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Saturday Morning, February. 8, 1882.
SPEECH OF HON. S. B. ELLIOTT.
We print this 'morning, on our first page, the
very eloquent speech of Hon. S. B. Elliott, of
Tioga county, delivered in the Housepf Repre
sentatives on Monday evening last. The speech
was in response to the remarks of Hon. Geo. W.
Zeigler, who had indulged in a defense of the
claim of Jesse . D. Bright to a seat in the United
States Senate, the debate in the House then
being on tile Senate resolution instructing our
Senators in Congress to vote for the expulsion
of the traitor Bright from his seat in the Senate
of the United States.
Some men are bora great—some have great
ness thrust upon them, while others again la:
bor for years before they are able to earn or
achieve the true quality of greatness and re
known. In this respect, Representative Zeigler,
on Monday evening last, labored for a great
nese which no doubt he would be perfectly
willing to resign, since his awakened sense has
taught him tbat in the expression of a sentiment
there is as much force as in the performance
of a deed, notwithstanding philosophers teach
us that actions speak louder than words. Du
ring the debate in the Hume on Monday eve
ning last, on Cessna's amendment to the Senate
resolution instructing our Senators in Congress
to vote for the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright
from his seat as a United States Senator, Rep
resentative Zeigler was very happy. Re was
spirited—he was sublimely eloquent, but it was
the eloquence of sympathy for treason and
defence of traitors. It was not to be wondered
that the people of Jefferson county, the home
of Zeigler, presented him a rope with noose
and knot, as he coufeeted they had done, if the
same sentiments cbaracteiized hie . private life
ai those Which disgraced his career es a repre
sentative, on the. occasion referred to i because
a max holding such doctrines arid sentiments,
deseives substantialadmonishnienfandcUrbing,
thenkh the representative from Jefferson would
euircely relish the lesson, •so suggestive of
diminished respiration by the tender of a rope
with nom and knot. ' '
It was in reply tO the speech of Zeigler that
the eloquent and patriotic remarks of Mr. Elliott
were elicited. It will be ob erved by a perusal,
that the speaker holds the , true ground of an
American citizen only occupying one position
in this contest. He cannot be loyal while Jae
sympathizes with, or apologizes for traitors.
He must devote his energies and resources to
the government, and when he fails to do this,
he is Undeserving not only of the confidence of
that government, but unworthy of a seat in its
legislative halls.
We commend Mr. Elliott's speech to the
careful perusal of our readers.
wear Idsx AT Roma has a friend in the
army, whom he should not forget. It is within
hit reach and ability to do that friend much
service, in the way of small favors, among the
most acceptable of which is the transmission of
news to the absent one. The cheapest manner
of dispatching such news, is by . the mailing of
nowspepers. Let every man, therefore, pur
chase and mail a newspaper to his fiend in the
army. Let them purchase and mail their loco .
papera to their Mends, as the most acceptable
attention and rensemberance that can be ex
tended the soldier. The mailing of the
litsuincenaa -TELEGRAPH, for instance, would
be the most acceptable courtesy , that could pos
sibly be extended to any of, the volunteers from
this locality'. Let their friends at home re
member Ills feet, and act accordingly.
A NNW PROPORITION is soon to be offered in
the Senate, in the shape of a separate and inde
pendent war tax for five yew's, and of a hun
dred Millions annually, to be set apart for the
it of the public debt, and the gradual ex
tinguishment of the debt itself. A majority of
the Senate is set down as certainly opposed to
tbe, :legal -tender clause of the bill now before
the 'House,and should it pass the House it will'
probably be defeated in the Senate. Mr. Col
lamer, Mr: BroWning, Mr. Cowan and Mr. Hale,
four of the ablest lawyers in the Senate, are op
posed to this clause of the House bill -and 'the
principle involved therein, or, at least, such' is
the understanding here. Other Senators of equal
ability are in favor of the measure, it is but fair
to state.
Tim Euttuseurro correspondent of the Rafts
mati the able organ of Republicanism
in Cleatfield county, thus refers to thuproposiL
ties' to.investigate the alleged fraud in the
military supplies of this State.
- Whatadditional evidence they will bring, o r
what new facts will be deVeloped that have not
come to light by the investigation instituted
by Gov. Curtin himself, nobody can conjecture,
but I do know that those who are -pushing this
toarraiga Gov. Curtin, and fix on 'him com
plicity in—the army-frauds will be grossly die_
appoints -That the Governor's hands are
clean, and that be is free from every taint of
suspicion, I wont no batter evident*than that,
of that pure Democrat-and honest,ituni,-Jaleob•
Fry, Jr., late Auditor General of the State.
