flOg.,Ceitgr*.
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ratatrist Mat that standard sheet I
ittr bore breathes the foe but falls before us
.1.. b'reedons's moll beneath our feet,
Asa n reedena's bunter 'streaming o'er us
HARRISBURG, PA
Tuesday Mornlogi February 1 , 1862.
Davis & Cu.,in their anxiety to secure for
eign recognition and aid,offered, i •-eu therefor,
to abolish slavery in a given time, while they
world cdvenatit at once to secure the freedom of
every negro child born in the slave, states. It
is ,presumed that this offer was made under
standingly, as to the ability of society in the
sofildt "h:t sithmit to such a change, and the wit
baguets elso of the slave-breeder and owner to
lose their investment in such. property. View
ing this ;natter impartially, we have reason to
belleVe tliat what the southyoltintarily offered
to the governments of Europe, in order to secure
the solution of their pretensions and difficulties,
the government of the United States has a
right to demand before it will yield any terms
of , peace to the rebellious intriguers of the
south. If the people of the south can af
ford to emancipate their slaves to flatter the
abolitiOnists of England they should be com
pelled to do it by the federal government as a
means of safety' against future rebellion. If
emancipation is worth foreign recognition, do
mastic 'layer and friendship are equally worthy
of rthe same measure. No reasonable man will
deny this claim, and therefore 813 an indemnity
for the past and a guaranty foi the future, the
United States will be justified in claiming from
the leaders of the rebellion what they volunta
rily offered to European governments—emancipa
tion* a 'given Uric and fieedom to all born gj'ter
Prii'd named.
OITY TEArte Atm, Thomas Jefferson suggested
the idea of gunboats, now so fearfully reduced
to practical purposes in quelling the slave hold
er's rebellion. As the idea of a gunboat was
then regarded as the very highest of folly, even
though the suggestion emiaated from one so
eminently distinguished and learned as the 11-
Instirions author of the Declaration of Inde
pendence ; so at the present day was the aug
gestion of a mortar boat estimated as an equal
folly. The test of gun boats being fairly made,
an#:itie efficiency as fairly , established, the
neikincoess to be achieved related to the ca
pacity of Similar- boats to sustain the concussion
of trinOttar. A number'of , boats constructed at
Adams, of thls city,
wntstreceutly tested, and the result has proven
that,therwere capable of resisting the terrible
oftscassion attending the firing of a thirteen
in~h; hell These esperimenM are of. course
very grAtifying to the. Ordnance Department,
while.thby are none .tne less pleasing: to the
friends Of Kr. Adams in this city;who feel an
n 141144
with iu, the .succiest and ef
ficiency °Mils efforts as.a naval constructor.
TAOT'IMILT TIM Viacom LxonMarual has
inioll'the free negroes of that state,
anitforcqr,them to fight , in the rebel army, has
neier been referred to by those journalists in the
north who:are cenStantly insisting that the ne
gro hli-ndthirig to do with this struggle. And
yet no fact of the rebellion is better known
thaaj4ezole ; to-whilob Ice, pow refer.
,It not
only ifi,t4c9iti.de of Virginia that this , enroll,
merit is mai/reed, but in all the other slave rebel
states the free and bond black 'messes artitom
pelled to , lend all their aid to the rebellion.L-
When they canna . used as fighting men,
they. are employed to sustain the army by their
industry—and thus the negro is made to sustain
tretigctn Will the Br'eckinridge Pennxratic
editors of the north, who are sosolici toes that the
fretknegroes of the free states may be prevented
from sharing the dangers and the death of this
struggle, explain the difference between a north
ern free negro fighting willingly to sustain a
free government„ and a southern free negro
being compelled to fight to destroy such a
enureent?
, .
WHIRR are tbe paladins, lire-eaters, bravos,
and great men who blustered so boldly in Con
gress against the North a little over a year
agrk, and told us of the invincible courage of
the south, and, the graven cowardice of the peo
pleof the free states P. In . reading over the
acOmmts of the battles for liberty, w.: hear Of
no !brain deeds performed by Prior, and Keitt,
auftbt•hb f and . Toombs, and Wigfall, and Iver
son.- ;They seem to have subsided utterly, and
to have left the heat and burden, the danger
an
1 "tife death of the bitter day , to the obscure
an ,
A liitud6Cl men whom they have pushed to
the fore front the conflict.
