such. He is a very respectable gentle. man, and withal, is reliable ih every respect: you um) , disclose to himvil your ideas of trea son—ail your piens, all younplot* He is Tr* . able, and you can trust him.' Thou, to conclude the matter—to clip the climax—to make it doubly sure, he addresses this letter to "His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President." President of what ? Of rebels, of traitors, of men wuo had taken up arms against the government. No, sir ; " Yiesident of the amfiderate States of America !" It is enough, Mr. Speaker, for a man to address a letter that way, no matter what its contents—for • a man sitting in his place as a United States Senator to address, thus, one who stood at the head of , a rebellious government, a wicked and iniquitous government, founded for the purpose of break ing down this Union and our sacred constitu tion. I say for a man to addresi a letter in that way is enough to convict him at once of treason. Now, as I remarked befdre, if this is a plain case, then the plain proposition brought in trom the Senate, and the one which I read, is the one to be adopted; and if I have, with my weak argument and my feeble powers, shown anything clearly, I believe it is that trea son lurks in every sentence of that let ter from Jesse D. Bright to Jefferson Davis. This is a letter written by a United States Senator, who has since declared (for it is patent to us all that he has done nothing for which he is sorry—nothing which he would not do over again)—who has since declared no regret for so doing ; exhibits no remorse of conscience, or confession of guilt, but stands up in the Senate bold and defiant, and says "gentlemen, I will do it again if I have the chancel" And here to-night I say these halls have been desecrated by having the name • of Jesse D. Bright spoken of with commendation. In conclusion, allow me to say one word in regard to the question of perjury and trial by jury, which has been so often referred to herein this debate. Ido not understand, Mr. Speaker, that the United States Senate in acting upon this question, is in the position of a court de termining a judicial question. It is not, as I understand, provided in the constitution that they shall sit as a judicial body in the expulsion of a member. An act might subject a member to expulsion which would not subject him to a judicial trial. Then why talk. of this as a ju dicial question only. Now, it has been urged that a Senator would be guilty of perjury it: he should obey instruc tions that were contrary to his own opinions. If gentlemen believe in the rightof representation —if they believe that members are sent to a legislative body to express the wishes of their constituents, they must concede the right of instruction on tne part of this Legislature to our Senators in Congress. In this affair a member may consider that his constituents are wrong in desiring certain legislation, yet does he commit perjury in obeying their express wishes to secure such legislation ? 1 do not understand it so. There have been some minor questions, since I have been a member of this body, on which I have believed ditierently from the mass of my con stituents; yet I never believed that their wish ts, when clearly expressed, would be disre garded by tuck representatives here. I never' have nor never will disregard them. My con stituents are intelligent and know their inter ests as well as I du. To express their wish is that for which I was sent here. This obedience of the representative to the will of his constitu ents is the very principle of our republican government—the will of the majority expressed =tough their representatives. So it is with our Senators in Congress. It is not their per sonal wish or will that is to prevail, but the will of their constituents. Though Mr. Cowan may have expressed an opinion as to the inno cence,of Jesse D. Bright, yet he is not the gentle man to make light of the wishes of this body. In concluding I will merely say again, 'that above all things to be deplored in this Om- aim is to treat it as a question of politics, a question of party. I suppose the gentleman, (Kr. ZEIGLER,) meant to affirm that because the party to which he belongs had been able to de stroy this government, they would be able to build another, yet I think him greatly mistaken. I say I deplore such party questions and I hope they may never be brought up again at a crisis like this, end I also hope that Jesse D. Bright, a co-eonspinitor of Jefferson:Davis' , shall not a gain be spoken of in praise and commendation in these .'halls ; ; nor -that a gentleman shall ever again be found standing upon this floor, speaking words of comfort or consolation to trai tors, vehetherin the United States Senate orelea where. I believe from the evidence that Jesse D. Bright le a traitor at heart, and I trust in God that we here shall express our emphatic condemnation of larp, and his hind, anid that he will be eXpelled from the Senate of thVtnited States. EYE AND Etta.