THE STONE FLEET.
In the opinion of the New York Evening Post
few things more insolent than the protest Of
the British government against our helping the
blockade of the rebel ports by sinking stone
fleets can well be imagined. The United States
Is yet an existing power, and has a right to
close any of its own ports that it pleases. But
the inference is particuiarly insolent coming
from Great Britain, which has set the example
of such a resort. In the year 1779, during
our Revolutiorugy war, theliavannah Aver was
checked 111) under British authority by sinking
old hulks in it, and as late as 1853 thli com
missioners of the United States' appointed to
survey the river reported officially that they
"were a serious impediment" toj the naviga
tion. We had to'appropriate money to get the
wrecks removed.
We have already referred to the attempt to
close the harbor of Boulogne in France,in 1804,
as. narrated by Scott in his life of Napoleon ,and
confirmed by a secret letter of Lord Hobart to
Sir A. S. Hammond,: Comptroller of the Navy.
In reference to the , letter, `Southey, in his Om
zdana (yol. 2. p. $l,) as ,we are reminded by
a correspondent, wrote as follows:
When the Duke of Burgundy besieged Cal
ais, in 1486, he invented the notable project of
blocking up the harbor with stone ships, and
sunk era vessels dlled with immense stones,
which were worked together and clamped with
lead. The experlinerit failed for this reason,
that the Duke had forgotten to take the . . tides
into hiticalculation ;. so at low water the atone
ships were left dry, and the' pepple of Calais,
men and women alike amused themselves with
pulling them to , pietes,and . hauling away the
wood for fuel, its the , great' Mibinishnient, the
historian. adds, of the Duke and his Adiairals
"Had thie story found its way into„the pop
ular historiea of England, this country wkiuld
have been saved , the disgrace of similar folly,
and the ninety thousand pounds which were
wasted upon it. But it has been the fashions
of modern historians to reject' a.l the circum
stances' of hiStory, rind give only a citput mor
Mum of results. That a rikst Lord of the Ad
miralty should have read Monstrellet was not
to be expected ; but it might hive been ex
pected that beswould have known what the rise
of the tide is at Boulogne."
We might add to this that Admiral Lewis
sank five vessels loaded with stones in the nar
row paesage of the harbor of Alexandria in
.1807 after his de,parture from that port. We
•
.might also have added that in the month of
July, in the year 1809, an expedition
~ konwe
as the "Walcheieu Expedition" sailed from
the Downs. The, fleet ,consisted of. two hun
dred and forty-five veeaels'of war, and it con
veyed four hundred transports containing forty
thousand` oldiers.' The naval fOrce was under
the command of Admiral Strachm, and the
land forces under Lieutenant-General the Earl
of Chatham. The object of the expedition, in
the words of the British navalhistorian Allen,
was "an attack on the French shipping in
Flushing, and for the purpose of destroying
all the enemy's works in the Scheldt, which
was to be no longer navigable for ships of war."
The expedition, though a miserable failure as a
whole, succeeded in one Mtentibu. The his.
torten informs his readers that "the basin, ar
senal and sea, defences of ,Flushing were de
stroyed, and the port. rendered, for some time at'
kass, !stifle fora French civet" We do not refer
to Admiral Napier's suggestion' fOr cloeing
bronstadt, by sinking hulki; inasmuch as it
was never actedon ; and yet it is worthy of
remark that it was not condemned in the
prints as savage 'endleathenish.
By a strange coincidence, the very mails that
bring us denunciations of the stone fleet bring
us also the report of the arrival of a large
7eseel idEcigland frem.Charleston. The very
papers which put forth the denunciations put
forth also the assertion that the Oharletto
plans do not complain of, a proceediug
, which
really improves their main inlets. These, facts
ought to have enlightened the British writers
as to the objects of our government. It has
•
never intended to close the harbors of Charles
ton or Savannah altogether, but merely to aid
itself in the suppression of the contraband
trade.. j iTh9gt! , (1 29 # 8 .14,7 13,1 ferni•NP,03 %! 1 .40i
it WOritil require many vessels to guard. We
atop some of them to render the access by
others inore'diffiddlt. Our intention 'to put
down this rebellion by force of arms • hut,,
while doing so, we shall have to baffle the for
ifign.sottinps who are lending it their assistance
by such other means as we have. The right
to do so fa as.clear:at outright .to_declare New-
York a port of entry Ared,Mbany not, or as the
right of the imperial parliament to make Lon
don 'a port of entry, and Portsmouth a naval
station. If Franc& chose to reserve Cherbourg,
which
,is now, a commeroiaL port, as an exclu
sive roadstead for its armed ships, could the
rest of the world complaint Would not France
rOly, if she deigned to reply at all, that Bou
logne, Bordeaux, Marseilles and other ports
were open Oen who wished .to trade. If the
United' States, for its own purposes, should
close the approaches "to New York by Long
Deland Sound, or through the Kills, could we
not properly do so without consulting foreign
nations?