Gomm:ea Cane, at the presentation of
'to Ca. Thiity-ftrst regiment,
=kcal' Campbell's:: Fourth Cavalry, was re
ceived by; a salute of twenty-one grins. The
presentation: took place - on Saturday last, and
was'perticiPated in by several distinguished
gentlemen from this State.. It is gratifying to
note the fact, that Gov. Curtin has a hold on
the:foittnteers from this State, which is alike
theh4ni,t.et / i ncessant toil and vigilant* on his
part in likeir behalf, and on the part of the
volunteerii of the utmost confidence in the
Goiernoi..
IMIRTBODY SAT/MED.—Those who have re
commanded a delay In thQ advance of our sr
micro mgicrd vacant successes as confirming the
whittoitt tithe policy of prudence and prepare-
Cwt. the contrary, who have been
halation:o4or an , advance, insist•that it is now
denudittilgit , waa onlytkliessury to at
tockidsfiiMiSie, , Thus - every;
body is satisilsd and complacent.
NATIONALITY.
The form and the political influence of a na
tionality may be destroyed, but its sentiment
can never be eradicated. It is love of home
in its highest sense—a deep regard for things
personal, which, while it does not equal the
tender heart affections of a man, rises above
the simplicity of these with all the grandeur
which its proportions can alone assume. The
national sentiment of love and regard for one's
country, its glory and its , greatness, is elicited
in many ways, but never sooner than when
that country fain danger. The Russian, whose
flesh quivers as it yields to the thong, or who
becomes frantic with the agony inflicted by the
knout, is still ready to bear his breast as a
rampart between his country and its foes. The
Turk adoree his country as he sees its glory
reflected in the crescent. The Moor was extermi
nated in name, and almost in race, but those
who remained cultivated their revenge and their
love of country amid their crurnbling Alham
bras, until the atilleto of the Spaniard wasted
their blood, tore down
: their altars, and
; left
their nausea only to the keeping (if the tradi:
tions of the world. The Waldenses, who lived
in'caves arid`on barren rocks, suffered paril by
night and starvation by day, never forgot their
country. A hyinn which extols Ireland makes
an Irishman forget his gloomy past, dreary
present and uncertain future. Thus do the
people of all lands, whether it is those, most
absolutely oppressed, or .those who, like the
English mamas, are ignorenkeneugh to believe
that they are free because they can elect a
Parliament to legislate for the benefit of a cor
rupt and ignorant aristocracy, :provided the
elector own a portion of the soil—thus all the
people, everywhere, cultivate national senti
ments and regard, Which : are' developed in their
songs, made eloquent in their oratory, and
famous in their deeds of daring. It is seldom
that history has to record the mad resolve of a
people banded to destroy all they possessed
that was great or glorious. Evan while the
forms of a government . were being changed,
and when the mobs of a nation were rushing
madly to the destruction of outward represen
tations And peculiar' objects of their hatred,
.this sentiment of nationality, which preserves
the glory in its devotion to the honor of the
government, seemed to animate the rudest and
the harshest of such desperate men.
—lt has been reserved for the people of the
first freegovernmeet that the sun ever shone
upon, to originate the first rebellion for the entire
destruction of not only certain forms of their
government, but of their actual and entire
nationality. This is the olp'eet of , the slave holders'
rebellion. The men who organized that rebel
lion did not band for the redress of any par
ticular wrong, because they had suffered no
grievance and were chaffing with no oppression.
They aimed at the annihilation of the nation
ality of the government, and imagined, when
that was destroyed; its CiirgiUtioll would also
be impeded, and thus would be secured the
triumph of the barbarlem which they represent
in a struggle they would feign make the world .
believe, is a revolution striving for the emanci
pation of an oppressed and dreadfully wronged
people. When the history of this rebellion
comes to be fairly written, then will thii out
rageous and damnalfitsperpose .be more fully
established, and then for,
,tbe.fitst time will the
annals of the world be degraded with the fact
of a portion of one nation seeking to destroy
that entire nation, simply because they were
not equal to the sublime- task of competing with
their fellew-citizens in the race of progress and
the, great, work of social and ci vil develOpment.