— Dr, Jones, of New York, who is_ practising at laves Hotel, in this city, haii betin• induced to remain a few days ionger, as many who aro afflicted, bevy not yet had an oppottnoity of consulting him. The great number of difficult cases of deafness blindness, that Dr. Jones has tined In this rity and vicinity have plated his skill as a-physician and surgeon of extraordinary attainments be yond question. „, BY TRIG The Brilliant Victory in Tennessee. THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. :The Traitor Gen. Lloyd Tighlman and Staff taken Prisoners. HE SURRENDER OF THE FORT UNCONDITIONAL. The Victory Gained by the Fleet Alone• The Fort and Prisoners Handed over to the Army. THE REBEL GUN BOATS CHASED. Wavlumoron, Feb. 7. Secretary Welles has received the following dispatch : UNITED STATER FLAG-dRIP ULNDENNATI, OFT FORT JUNKY, TRIMMER RIVER, iftibruary 6th, 11362. The gunboats under niy command, the Essex, Commander Porter ; the Carondolet, Com- Mauder Walker; the Cincinnati, Commander Stembel; the St. Lillis, Lieutenant command iug Paulding ; the Counstuga, Lieutenant win ‘manding Pnelpe ; the Taylor, Lieutenant com manding liwinn, and the Lsaingtou, Lieuten hut cuu►mauding hhirk, after a severe and rapid`rire 01 one hour and a quarter, have cap muted Fort Henry, and nave utktn Gen. Floyd Idghnian and his staff, with slaty men ad pri ; '1 ue surreuder to the guuboate was uncondi tiohal, •as we kept an upeu lino upon thew until 4itir flag was struck. lu half au hour attar the surietider I handed the furl and priaouere over to Gen. Grant, commanding tue army, on his arrival at the fait in force. The gunboat Essex had a shot in her boiler, and after righting most effectually for two. thirds bt the action, was obliged to drop down the river. 1. hear several of her men were Gadded Kt death, including the two pilots. She with the other guuuoats' officers and men fougut with the greatest gallantry. The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots and had one man killed and eight , wounded, includ ing two seriously. Tile fort with twenty guns and seventeen mortars was defeudeu by Gen'l pgulman with the most determined gal- I will write as soon as possible. I hAve sent Lwatenant Commanding Philips Sad thrte gaubuitts after the rebel gunboats. 1 . [ Signed, j A t H. FOOTE, Flag Oficer. AbIOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE VICTORY IN TENNESSEE• Graphic Sketch of the Battle. Four or Five Thousand Rebel Troops Cut and Run before the Sailors of the Gun Boats. THEY LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND. THIATI-ONE BOOTS IN Till. GBH BOAT CINCINNATI. GALLANT -WORKING OF THE ESSEX the Gazette and Gtninwcial'a Cairo correspond ents give the folloa lug account of the horn barthnent and capture of Fort Henry : Yeater• day at 12.30 P. M. the gunboats Cincinnati, at. Louis, Carondelez and Essex, the Tyler, tionntatoga and Lexington bringing up the advanced boldly against the feud works, 'guing to the right of Painter Creek Wand, un- Tieduttely above.which on the east shore of the rtver stands lortifications, and keeping oat pi range till at the head of the island - and within One mile of the enemy. Passing the island in full view of the rebel guns we steadily ad vanced, every man at quarters every ear . strained to catch the flag officer's signal gun for . the commencement of Rearm. Our line of battle was on the left of the St. Louis, next Carondelet, next Cincinnati, for the' time being, the flag ship' having on board 11,gi officer A. H. Foote, and next the Essex. w e advanced in line, the Cincinnati a boat's length ahead, when at 13. _ 80, the Cincinnati opened the bAll, and immediately three accompanying boats followed suit. The enemy, notbackward, gave admirable response; and the light raged furiously ,or half an hour. We steadily ad vanced, receiving and returning storms of shot and shell, when getting within 03 • bundled yards of the enemy's works we came to a stand and poured Into them right a.d 'left. In the meantime the &Qui becante dies bled and drifted away from the scene of action, l leaving*e Cincinuati,Carondete ' til ti, 814* alone engaged. At precisely for 'inhurteti passed one the enemy struck his lors—and such cheering, such wild excitemeni as seised the throats, arms and cape of the' tour or five hundred sailors of the gunboats can be imag ined After the surrender, which was nude to flag officer Foote by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, who defended ills fort in a most determined manner, we found the rebel infantry, encamped outside the fort numbering four or five thousand bad cut add run, leaving the rebel artillery compa. ny in command of the fort. The fort mounted seventeen gund, mostly 82 and 84:pounders, one being &magnificent ten inch oolumbied. Our shots dismounted two of their guns. One of their rifled thirty two pounders burst during the engagement, wounding one. Their gunners claim to have but eleven ef fective guns worked by fifty-four men, the number all told of our prisoners. They lost five kill& and ten badly wounded. The infantry left everything in their flight. A vast deal of plunder has fallen into our hands, including a laige and valuable quantity of ordnance stores. General Tilghman is