Tim Filmes OF Taarroas in Missouri are made
to pay tribute for , the support of those families
who were driven from their homes in lower
Missouri by the rebels. Lately an auction was
held, in St. Louis of property seized — and taken
from such sympathizers as had refused, to..pay
their proportion of this , tribute. It consisted
of horses, carriages, libraries, rose-wood furni
ture, pianos,. vetvet, tiapktry 11114.Brjukeys car
pets, with any other_ article, large or small,
Which the authorities could seize. If the same
rules were adopted in this vicinity, of compel
iung those who sympathize with rebels to contri
te to the support of' the Union men' in the
nth who are noW . ififfeifng by rebel penmen
on, there would be severalthat we have in oar
Oye who would be walking on bare floors before
many' hours, and several others who would be
clePrived of the Music of their Chickerings:
Tam waxownea is the tariff of exchange
adopted by the inintary.autliorities of Missari — :
Where the same grades ceamot be exchanged
for each other, two of thd next lower grade will
be substituted •'
that is, 1 major general for
4 brigadiers, or , 1 colonels or fl . lleatenant-colo:
siels, or 16 majors, or 32 cffitairs,•or 64 lienten
rk of 128 nori-codwahldoned bfrthers, or '258
rtvates. In Ale • tariff nC o o l illiiofAn will, be
made between first and iiiiiitenants; or
between sergeants and corporals.
BY TELE
From our &ening Edition of Yesterday
FROM KENTUCKY
Capture of Fort Henry.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT NAVAL
VICTORY.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT
The Engagement Lasted One Hour
and Twenty Minutes.
Two Generals, one Colonel. two Captains
and One ilandre4l itrlvaies Calitured.
CAPTURE OF SEVENTEEN LARGE
GUNS,
The Land Forces Arrived Two Hours
After the-Surrender.
United Slates Forces in Possession or the
Memphis &Ohio. Railroad Bridge.
ONE GIIN BOAT DISABLED.
THIRTY-SIX FEDERAL SOLDIERS KILLE I
Captain Porter Baclly, but not Dan
prouply, 4cialded,
pitosoo, Feb. 7.
The expedition against Fort Henry, on the
iTennessee river, has been entirely successful,
;and the Fort is now in the possession of the
;federal troops.
SHOOND DIBPAIVH
Canto, Ill:, ifeb. 7.--Fort Henry, on the Ten
nessee river,. was surrounded yesterday at 2
o'clock, after a determined resistance.
The fight, whiohlaateg ons.heur and twenty
;minutes, wakbonduekitiby the gunboats Cin
cinnati'; Esser and i~t, Louie.
The ancituilitillred ono. hundred and twen
ty-five rounds and received thirty-four shots
!from the rebel 'guns. Only one man was
The. St. Louis „fired one hundred and' ten
k T c-41i h ' e 411 Ei ll se ‘ r was i lla i :ib o le dainag or at th e e . tenth round by
etrihing...herL boiler.' Thirty-two were
filled or - aealded to death.-
Captain Porter is badly- scalded bat not dan-
P.FluslY•
Two cabal *floral% one flolonel; two - Cap
ptins, and one hundred privates were taken
prisoners.
The fort mounted seventeen guns.
The land forces did not reach the scene o
potion for two:how& afterlife stirrender.
The MemPliii - and Oldo railroad bridge, fit
teen miles above the fort, .bas.been taken pos
- seiiiion of by our troops.
From Washington.
l'hti flag of Trine from Babeldom
To truth in the reported.threatening the
lives or Col. Cochran and others.
The Capture Fort Henry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.
There is high authority for stating that there
Is no truth in the report that a recent flag of
.
truce, brought to head-quarters here a commu
nication, threatening the lives of the hostages
pol. Cochran and others, in the event of the
Missouri bridge burners. There is in the corn
Munieation no allusiOn whatever to that sub
pct. It is not believed that its contents will
be officially made public.