It will constitute a page tit moral obliquity
from which the future student of history will
tern with disgust . and the soldier,' with con
tempt; will `regard its feilitre as a vindication of
man's right to take up arms in a righteous
cane, while the unrighteousnes of• the cause
tints represented in' an attempt to destroy a
prond natioeality, will be beet illustrated in the
eternal disgrace of those thus engaged. Let
us not, then, despair, though our nationality
to now irdanget. Let us not deSpair, because
their are prcind vindicatlons reserved ; for it,
which will make It as perpetual as time. Let
up not grow feint, though it must be battled
for amid carnage and death. Its songs and its
grandeur Will issue from this 'contest, as en
chanting and sublime as they came forth from
the struggle of the revolution, made the won
ders of the world by their irresistable influence,
and the glory of, the people by their power and
their truth. • We fight for our nationality—its
Christian influences and civilizing progress!
'Those who contend with ue, battle for a bar
bed= thet has been renounced by the least
civilised nations on the face of the globe.
'Therefore, and with God's aid, we must tri
umph !
THE EFFEOTS OF VICTORY.
We have no taste for the perukal of the bloody
details of battles. We have less desire to com
ment upon the horrible incidents of attack
and retreat, but we cannot refrain from allu
ding to the fact, that the recent victories of our
troops in the south-west have inspired the coun
try, with the moat glorious hope and anticipa
tions. Two great facts have been established
by these victories. The first and most impor .
hint of these is, that the melees of the south
are not as blindly devoted to rebellion as their
leaders would have the world believe. In North
Carolina and other localities it has liven already
demonstrated that a strong Union feeling pre
vails, to the extent even of extending aid and
encouragement to our troops as they la m& ti e
territory where rebellion his been proclaimed
the strongest. It was the boast of the leaders
in this rebellion, when they raised their crim•
son banner, that . .the people of the south were
United—that therwere animated by the single
purpose of emancipation from all political union
with the people of the east, north and west,
and that in the cause which had been inaugu
rated in treason they intended to invest their
all, to perish. r succeed. These boasts and as
sertions for a time misled the nations of the
world. They misled, too, a largeportio . of
n ,
the people of the north, who were in doubt as
to,the policy" of coercing, an unwilling people
inan allegiance toe government which they had
deliberately and forcibly repudiated. But events
ndw prove that the people this claimed as
having been anxious to escape the federal power
glettitopluania Maitp, teicgrapt),,...fttaito lebruarp 18, 1862
and authority, are jubilant at the approach of
the federal troops, and hail their appearance as
the signal for Union demonstrations. Certainly,
such a result is worthy of more admiration and
applause than any which can he achieved
through the agonizing throbs.and bloody,offer
legs of battle.
The other fact demonstrated in these victo
ries,. is the superiority of northern courage,
fortitude and invincible tact in battle. We
have heard the taunt oft repeated ; that the
insuperlority of the people in the free states was
too great to warrant , any doubt alto the result
of a contest between them and the people of
the south. These assertions have been in
dulged in Br) often, and apparently allowed to
pass unrefutiii, that the world beg , n to be
lieve there was some truth In the, charge thus
implied, and that in reality, the people of the
free states were only so many anent knaves
and cowards, seeking wealth in speculation
and power in oppressing those unable to resist
their encroachments. Wherever this expres
sion has prevailed, it is destined shortly to be
removed. The falsehood is so m to give way
to the great fact, that the people of the free
states are as proficient in the science of war,
as they are in the other sciences which bless
and ennoble a en
people when-they aresticdessinily,
.
prosecuted. And while we have .no taste for,
the bloody details of these battles, the facts
which are thus established amid goni) and
carnage, will render unnecessary any future
very rigorous legislation to bold the revolted
states to their allegiance. Tbe same facts will
also change the opinion of foreign gOiertunente
as to our ability for self : government ; while we
Would not be astonished if they Imparted an.
altered tone to the diplomacy, and the disca&•
Ilion of the British Cabinet and Parliament. 'lt
is a terrible, but a necessary and just manner
in which to vindicate the authority and pro
claim the power of the national gdienunent.