disheartened, and thinks it one of the must damning blown of war in surrendering to flag officer Foote. The rebel general remarked "I am glad to surrender to so gallant' an officer." Flag officer Foote replied—•:Yoa.doperfectly right, sir, in surrendering; but you should have blown my boats out of the water before I would have sur rendered to you." In the engagement, 1111) Cincinnati was in the lead, and the flying ilag.offioer's portant waa the chief mark. Flag officer Foote and Captain Stembe crowded her defiantly into the teeth orthe enef my's guns. She got thirty-one shots, dome o them going completely through her. The Essex was crippled when about half through the fight and crowding steadily against the enemy, a all went into her Port side for ward port, through the heavy bulkhead and squarely through one her boilers, scalding and killing several of.,the crew. Capt. Porter, his aid, S. P. Britton, Jr., and Paymaster Lew is Were standing in a'dirct line of the balls paesing, •Britton being in the centre of the groupe a ,eheLsistruelt him Aseittlariopeaf. need, scattering his brains in every direction. The escaping steam went into the pilot house, instantly kiiting Messrs. Ford and Bride, pilots. Many of the soldiers, at the rush of lituain, jumped overboard, and were drowned. The Vincinnatis had one killed and six wounded; the Fedex six seamen killed, and two officers and seventeen men wounded ; five missing. There were no casualties on the St. Louis or Caroudelet, though shot and shell fell upon them like rain. The St. Louis was commanded by Captain Leonard Paulding, who stood upon the gunboat and fought the guns to the last. liot a man flinched, and with cheer upon cheer, sent shot and shell among the enemy. The Advance on Savannah SAILING OF THE SOUTHERN EXPEDITION. Fort Pulaski the lint Point of Attack SAVANNAH THE NEXT. Heavy Ummonading Heard, at For Pulaski. Raw Your., Feb. 7. By the arrival of the ship Zaatui Collin ' and the kindness of Captain Riddell, we are ILL re ceipt ui news from Fort Royal to Tuesday, the 28cu Mt. The expedition for the south sailed from that point on Sunday, the 26th of January, includ lug all the light draft steamers, eight gun boats and eight,thousand troops. The princi pal part of the (expedition went outside ; but one or two small steamers, with light vessels iu tow, went by the. inside pass..ge. Geu. Sherman Lett on Monday in the gun boat McClellan. The object or the expeciiciou was understood to be au attack on Savannah, commencing with Fort Pulaski. On Tuesday, when the &LIM Coffin was beat ing out, they heard a heavy cannonading in the direction of Fort hiltuilti. It continued four hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. The Poatmabter at Port Royal did not send a mail by the Zensa Coffin, bemuse, as the cap taiu signitimutly expressed It, "she had not a round stern and a gilt figure bead." But Cap tain Hiddell has made a passage ahead of every thing.. The Joint Special Committee on the Conduct of the War have requested Ulu President , to re store Lieu. John C. n'remont to a command be fitting his rank and abilities. 'Phero is a majority in Inc Senate in favor of the passage of tne treasury uote bill with the legal tender clause, as adopted by the House at the session of yesterday. A delegation of Congressmen has cAled on the President tole morning, to endeavor to de finitely settle the Lune and Hunter difficulty on some amicable terms. - Cutonnsen, Feb. 7 Evacuation of Romney. Va.. by the ' Rebels, Prixssuno, Feb. 7.—Tuu Wheeling Aid/igen cer, or yesterday, says.; learn from sol diers who arrived last evening from Patterson's Cheek, that the rebels evacuated Romney 'op Monday night last. They either feared an at tata2from our forces,or oc4 . itetßirite making one` in another direction FROM WASHLINGTON. WAsiusanm, Feb. 7 PRICE ONE CENT. XXXVIIth Congress—First Session. CONITNITZD 1 , 11011 8100 ND Peas.] SENATE WasmilaTON, Feb. 7 The•report of the Navy Committee on the Secretary of the Navy's letter iu regard to Mr. Morgan's purchase, was taken up. Mr. Hera, (N. H.,) said he considered this subject of much importauce to the Senate and to the country. What he was about to say was to be said not as a Republican or a member of any party, He stood here today to plead for the wintry. He had 1.); en accused of tieing an oiipourrut of the Administration, but he wanted it 'distinctly understood that on this subject he had nothing to buy and uotiiing to aell.