The Senate has approved the joint resole
ion authorizing the SeMetary of. War to pro
pure from such officers and enlisted man of the
'gaited States Army-as are flow, or hereafter
may be held as prisoners of war In the so-called
Ponfederate States, from time to time, their
respective allotments of pay to their families
Or friends, upon which'certified allotments the
Secretary shall cause drafts to be made, pay
able in.tbe.Fity of New York or Boston to the
arder of such persons tiVarhom allotments were
or may, be made L asdjtomgatit the .4tiata to
ihe addressee of such.persons as may -be desig
nated.
tiAbram Felder has been officially recognized
s Vide - cansul Of Sivitsellaild -- for tiliirkatiis of
111.issouri, Illinois, Kansas'and the territory of
Nebraska - to 'reside atilikiharid;
WASNINGITON, Feb.. 7: No certain intelli
gence has yet been•reciiired at Head Quarters
Of a recent battle at'FOrt . lleory. In the west
ern news - r the teriti dispatches are generalli
lialf a day in advaniV of - these of the Govern
ment.
MARKETS BY•TELEGRAPH.
Naar You, Feb. 7.
'Flour has . declined se; 9;000 barrels said ;
State $6 75®6 75, Ohio's 6 05®6 10, south
ern $5 95®6 30. Wheat has a declining
tendency. Corn .dull at 66(46.6c. Beef quiet.
Pork firm. Lard firm at n®4. Whiskey
firma 444-.. Receipts of Flour, 7,650 barrels.
Wheat, 17,440 bushels. Corn, 2,473 bushels
TBE PIRATE STR CAROLINA..
UM .
.New Yoax, Feb:
itie,Mrate,steaMer Carollaar.was at Nassau ,
Am,the29.411...i
The Un ited States gunboat Dawn, from Fort.
rem Monroe, arrived here this morning.
ROM' 4TRESS MONROB.
Arrival of the U. S. Steamer Swanee
NEWS PROW THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION
The Fleet Still in Hatteras Inlet.
SIX THOUSAND TROOPS LANDED
LOSS OF THE GUNBOAT E. H. HERBERT.
A Forward Movement Shortly Expected
A FLAG OF TRUCE FllOll THE• REBELS
They Propose to give up lioanOke Island
to Sue Siliabeth City from Attack.
I=l
Rebel Account of the Attaok on Fort
Henry.
~~~
The. Missouri Difficulty Satisfacto
rily Arranged.
GEN. PRICE TO BE COMMIS
SIONED A MAJOR GENERAL.
_
Spain claimed by the Rebels as
their Friend.
Dpresentatlrea to be gent to the Span
ish Court
Arrival of General Beanregard a
Richmond.
The Commissioners appointed to
visit the Federal Prisoners not al
lowedSb go South.
HEAVY FIRING HEARD ON NEW RIVER
An Engagement with the "Iran
kee , ' Gunboatir.
.HIIRT.
GEN. PRICE, OPMIRROURI, AT RICHMOND
SERIOUS RIOT AT RICHMOND
PERSONS HEARD CHEERING FOB THE
UNION.
Removal of the Rebel Troops from
Richmond.
DRAFTING IV BE CONFIRMED ON THE
FIRST OF MARCH
Foisami Moms . , Feb. 6.
U, S. Btesnner Bwanee,, of the Burnside nape
arrived this forenoon. She IdPr, Cape
;Hatteras yietarday_ morrting,.having come out
iot.the inlet the, day before. The. fleet-was still
gide the. inlet and nothing had been done.
at, if -not all of the vessels, had gone. over
tthe bar and about 6,000 troops had been
had 44,
I The Bwanee was considerably damaged by
'fr.he.storm.
..Part. of her bulwarks and wheel house.. had
been stove in and her upper works injured.
.She brings a large mail and thirty-four sick
?DIM tram the expedition. Four died on the
PasOlte.
Afterlanding her mail and passengers the
Swatiee will go to . Philadelphia to.repair.
t 'he gpnboat E., H. Herbert was lost yin addl
tion to those beNrementioned.
A forwatd movement waa shortly expected.
hero wee ,rumor circulated that the rebels
offeked, through a flag of Witte, to give up
olte island, ou . condition that Elizabeth
City, should not be attacked.
The Lcuisiana• has been got off without seri
ous damage.