THE PAY OF COMPANY AND REGI-
The rule which deprives a volunteer officer of
pay until he has recruited a certain number of
men, has already been a source of much em
barraament and actual hardship among a class
9f brave and patriotic men. It seems 'pectin.-
illy disgraceful that the government should
ask a number of men to travel over the coun
try, visit distant localities, labor to induce
men to enroll themselves as recrpits, and do
all, this at their own expense. When the first
appeal was made for men, there was no labor
required to raise a brigade. Then indeed, a
division could have heen recruited find,orgen
iced in the same time-that it , now . requires to
raise a regiment. Individuals, then,c onid very
readily submit to' a depriiation of pay, be
cause regiments rallied to stiiiaaras iris sin'
gle day. But as the, bmnnests of recruiting
is now conducted, the man who attempts to or
ganize a regiment finds that he halkundertaken
a herculian task , aiiat6t he is fortunate if he
shcCeeds and escapes bankruptcy. The govern
ment of the United States cannot expect its
loyal citizens to conduct this war on their indl
Vidnal ..iPenses, and Yet the regulation 'w.ll4 - cli
insists on a captain or regimental. officers to
=lie a certain number of men befere they 're
4ive any pay, 'seetraltb imply such deeire;
because if a man deserves pay for piimniting
regiment, he should have pay also fcir recruit
ing a squad. Those who are recruiting are oar
t?inly as fully in tbe.service . of the country as
those who are in battle stray before, odic eager
pursuit after, the enemy.
This claim of, pay, on the part of these offi
cers, has a practical meaning and truthfulness
*bock it "that need not be discussed iria lengthy,
edihiriactO impress tin peoiilaWithits
We believe that these company and regimental
officers should be paid—paid as are the officers
of the regular army When new reginients are:
to be organized. Zip gOve4inant should' not
permit any man to fight unrequited in this
contest. It should see that all are equally re
'graded and remunerated. Therefore we trust
that the authorities this subject some
attention, and that this itot of justice so long
defaired . to the gallant volunteer offic ers in the
service of the country, will belegalbsed.by such
legislation as will at once extend the necessary
relief. We content iitiiinfitti sug:
gesting the juStiCS Of_ this ' ciaitir, without pro
posing any plan by which it can be met and
satisfied: That is a matter belonging to the
Legislature orto Congress.
The complete success of the =federal arms al
ready announced, will be irrefuti&ble procit*
the country and theworld, of the justice:of_
the Union • cause: Although . might does not
prove right, it is a verity that the - 110h is
mighty and *4ll an appoil,*
been taken from ballnts to bullets, and the ap
pealing party is again beaten, his defeat is the
crowning demonstration of the rottenness' of
_ .
his mum and the atrocity of his course, I n
telligence, spirit, energy and valor, the South
erner and Northener do not widely differ. Both
have to some extent the same characterlst
kis. As to . wealth,' the'superiority lies in this
iiistance-with` the greater numbers. If the lat
ter are in earnest they , must -conquer, and the
cenquest will be proof of their earnestness , .
The 'result will have a Moral significancy a
thousand times greater than that of a severely
and fairly earned victory at the polls. Men
think more honestly before going to fight than
before' going to vote ' The.y.rflect, with more
seriousness before throwing `their lives, fortune
and honor into the scale of battle;then 'before
dropping their votes into the ballot-box. In
strictest truth, the war is an awful and terrible
canvass,. a franchlse of fire and blood, Our of
which is to come forth, in the stiblimest and
purest sense, that "voice of the people," which
"is the voice of God."
Were it not so, what hope would remain for
justice or liberty on the earth.? If these may
at any time be overthrown by an appeal to war
waif the sword of the freeinan cei4Let, be re 7•
lied opon.to maintain the goveronierkf and de
crees of the people, freedom is impossible, th
b4stinipirations mairare doomed to perpetual .
disappointment, religion is a mocking Weldon,.
and there is no God.
MENTAL OFFICERS.
WHAT MEANS.
BY TEbEGIA?II.
from oar Evening Edition of Yesterday.
CAPTURE OR SAVANNAH
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2 P. x.
Official diepatches have been received from
Gen. Shermin, announcing the capture of Sa
vannah.
