rations this sum belonging to the Treasury,
for the prititege of relieving them from taxa
tion for all coming time; and in order to ac
complish their object, they would bribe a suffi
cient number of members to pass the bill, what
think yen would be the punishment meted
out to those who would thus betray the peo
ple? Sir, they would deserve, as they would
doubtless receive, the everlasting execrations
of every honest man in the Commonwealth.—
And I would be glad if some of these gentle
men who are so eloquent on the "sanctity of
contracts," would tell us the difference, in
any essential particular, between that case
and the one under consideration. I assert,
without the fear of successful contradiction,
that, for all practical purposes, the cases are
precisely analogous. Mr.-Speaker, the taxing
power is inherent in our form of government,
and the Legislature can no more barter it away
in the manner indicated, than they can barter
say other part of the sovereignty of the people.
No, sir, no more than they can sell, for a pe
cuniary consideration to themselves, the Ili.:
10 punish crime! Away, then, with all this
declamation about the sanctity of such con
tracts as the one before us, covered, as it is,
all over with fraud.
Mr. Speaker, I am fully sensible of the power
of the parties with whom lam grappling. lam
aware that it is by far the most powerful corpo
ration in this country, if indeed it has an equal
an3rwhere. I know that it holds at its disposal
the disbursement of over ten millioiss of dollars
annually. I know that it came into the Legisla
ture .of 1861, and at its bidding, as has been
shown, procured the passage of the "Commu
tation Act," which took from the people an an
nual revenue of about half a million of dollars;
and that it is now here, through its emissaries,
to prevent the restoration to the treasury of
that revenue. I know, too, that it is still
reaching out and endeavoring to extend its
power and influence in every section of the
Commonwealth ; that it is still weaving its
Meshes more tightly around us. tent, thank
God, the people stand firm. While this corpo
ration has shown its will and its ability to
corrupt members of the Legislature, and to
subsidize a portion of the press, the people
have stood like a wall of fire around our liber
ties, and have manfully resisted its machina
tions. Sir, we owe it to an outraged, tax-rid
den and confiding people who have been be
trayed by faithless representatives—we owe it
to ourselves—and above all, we owe it to God,
that this great wrong should be redressed.—
This can only be done by passing the original
bill, or one of similar character.
Mr. Speaker, I have trespassed much longer
than I intended upon the indulgence of the
House. Bat the importance which I attach to
the subject must be my apology. I thank the
House for the attention with which I have been
honored.
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THE Philadelphia Press speaks of Judge
Naar, of New Jersey, as " having been the
slave of James Buchanan." This is the coolest
piece of impudence on record. If ever James
Buchanan owned a slave, a cur who licked his
feet, and went and came at his bidding, that
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dirtiest whelp in Lincoln's kennel.
Conscription and Habeas Corpus—Duty
of the House—Advice.
Of course we can look neither to Governor
Curtin nor the State Senate for any mark of
disapprobation of Congressional or Presiden
tial usurpations; but the House of Represen
tatives, being at least nominally and professedly
Democratic, we have a right to ask them to put
themselves on record. We advise nothing of
a revolutionary character, nothing that would
have a tendency to excite public alarm or
commotion ; but we do ask the House to fulfil
what we believe to be its duty, and to do it
promptly and fearlessly—that is to enter upon
the Journal, in the form of a resolution, a sol
emn protest against the Conscription act and
the act delegating power to the President to
suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus. We think this much the Democracy of
the State expect them to do, and will not be
satisfied with less. Having done this, our
advice would be, close the investigation of the
Boyer charges, pass the appropriation bill, and
go home. You can do more good there than
here, and the session has already lasted long
enough for the transaction of all necessary
business. We volunteer this advice in a
friendly spirit; we believe it to be sound; and
we have not the slightest doubt that, if ap
proved and acted upon, the result will be in
the highest degree beneficial.
The Revolution Complete.
The New York Express, in reference to the
recent action of Congress, remarks :
Congress has now enacted three ear, which
utterly subvert the whole form and frame of
this government.
Ist. Is the delegation to the President, at
will, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
States not in rebellion, nor invaded.
2d. The Conscription act, which puts under
his command, at will, to take anywhere, any
man, and to put him under any command, out
of the State he lives in.
3d. The Bank and Loan bill, which gives
him supreme command over millions and mil
lions of money.
These sots are all revolutionary, and all ut
terly subvert the whole frame and form of our
government. No man has aXy political rights
tor liberties under them, nor any Rarity for
any thing. The Republic ceases to exist, and
in its stead is substituted a centralized Despo
tism, the head of which is in Washington.
What aggravates this, is, that the habeas cor
pus, or Indemnity Act, as it is called, was jug
gled through the Senate when Democratic Se
nators were speaking upon it. The outrage is
one of those revolutionary acts which ever
follow such usurpation of power. The act,
therefore, is not even an act, as History now
stands, at the hour we write this, for it is de
clared "carried" in the Senate, without being
carried ; and, therefore, it has not even the
form of law.
The Habeas Corpus act was passed through
the Senate March 3, at five o'clock in the mor
ning, Pomeroy, of Kansas, in the chair. The
question was surreptitiously.put, while a De
mocratic Senator was ou the floor speaking,
and declared carried against the remonstrance
of that Senator and others. The act was in
famous; and has elicited the following obitu
ary :
"Dian, of the Negro, March 3, 5 A. M., the
Greatest Republic in the World. Twenty Mil
lions of White People, in a vain effort to Free
Four Millions of Negroes, Perished in the at
tempt. Sic transit gloria mundi!"
The Next Governor.