The steamer Albany arrived this . forenoon
from Annapolis with quarter-master's and other
stores for the Burnside expedition.
It has been raining all day.
A flag of truce went to Oraney•Lsland, and a
largea numixw of women.and - children-retami3d
So go north ; and also . Lieutenant Preston, of
she 71st New York regiment, to be exchanged ;
and J. H.: H.: Sands,.of . the 4th Michigan regi
ment, a prisoner of war released on parole.
No. news was brought down.
- I,WIPHIS, Feb.. 6.—Three federal gunboats
appeared on the. Tennessee river yesterday.
They opened fire . Fort Henry. = The latter
responded. There was no damage done to the
fort. The Federate are landing troops two miles
from tbe.fort, and an attack is expected. The
Ponfederates.are in full force on the Tennessee
rtver„and no damage from -the Federals is. ap- .
prehended. An order was issnedfrom the War
Department on the 4th, ordering -411 -military
Onnmanders to impress all saltpetre found in
their districts, except such as is In the hands
eriginol manufacturers, and good agents and
Contractors, paying.: therefore,, 40 -cents-per:
pound_ and. no more. , The order is -issued. in
consequence of. .the moeopoly of speculators
and the.exorbitant rates charged the govern-
A Richmond distiatch.says . the. Missouri dif
ficulty has, been' satiefaCtorily arranged. Gen.
Fries will, dontitless, be commissioned. a Major
General, and the Missouri troops .received into
the,confederate service as twelve months vol
tutees
4 . , The Legislature yesterday (fourth,) went in
to a secrettression for the purpose of consider
big an. Important communication from the
Cifovernor, upon, the subjectin regard to which
it is understood .the State and Confederate au
thorities are entirely. agreed. Its purport will
not transpire at present.. .
S The. David says in an editorial, Spain is a
liational ally of the. South. If .the south has
had one friend from.the beginning of her trou
bles ithas been Spain. We think it-due to her
generous and chivalaric people to have sent
representatives toAtte Spanish court, and there
by laid a broad and deep.foundation of perma
nent and close amity with; that. nation. It is
too late now to rectify the omieidon, which was
not dictated by. any want of courtesy.
There is no,news from the Burnside fleet, or
about the Merrimac steamer.
The.Bbode Island arrived from New York
this afternoon.
Adjutant. General Beholder. of Maas., arrived
this. morning.
The Constitution eailed thia afternoon. Gen.
Beauregard and sate arrived here this eve
ning. . Heavy rains during the. night and to
dayinterleted • with the preparations for his re
cePtiert• ; He,wili proceed to take command of
the.departnient.of the northwest immediately.
FtgtiOLlC, February 5. There-is In° doubt
.the coartnailidewersaPpointed by theWash
gton government; to vhdt the federak.prison
-
Alm; At .Sntth 4.ftre..at,‘ FortreasAttonroe, but
, tketiiifklao.AtAbCalillbteilt PrObablAttrAliatoux
government will permit them to visit the Con
federate states.
AUGUSTA, February 5. Private letter, written
last evening in Savannah, and received here
this morning, states heavy firing was heard in
the direction of New river, on the South Caro
lina side on Monday morning, which lasted
for over four hours. It was supposed to be an
engagement with the enemy's gunboats.
A messenger who reached here this morning
says, he was informed by a coot derate officer
In Savannah, that oar batteries at New river
bad been attacked, and that one at least of the
federal gunboats had been destroyed.
The Charleston Mercury of to-day says that
the firing heard yesterday was at the Red bluff.
The enemy destroyed the houses in the neigh
borhood. Noho 1y hurt. Gen. Price is in
Richmond.
RICHMOND Feb. s.—Gen Sterling Price, of
Missouri, arrived here on official business last
evening. Rd desires to be confirmed as a
Major General, and tseeks pay, clothing, ein.i
Supplies for his army in the West.
A serious riot occurred in Richmond on Tues
day night, which was so extensive and danger
ous that it is feared the city a ill be placed un
der martial law. During the excitement per
sons were heard cheering for the Union.
. The troops at Norfolk are being sent south
very rapidly to repel the advance of the federal
troops into the cotton States There are but
few soldiers to be seen in Norfolk rum. As
these. troops are beir4 sent as far. south as
Mobile. It is probable that the !rebels have
been misled as to the designs of Gen. Burnside.
Drafting, will be, commenced tbringhrint the
south on the first of March. Great numbers of
the soldiers exprese dissatisfaction with the
course which has been pursued by the rebel
government in this particular.