FROM lENNWEE,
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEW
PORT DONELSON TAKEN
FIFTEEN THOUSAND PRISONERS CAPTURE
Capture of Generael3uokner; Pillow
and ,Johnaton.
THE commis wowNam=
Ga. nom " STOLE " HIMSELF Lila
Deis Denounced as a Black-Hearted
Tralfor and toward.
30,000 REBELS, IN THE FORT,
15,000 TAKEN PRISONERS
0,000 Rebels Escaped, and the
Balance Killed.
OUR LOSS . TERRISLY SEVERE
Despatches received from Goiend Grant to
general tfallecit aiiiion . Uce the surrender of
f ort Donelson .with fifteen thousand prisoners,
including Generale Johnston, Buckner and
ANOTHER DISPATCH
Cmcuirbin, February 11.—Fort Donelson was
captured yesterday.. Generals Buckner and
Pillow, with fifteen thousand rebels, are among
the prisoners. '
AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
WABHENGTON, Feb. 17.—Gen. McClellan has
received a dispatch fully Confirming the news
of the capture of Fort Donelsm.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS. OF THE FIGHT
• Sr. Loms, Feb. 17.—Forther official advices
from Fort Donelson say , that Gen. FlOVd made
bis escape during the night, and the rebels in
the fort denounced him as a black-hearted
traitor and coward.
The enemy were known to loyirt) 'hid 80,000
trave, 15,000 . of Whom are vim' prisoners;
51000 escaped, and the balance are reported to
by killed or otherwise disabled.
Chir lois Is not stated, but . the slaughter in
our ranks is mentioned as being terribly se--
vere.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE
I%EWS FROM REBEL SOURCES
Capture of Fort Donelson
Gens. Pillow, Floyd, Johnson and
Buckner Brisoners.
'PUTNAM THOUSAND TROOPS CAPTURED
THE FIGHT NEAR SAVANNAH
TIER CITY PROBABLY. OA:PinRD
Foand'aildciznion, Feb: 16
IBy flag of .truce to-day, we hear that. Fort
Dpnelson was surrendered to General Grant
yrterday (Saturday.)
'Generals Pillow, Floyd, Johnston and.Buck
nor were taken, together with 16;000 other
prisonere.
We are also informed that fighting has been
going on near Savannah, and that that city has
probably been captured..
'Thepropeller Planet arrived this afternoonfrom
- Baltimore, having on board the submai inei
to be laid across the bay fromthis point to Cape
Charles. • The line has already been completed
from Wirmington, Defavrare, to Cape Charle.,-
add also from the head-quarters of Gen: Wool,
about a mile and a half up the beach to the
place selected for the crossing. The cable will
bet sunk in a few days; as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made this department will
connected.directly by telegraph' with Wash
ington and New York tuad-the goyernment, and•
thp public will become' informed of important
news transmitted hence from 12 to-20 hours
earlier than at present.
The line will be unde r the management of Mr.
S. Heise, of the Uni*l States military, tele
audyrill tie of the greatest value to the
Government, ,
The. Fernandina Sailed this P. M., wind N. E.
deai.
Ia Wicipatioa of a visit from .the Secretary
of tWar, t the 'Tenth New York regiment was.ot-,
dered to parade.B,t, seven o'clock. this morning,
and tbe Secretary was to. be , received by a art
lute and otherlxoppre.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
•
IWILLDBLPHIA, Feb. 17.
BreadStuffi are firm and the war news has
,
cairexta runie - cheerful 'feeling mercantile
circles generally. PlOur, steedy, and 1000'bbbk
sold at- 6 - 871:®6' 811 for 'super, 6 50g5
for extra mid $6 871(06 00 for extra lap:kily.
Sinail sales of rye flour at $3 25@53 60. Coro
meal at $3. There is' r a fair dematid for wheat
with sales of 47,000 btish. at sl'32®sl 35 for
fair and prime Pennsylvania; and '4l. 87 for
Sobthern. Rye sells, on arrival, at 7sc. Corn
is in moderate request, and 6000- bush, new
yellow sold at 55(0,65ic. Oats steady, 3000
bulb. Pennsylvania, -ales at 38. Pork has ad
vanced, and mess is now sold at $3 75. Bacon
and green meats firmer. Dressed hogs have
advauml to 4,1 c. Cloverseed is selling at $4.
