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hie parents, should be snatched iron'
,u.t enjityments of life by the consequence'
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4'll oreutete tioueuvial happiness. Indeed
piornoy through lire becomes a wale/
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rPtation that the happiness of another be.
with our own
tHttlttWol ,tii inratNti k 1 MISDY FOR us;
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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
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'TO refitANia.b.S.
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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.
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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.
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'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.