Congress--First Session,
IN SENATE.
Wasnuirctron, Feb. 7.
Mr. Arrrnony, (R. L;) presented a...resolution
from the. General-Assembly of -Rhode Island, in
regard to the permanent location of the naval
academy at Newport. The said State had ten ,
dered exclusive jurisdiction to the United Slates
of the necessary land ; An. He referred. briefly
to the loyalty of the State, Slid the fact. that
Newport liad,ritiffered greatly by the rebellion,
and was . One of the finest harbors in the
country.
Mr. Wrrson, (Mate.) presented memorials of
a number '4 mercantile linns-lof New York
against any repeal of the present -ware-house
ug system.
' Mr. Wrimor presented several pe, orui in
favor of emancipation ; also in favor of honice
intthie surgeons.
Mr. Comma (Mr) presented the reeolutiond
of the logiilature of Wisconsin, requesting thit
the Senatots and' members of Congest; froth
that State - vote for the abolishinent of Mid
franking Privilege. •
Mr. HentS, (N. - Y.;) from the Cerainittee on
Judiciary, to vM.om was referred the etedinGals
,of Benjamin Starke and other 'Avers, without
,expressing any opinion as to the effect 'of' the
.papers, or any acticin of the 'Semite; reporied
:the resolution that Mr. Starke was entitled to
.take the constitution's! Office'es a Senator.
Mr. TRUMBULL (111.,) asked to file the minor
ity report. The committee had "riot seen fitto
xeport on the teritlinony, and could not agree
with the majority of the committee.
Mr. Maras (N. Y.) said the committee did
not express an opinion as to the effeceof the
papers on any subsequent action -of thS %nett,
The papers were ordered to be printed.
Mr. HARLAN, (lowa,) from the committee on
Public Lamb, reportted a bill to reduce the ex=
pauses of the government in the survey and
sale of public hands.
Mr. Eisra, (N H.), from tbe Naval Cornmit
frt., reported a joint resolution teudriihig the'
thanks of - Congressto CoptainToUltief V. Vo
pout, and the officers and seamen Order Ms
ceruniatid, fcr the victory at Port Royal.
Adopted.
Mr. - Hari, from the Naval Cominittee, re
ported back the bill providing for the ceiruitruc
tion of twenty iron-clad steam gunboats, with
an - amendment.
The United Staten note bill was received
from the HOUSe, and referred to the COmniittee
or"-Finance.
Mr. Willson (Mass.) introdudid io in
crease - the efficiency of the medichir depart.'
merit of the army. Referred. • .
Mr. LATHAM (Cal.) introduced siffir relative
to the warehouse system in the Pacific' portis of
the United States.
Mr. GRIME% (lowa,) moved to take up the'
gunboat bill. He said that if the Intelligente
which came to the city this MorfilOS, Of the
capture of Fort Henry by our. gunbrifite-cin the
western waters Vl9B true; then no'bill was more important. The bill was ' taken up—the
amendment appropriates $10,000,000 for the
purposes of the act.
Mr. HIM,' (N. H.,) read a letter from the
Secretary -of the Navy, saying that the Depart
ment could probably build ten' or twelve boats
in FAX mouths, and double that number:
in a year. 'That the Department do - not'
intend to conform to any particular - plan,
but Intend to avail thermlevet of the expe
rience gained in the progress of 'the,
"work; that the cost range frOui ; $360,000 to'
$580,000,1mt that Capt. Faricson - propfised
build four in six months at $226,000; that
purposes of the Wats were to redace the har-'
bore of the enemy and open them 'to tlielJnion
army. The Secretary earnestly recommends
the appropriation of ten '
Mr. Hum, (N. H.) said 'that the vessels al
ready built by Capt. likrictfon'Was built by con
tract and was completed' within a day of the
time specified. The bill was amended - so iia to
limit the number to twenty and passed.
HOUSE OF REPIUMENTATIVES.
Mr. Surnins,(Pa.) said that the United States
note bill paesedyesterclay,provided for.payment
of interest on .boods senn-anzlitallfln COin.—
This be said was inadvertently inserted,and by.
the unanimous consent of the HOUSE% he to , day
amended the bill by.striking mit:these words,
leaving it Lo the convenience or option of .the
Treasury department to pay interest in coin or
paper.....