4 :4 1 5 4-25 .- ETimothyseed at $2.- Flaxseed at
$2=10(52.15. ; 'Whiskey ; htest'adVaneed, i 600
bbls. Onio sold at 26®25a10 now held at 27c,
d r udge at 24c.
From Kentucky and Ten-
THE EVACUATION OF BOWLING
GREEN CONFIRMED.
PART OF THE TOWN BURNED
271 E WBOLE REBEL ARMY SUPPOSED
TO BE AT FORT DONELSON.
Active Movements of Federal Troops.
Large Reinforcements Sent Forward
8&N• BULL TAKES COMMAND IN PERSON
This morning's•Camawrcial has the following
On learning that the rebels were evacuating
Bowling Green, General Buell ordered a forced
march, by Mitchell, to save, if possible, the
railroad and turnpike, bridges on Big Barron
river. They bad, however, been destroyed
when Mitchell reached the banks of the- river.
The Brigades of Breckinridge and Hindman
were until Thursday evening at Woodland sta
tion.
The rebels left nothing at Bowling Green ex
cept a few old wagons. Part of the town is re
ported to be brunt.
It is believed now that no rebel forces are
now in Kentucky east of the direct road from
Bowling Green via Franklin to Nashville.
Critteoden is trying to organize another army
at Carthage, on the south bank of the Camber
land. This is the only rebel force on the line
from Bowling Green to Nashville.
Breckluridge and Hindman's brigades have
fallen back on Riissleville, where Buckner's
and Floyd's brigades have been stationed for
some time.
Hardee and Johnston were also believed to
be at that point on Friday.
It is presumed, with the exception of the
above brigades, the whole rebel army have
been moved to Fort Donelson and Clarksville.
What movement may have been made by
the rebel forces since Tuesday, can only be con
jectured, but the probabilities are that they
have concentrated their whole force on . the
Cumberland. If, however, they have not done
so, the divisions of N• loon and Mitchell will
be ample to cope with all they may have be
tween Bowling Green and Nashville.
ST. Lome. Feb. 17
It is believed that the divisions of McCook
and Thomas embarked at the mouth of Salt
river on steamers for Cumberland on Saturday
night, and yesterday the troops that have been
in camp of instructions at Bardstown were at
Louisville yesterday embanking for Cumber
land.
Three Indiana regiments and one battery of
artillery leave New Albany to-day. The ag
gregate of these reinforcements, is perhaps,
40,000.
General Buell, we understand,
,goes with
McCook', division to take command in person
on the Cumberland, whese our force will, by
to-morrow night, number about 80,000. While
he presses the enemy on Cumberland with his
tremendous force, their flank and rear. are
pressed by the heavy divisions under Mitchell
and Nelson.
Since the writing of the above, we learn that
ten regiments, noiv in the Ohio camps, ere or
tiered aeonce to Cumber
XXXVIIth Congreim--First Seision.
Announcement of the Victory at Fort
On the opening of the Hall, Mr. Cm.rax,
(Ind.) asked and readily obtained permission to
make a statement relative to the capture of
Fort Donelson.
Amid a profound silence, he then announced
that General BrClellan had authorized him to
inform the Rouse that he had just received a
dispatch from Cairo, informing him of the ar•
rival of the gunboat Carondelet at that place,
this morning, bringing the news of the capture
of Fort Doneleen ' yesterday, by the land forces
of the United States army, with fifteen thou
sand prisoners, including General A. Sidney
Johns! n and Buckner. Floyd • ran away, and
succeeded in making his escape.
The loss on both aides is very heavy.
The news was received with great applause
and with laughter at the announcement of
Floyd's cowardice. Mr. Colfax was surrounded
by members to hear further news.
Mr. WASTIBMINE r (Ill.,) I want the gentleman
from Indiana to know that General Ulysans 13.
Grant, who commanded the land forces that
captured the fort, is from Illinois, and from
Galena in my district.
Mr. MaLoav, (Ky.,) said that ln view of this
gratifying 'fact, moved, but the •House'refused
to, adjourn.
Mr. Comex said that be had further news
from Donelson from rebel sources.
Cries "let's hear it"—" go to the desk and
read it—read it loud."