—The administration had not a gift that its deeireal and he bad nothing they wanted intaspt **faithful interest tolls country. No earthly consider ation could make him leave the place he vecu• pied hare but this matter cannot be winded out et sight. It cannot be c, tweeted or cover ed up. No sophistry min wake anything this of it but what it is. There have, been some objections made against this resolution. The Senator !rote Maine (Mr. Fessendeo) thought it Was n , a dig nified on the part of the Senate to act on tile evidence that we had. That objection was removed now. The evidence is that the Secre tary of the Navy having occasion to purchase some vessels employed his brother-in-law, and for less than five months' service paid him seventy thousand dollars. He laid aside the gut Mimi whether this sum was paid out, of the public funds, but returned to the ussertiou that directly the purchase of these vessels cost the government twice that sum and indirectly .coat millions. If you should tell a man that he must pay you one hundred dollars commis sion on a Salary, then if hr be of a humane ua ture be would put twice that sum in his charge. This transaction bad gone through the land. The people know that when they were pouring 'forth blood and treasure for the support of the government, the Secretary of the Navy was paying Mr. Morgan about $12,000 per month from their hard earnings. HOUSE OF RkPRESENTATIVEI. Mr. Davis (Pa.,) said no wan was wore ear 'neatly desirous than hintedb of bringing to jus tice eveiy , man charged with fraud th the gov erninent. lie was particularly interested in bringing one man to justice, namely, his own brother. He asked the committee and the House to unite with him in his tffurt I to have Capt. Davis, Assistant Quartermas ter, who is charged with crime, arrested, court martialed, and if found guilty, and the penalty is death, have him shot. Hid brother knew nothing of the charge of defrauding the government aud soldiers, until it was publish ed to ,the world through the report of M. in vestigating committee. Ur. Davis had in vain sought to have his brother's trabsactiobe in quired into, and had been before the commit tee with that view, but he was had that it would cost $6OO to bring Capt. Davis to viudi nate his reputation. Al , these investigations seettingonalees mows are taken to punish the wrong doers. His brotherly reputation was worth more to hint than that it any other man living. All he asked was, that if his brother is guilty, punish him, and if he is innocent, let the tact be declared. Mr. Dawns (Mo.) said be could appreciate the sensitiveness of the gentleman touching the tepresentation of his brother, Captain Davis Hu says that the first knowledge he had of the euarge against him was iu the teport of the committee. Now the ituth is, ue Lame before the committee, and fumisueu them with certi fied copies of papers toweerf. It Laptain Davie led the court:amen into error by giving as true copied those which proved not to be so, the committee are nut to be blamed. If the captain would come before the committee he would have a chance to correct his own mistake. but to enable him to du this it cau hardly be expected Unit tuty should not stud fur him. His frieud, Mr. Laois, had done ail he could to hi ye ills brother court martialed. He honored him for it ; but the gentleman should nut dud fault with time curuuricke that ho bad nut been WIC- Mr. Dews replied that he had simply inti timated that his brother knew Doming of tun charges or traud against him till it was pub lished. The committee had interrogated t,am as to Gen. Fremont's body guard, whether they rode on bay horses, with drawn swords ; how they were dressed, &c. Hts brother stood be lore the country as a felou. He repeated that he only asked that he be punialti if guilty and righted it injut ed. Mr. Dewits road from the testimony to shoo , that Capt. Davis purchased from hits son in Philadelphia certain Mankato, and repeakd that %pt. Davis cou.d appear batons the gum ruittee and bet himself Mr. lioucts (tad.,) offered the following: Resolved, That the conduct ut Secretary Cam eron, in employing Alexander Cummings, without a legal guarantee, to make purchases, without restriction, of large amounts of mili tary supplies, anti the conduct of Secretary Wailes, in employing Mr. Morgan, without re- (Inking guarantees, for the pure/Lade of a large number of vessels, the compensation depend ing on the prices paid, instead of employing responsible °nice's, have adopted a policy higuly injurious and °carnet/ye to the public service and iotert et, auu deeurving of the cep blue of this House. JAL this point Mr. Ssuo wiox (N. Y.) sent up the despatch received horn Flag Officer Lettotti by the secretary of the Navy, intormiug the latter of the capture of Fort Henry. applause, both ou the dour and in the gantries, succeeded the reading of the despatch.] 'lhe motion at the earner stage of the prci ceedinga, that the coutoderetion of the report be post k uned till Tuesday of next week, was then agreed to. am &Au, (Mc ,) from the Committee of conference on the disagreement of the two h ee s i a l to the admendments to the bill making th e appropriation tor defenses of Washington, made a report which was agreea to. It provides that no volunteers or militia in any btate or :territory, shad be mustered on any terms or condition to continue in servk:e therein, beyond 10,01.10 in Missouri, and 4,600 in Maryland, according to the former 11W/tit/Li.- ZAtiOLl. Mr. Br ant explained t hat toe committee did nothing with regard to pone troupe in lien thCky, fur the reaeon that the bili 111 'duce the ntiaieg ot mem depended was pawing in the Senate. tfieviaal private bill were then palmed, when the:Thluse 4 011111 0 till Monday.
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