Hciwan, (Ind) from the Committee. on
Government cetatrach3, repOrted a joint resolu.-
tion declaring that. certain lands were granted
to Mi ssouri_ 011 condition. -that government
troops and military supplies be transported over
such railroads as mig,ht be •constructed from the
proceeds of saleetherotif free of charge, but in.
consideration of the fact that, the ability of
the ,Hannibal and, SL ,Joseph,
-and_ Pacific
tailroada have been greatly, impaired- by the
public enemy, the .Secretztry of war is author,
iz ' ect mak e am& an adinatment.xvith.these
reads for transportation as may,be just•and rea
lionable during the_exiatence'of, the rebellion,
provided that;the cianges do not exceed these
fixed by the War Department.
Homull ishowed the • necessity " for,•the
adoption of ; the, resolution, au& maintained
that the Government. could, not : -.transport,
troom-munitions,and aupplim as economically.
-were it to take possession of the , roatisaa pri,
vats parties. 4.fter a . debate,; the _resolution.
was recommitted to - the committee on Govern,
-orient contracts.
Mr. Hottuar, "(Ind.) from QM committee. re
ported a resolution requesting3he tieUretary of
War to inform the Housethe,amounts,paid to
each Of the several railroad. -camtplutiett for
transportation of troops And auppligcsic i ce the
commencement of, the" present Alificullies.to
gather with other infopmoimi AM the Aubject.
Mr VANIVITIC (N. Y.) moved that it:lei:louse
pmcee4l to the nconageration. 01 ...tbe :report of
ti nte o finalit t ee94.99im'ame:eti EleAkagthi. He
"nM3 4-."4l9ltageiTalitlikettkaitiengding
slid o 1 th
country by speculators of the
cattle contract made in this city, whereby
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$50,000 was realized nn two tho us‘n , lll,4l ..
the agency of Alexander C ..„
1.1111.11 i g.:ofNt w.v'..,'
of the immense amount of money pr,i,L ' ;
him without any vouchers ; of hi; ption 'L : '
linen, pantaloons, London his
-.,'`;'. '.
and Dutch herring, for the u.-te of th:7::
He next spoke of the charter of th e :y .
Cataline and of the horse eon tracte at lin
don, Tennessee. A huge contract l h','"'.
commencement
system was sought to he estabh,,L,d a '
commencement of the difticaltie i wt
per amt. was to he . paid . en coutt,ter ..',
friend of the administrate„ n, he hal ,! -
to insist that it shall drive e,rreptiel':
land and treason from the CapitaL
,i. ",'
spoke of Mr. Morgan's ageaLy and ti,,,..":"
Lions in the department of the wee.
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filarrteo
On the 6th itlatt, by the
MOORS, to Meat E. ILtrer, ail thi, ctr ''L
Nat) lhertisemen
. PENNSYLVANIA
STATE LUNATIC HozPIT&T
PROPOSALS will be roo , ir.
o'clock x., or Thursday, F0uru..., 7
sopplyitig the Poonsykania • tAt. I t.
f esh and corned beet dunn g th••
Th" , fresh beef to he deltvere I
weighed ynur o ttie nth r iti efi frrma Ph3 t o i' D e nl ll 7): b • 0 1,,
the hospital.
ProPOSals dtd to be s. ot. to Dr, Jolll' &be
LOST.
ON WEDNhSDAY either
mark e t, p,fth Or Elb'rt st , e,y;
locket, containing a ponean. z
tanked. -A annabie reward will b. ,
this Office. •
TEAC — lRT — atb 7 :
WANTED by a gentlema n
both experienced (`
and modero lyu usgm and Fa ga••t,
of mil , lc w Krrucb, etc e c., n.
in some school or 'hook. Both -;les1.; ij,.
German fluently, and t
the •Idttio. Good references rin
"teachers." box 23, H trrOo.r p,
CURE OF SUFFERING AND„
- A
*BROUGH WAKING ri t;r ,
impel n Of the CAM'S 0 di,r
DR. ADDI; 7 '0s
the celebrated Medical Exuininor !A
burg and taken
Room. No. 45 at the 1,,,1_.,'
where he will rem ,tort vole -e„.•
lion of persons afflicted With oily form , • ,
faring. The remarkable correct,,e3. o
he 1101112111111 01 etch person's
questions whatever, is fully
amines. by his accounts .d toeir I .
arising from the dlsrrd,rs he t
tem, the blood ar any er.zou J.11:•, - , I. 1. •
Of this, his cures lu a.:
places where he has praekiee:l t
'numerous and remarkable for m i , ,) •j,
• MOM bay. been brought to he,
prompt relief and peril:Ely restor.ito, ;, •
, health and comfort, hmo corri-rp -
.skill In mastering and showinr tuo • :
Dr. Addison'a Examination!: nit
:are Made without cha , ge, so ,t
;mat anything ;and to mtuy i inl. n.;
:lour almost beyond valu aim]. ‘vh,..-
!anneal b desired, Charges wi.l be in,
'ail the thmets,
THE PRIVILEGE
OF THE
WRIT OF HABEAS
1 - 10 - NDER THE CONSTITI:fIoN
. Brioney, &q Paraphi,l
at BERGNER S CHEAP DI, .1
Price 16 cents.