Intense excitement prevailed.
. The Seaman called the Howe to order, and
deep silence prevailed. '
Mr. COLFAX then read the dispatch as brought
from Norfolk by the flag of truce. [Applause
on the floor and in the galleries.]
Mr. Wanner, (Pa.,) moved to adjourn, which
was not agreed to.
Mr. MALLORY moved to discharge the com
mittee on the conduct of the war, as from the
good news of this morning, there seemed to
be; AO more use for them. [Laughter and cries
of " agreed," " good."]
Mr. WASITBURI4E (Ill.) remarked that the
news was, so gratifying that the House was evi
dently in no temper for business, and suggest.
ed, but the House again refused to adjourn.
Mr. WRIGHT had made a similar ineffectual
motion.
FROM. WASHINGTON.
The Case of Gordon, the Slave Trader.
Opinion of Chief Justice Taney.
Chief Justice Taney this moaning delivered
the opinion of the court in the case of Gordon,
the slave trader, denying that a motion made
by Judge Dean for a writ of prohibition to pre
vent his execution, on the ground of .a want of
powerin the court to review proceedings in
criminal cases, or to restrain the action of a
.ministerial officer. The allegation was based
on alleged irregularity in the New York circuit
court, an application will now be made to the
President in behalf of Gordon, on the same
grounds.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Naw YORK, Feb. 17.
Flour dull—sales of 9,500 bbls. at $5 60®
5 79 for State, $6 06@,6 10 for State, and
$6.10@6 36 for southern. Wheat dull—rales
unimportant. Beef steidy. Pork firm at
$l2 371%13 50 for mesa Lard firm at 7r:fi4o4!
Whiskey dull at 271428. Receipts oour
10,799 bble. ; wheat, 10,368 bushels; corn,
31,081 bushels.
nessee.
I=l
Cowman, February 17
Donelaon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATLVES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17
Diet
~„ .
On the lath , ust , at 2 “'cl ,, c,k, A. Y. at h q
deuce ha Walnut htreA Mrs. Acucar H. rt!),
[Funeral wt.' take pl ice on We4nraday at
.1, - v, e,
The friend. Ilia ItIVIVIdt) Satter,
t,
Paxton Church.]
tm
abutrtiseeut s.
~,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
HAY! LIA.Y
ASUPERIOR article of
$l7 00 per ton for sale by- ar il lase
febl3
JAMI.S., NI.
FOR SALE.
IiTACHINERY for makii iv I
iv'. and tilinds. Apply to
febri•dlit Third strut
__ • '
NEW MILITARY PUBLicATIoN
lONGMOBE ON gun 6bot
j The Art of War by Brun I. J ~
with appendixes,
engraving 5............
Infantry Tactics, by Brigadier G. ii 7.
Silas Casey, U. S A ....
Practical Treatise on Stretigheil:,
Defending Out P,J.r:,
Bridges, & - e.. iu
Duties of Officers of Pig„
Col. Jebb. Royal, tEu,2.lsi,, E.
neers ....................
Copies of Field Manuel for
Dri11............
Copley of Field Manuel of Evoi
the Line...........
With all the standard tuilita,.
at BERGNER'S l'lu•ap , ,
_
NEW NOVEL S
A SEANGE STORY, by Bulw , ;r,
Crated, price .............
Dinah
.....
The Warden, by Trolltye,
brary,)
Castle Wafer, by tue authat t.: • L,. z
Lynee"
Treasure Trove, by Sam. Le%
edition
Tom Crosbie and Ws fiiruds, he 1,..
The Broken Engagement, by 11ms •
worth
With all the new 1394. k; a. ~;,;;;
at BERGNER's Ch, ai; i;
ANOTH ER SIJPP ,1 -
MORTON'S
UNRIVALLED GOLD PE'..;"
DEBI' PENS in the world, 1 , 1 - T •
jll at 60, $2, $3, and 14, for I
ieblls y SCII F:Fr -7,
JUSP Rk.:CEiVEL).
4
i SECOND LOT of Cony(' :IL!:
tal Valentiaea, at 'ill re A pr ....
l 6 y SC q e 1 , - -11.-
JUST RECP 11 .
A LARGE ASSORTM 1 r
A
mh of diffPro t sty la , 4a n.
$1 60, 6s, SS, $l, $1 and Sly. P • d
ferest styles and prices at SCII •
feta y
THE PRIVILEGE
OF THE
WRIT OF lIAIiEAS I p.
U NDER
CONSTITUFI , N 1...
U Money, Eel. Paciphi-t oi , tl qi
at BERGNER S CHIA l'
Price 16 °eats.
CHOICE Teas, Green and r
1w by NMI )1 B
rs bll Corner Flo t
gLOT of prime Cheesejr, r e c e ived
For sale by 171 AN,
lebll Corner Fr it arJ M kr. t
CRUMB BRUSHES, Dour liat,,
blng and Blackening Bru bei, fir
S B V,
Corner Front An i ,inr••: •'.`•
INSTRUCTION IN NIU:SW
A Lady, qualified by a thilrutull
DM- oa Bduciation acquired by a ion,
la:Europe under Budeent da,tilri ,
of , summand Lambing, ded'ea a le A. .
musks and singing, Operatic and Bal,c , i
G. L., Box 87, liarriaburg. P.
-
FOR SALE.
Avaluable Two Story
Dwelling House aud Lot ..f gr
earner of North meet aud Salt aveu,z, '
street and 110 feet deep, twu 1)160111e: 11
lar, and Were& rooms, also a never - r
LW. The building is wed ea tedt,,,ed !o- ,
Terms reasonable. inquire of
Jan 4 Ur, .•
•
CHOICE Syrups, Loverius au .1
choice brands, for sale by
NIC1111; 4 s P ', 1 1.‘
jl6 corner Frost an 11.7.4 :
14A MO. --Three Hain
.4 , 4 Eill.Ms rOne,
FRESti Lemons, A pples , r• , [ , ' '
• tor sale by SICHob
/21 corner IroLt au ,I M,.
VALENTINES.—Just ope,ed
ortmeat or Valemma it I eery I or
a2O SCEIOk
—.—
•
WHOLESALE and RETAIL IIE.I.•
in confectionary, F o reign an t no ::....,..:
MIK Dates, PITILIOIN Raisins and No of ,i. •
Fresh and eiti tFi.lti, Body, Can liC.3, 1, - ,a:' ..,
bairn, &ors and Country Produce le ,reer , , ..
corner of Third and Walnut streets.
0ct211415m t.rilc
_ -
AUDITOR'S N u'r LC E
THE undersigned Auditors app
the Court of Common Pleas of Thu bin e. ,1 I
datributo the balances in the hen,l4.,f e 0 I
and (Marks B. auench, a-ahnees Job.
d John Wallower, cud f trio
Son, amongst the credit or'. hereby g n
tb
will meet at the office of David Fie.ong
purpose aforesaid. on Fri lay, th , 7,1 ,try et e
1862 , at 10 o'clock A. M., when an where xl. p
tereated are requested to attend
D. FL'ul
t.DO
nataulmutt, Feb. 12, 186____....Lommi".t"
FOR SALE,
AFRAME HOUSE and lot of ,r'.:..1
situate on North streEt near :Teolnd, In t.,
Harrisburg. Possession given at any time '
F, EVIDO.
febbi•doswEw An.,rnoy dita.
OUR newly replenished stuck 01
and Fancy Goods Is unsurpassed in tid . ' c P:i
feeling confident of rendering sttialaniain, we w .
i I I ,
pectfully Invite a call.
Fl Market street, two doors east of Fourth ftred.,
—...et
RUBBER GOODS
Itubbe Balls,
Rubber Watches,
Rubber Italtles,
Rubber Toys generally at,
BERGNEE
FRESH BB IlTett and Ei3tl6 constantly
on hand and for sale by
MOMS k 1304 110.
corner Front awl ,flokri stn,,,
r e;
RANBERRIES, Dried now.
CApple, Solway, at maw fi~tClt
tree:
dyner. Frola
MINCE PIES,
R47s'Ns' °T.R:LyTs •
Suitable for Mince Pies for
de6
813./11717L8 1 SHAWL S
A. largo lovoioe of New Styles of Freocti Dkoa
Shawls recalled this motolOg DY 00705.
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