Mk TINES i VALENTINES'
FULL and splendid a,, , tri.•
entities, wboles4lo i.r
• BERGNER'S 110 , . rl,il '.::
NAZARETH HALL
BOARDING SCHOOL IR
WAZARETH, Northampton
LLI May of ACCeS3 from liirr ur.
Saston, and thence seven milta by -t,:.
Rev. EDWAR. , R '.:t
f 5 Bm'
PAROC II lAL SC HOOL,
Third and Chestnut stre•ds, 11'i;
MEN=EIMI
i iirlHE SEVENTH semi minim i!
this lost tunon will
scary 10th, 1862. Male bad &m, p
'Tor terms apply to the Prin , lpal
Otthe undersigned : .
(ebb dlits
AUGUSTINE L. CIINVNI ,
CARPENTER AND BUILDL;
Reoidexce No. North Sico,.a2.'' ,
N. B—JOBBING ATTENDED 'I,
FOR SEWING MACEUSEIS
JONAS BROOK & BRO's
PRIZE MED.&L SPOOL COTTON ,
ir2oo re 500 YDS. Wfif/E. BLA , 'ti S, , 1. ,,
HIS thread being made pur t 11 . 111 a,y I
Sewing Machines, Is vEa2: , r'd "Nu. -m,, ,
BLASTIC. Its strength is not impairot na i. ,
!.
by friction of the needle For It ...tn.-. ,- ",-°'
Patent Glace,
FOR UPPER THREAD.
end Brooks Patent Six Cord, Bed Tao.,
FOR UNDER MIRKA" ) ,
Sold by respectable dealers throe 4e ,,, +t c '
Ale; RI CLAW OF 100 1!)071N BICtl, ati .itt ^
WM. kIYINIELY ttsv, • k n:
38 Vesey-tram.
nog•dtim
NEW CLOTHING STORE.
bECELLENBERGER & BitoTIJEB ,
NO. 80 ?ifARKET STREEt
ii ..
(Room formerly occupied by the P.) , r.,y ~ 1
HE undersigned have pet eriel
new and large assortmeat of me Itt!,[ ...., .
~:
°Mains. We are also prep. to :nsauf,. .:111, I'' .
.au kinds of Gents Wear. cot to the 1.-tte“..,tyH ; ~!.4:.
;.5.. ,
Was. We have always on hand a I.i.rg, SICI,
Wade clothing lad Gentleman's rilra,iiir;;:.... . 0 . 4 1
no9a3m H. FIELLF;SBV.O::: ,c RI:,
TO GRAIN CONFRACTOItz,.
THE BALTIMORE RAG FAC TORY ,
No. 77 South Street, Baltint , r , 0 1 .
T $ PREPARED to furnish Go-crow,h"
111. Contractors and others with Linen or
all ezes, promptly for coin at ion 1/r, es, I
Cbrn Contractors will find it to their el,antd.,
C. I;
Baltimore, Jan. 17th. 1864
THEO. F. EsCHEFFE R,
'BOOK AND JOB POINTER.
NO. 18, HAMEI STREET,
- ; HARRISBURG. ~
- !Sir Particular attention paid to PelOtiaZ. .!:1
'Marling of Railroad Blanks, ManifeA .
s, ~,ci-. Ll,..?,''''
Dkaftm, U. CARDS' printed at $2, 1,3 . $ 4, 8111 2a'
thousand ln elegant style. _.---
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WHOLESALE DREC4G [sTs.
AND DEALERS in Fancy Goods, Fr.;
funoery, dm. Also agen:s for die il,k,.a,
PPtroleam. Illeminahug uil, a intrior t, 50y.,11,,
furnished in any quantities at the 1.0.,,,E M ] rka. raEL
170 and 172 William Street,
NEW YORK'!
a27-dem
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118 owner Frout fuid Max k et itreet
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