We do not propose, at this time, to add any
thing to what we have already said on this
subject. We have plainly given our opinion
as to the character and qualifications which
the nominee of the party should possess—that
he should be morally pure beyond reproach—
that he should be untainted by even the suspi
cion of connection, socially or politically, with
hacks, hucksters, corruptionists and trick
sters—that he should be a man of acknowl
edged ability, firm as a rook, true to the prin
ciples of his party, loyal to the Constitution
anit the Union, high-minded, honorable and
of unquestioned integrity. We have expressed
this opinion and yet abide in it The crisis,
the liberty and welfare of the people, every
interest, civil and political, the honor, perhaps
the very life of the State, demands such a man;
and they are traitors to the sacred obligations
which these perilous times impose upon every
citizen, who would seek to give, or in any man
ner connive at giving us any other.
The subject, we are glad to observe, is be
ginning to attract the attention of the press,
and we trust the people are alive to its impor
tance.
We trust to see the names of many good men
brought to public notice, as worthy of the con
fidence of the party, between this and the
meeting of the convention, whioh we trust will
come together not with any fixed, unchangable
preference for individuals, but with a firm de
termination and wise resolve to nominate the
very best man that can be found, without re
gard to•locality; remembering one thing, that
no man has any claim upon the party, and that,
as a general rule, no one who presses himself,
or permits his freinds to press him upon that
ground, is worthy of a nomination. It is only
little men who resort to such shifts—and little
men are unsuited to the times. We want gi
ants now—moral, political, and intellectual
giants—cased in proof armor, invulnerable to
our foes, and who, like the fabled Titans and
renowned heroes of the olden time, can hurl
mountains and rocks upon the enemy, and
crush him to powder- In short, we want a
standard-bearer worthy of our great cause and
of the noble army of patriots that sustain it.
What say the Democracy of the State ? Shall
we have such a man?
Stich expressions of the press as fall under
our observation we shall carefully note, as a
matter of interest to the people. The York
Desnocratic Freels, suggests the name of Hon.
Geo. W. Woodward, in the following carefully
written article :
" WHO OUGHT TO BE OM NEXT GOVICHNOR ?
Our contemporaries are beginning to discuss
the merits of the prominent Democratic candi
dates for the Gubernatorial chair of Pennsyl
vania. All agree that the present tithes demand
a man of more than ordinary talent, worth and
stability. He should be a man possessed of an
intellect that all men admire and acknowledge.
He should be a man whose social peahen and
inflnence command the respect of all parties
and all classes of the community. .Se should
be a man of firmness, one who knows what's
right, nor only so,' but has the courage,
as well as the ability to advise, adopt and
maintain the proper course. We cannot fore
see all the emergencies that may arise in the
course even of the coming year. We cannot tell
what conflicts of State and Federal authority
may be forced upon us. The mind shrinks from
the anticipation of evil to come, but who can
tell what revolution may not occur; nay, must
we not be prepared to meet the storm already
brewing in the political atmosphere ? The
interests of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia must be placed in the h tnds of a man
equal to the crisis. Our beloved State must
be presided over by a safe counsellor, and our
destinies be under the control of a sure guide.
The Democracy have such men in their ranks
—the people are prepared to support such a
man, will the State convention nominate him ?
"Among the distinguished and able men of
the State, the one whom we would suggest as
the man for the occasion, is the Hon. George
W. Woodward. This gentleman has been long
and favorably known to the people of this
Commonwealth. He is at present upon the
Supreme Bench, which high and honorable
position he has held for eleven years with
great reputation as a lawyer and the universal
respect of the bar. Thus removed from all
partisan strife he is nevertheless decided in
his opinions en all the important questions of
National and State politics, and his political
integrity is as unsullied as the judicial ermine
he has worn so long. He possesses every
qualification for the office of Governor in a
superior degree. He is one of the great men
of the State, and cannot disappoint our high
est expectations. On the expiration of the
term of Judge Lowrie in Dec( mber next, Judge
Woodward, by rotation, will become the Chief
Justice, but we think he is needed in another
sphere. Although he has not been announced
as a candidate for Governor, we know that in
many private and respectable circles his claims
have been canvassed, and a general hope ex
pressed that he may be chosen as our standard
bearer this fall, by the Democratic Convention.
We have named this eminent man, true Demo
crat, statesman and patriot, as we believe him
to be, without any knowledge or conjecture
even, of how it may be received by the leading
Democratic politicians of the State, but with
the honest intention of reminding the party
generally, of one whom they have in their
ranks competent and 'worthy to be our Gov
ernor, at a time requiring the services of no
ordinary man.
Our delegates frem this county are unin
structed and have, we believe, no preferences.
They will go readily for the nomination of the
best man. They are deeply impressed with the
importance of choosing an able and reliable
man as our candidate. We do not desire, and
we are sure they do net desire us, to say any
thing in disparagement of the very respectable
gentlemen announced thus far as candidates.
We will cheerfully and enthusiastically support
any one of them who may be so fortunate as
to secure the nomination. We must express
the Wipe, however, that those who have es
poused the cause of certain candidates, on the
ground of party claims, or prior disappoint
ments, or other grounds, which have been
advanced and advocated to the exclusion of the
claims of equally able and useful men, may
restrain those bitter feeling so often engen
deVed by undue zeal and pertinacity, and
which, should their favorites not be chosen,
may be detrimental to the success of our ticket.
But whoever may be the nominee, we will sup
port him most heartily, trusting to the wisdom
of the Convention, for upon the access of the
Democracy, we firmly believe, rests the only
hope of the country."
The Clinton Democrat thus notices a promi
nent son of old Berks, Hon. Hiester Cly
mer :
"NEXT GovanNon.—lt is a proper thing that
Berko county should furnish the nex t Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. Berke has a
sturdy patriotic Motor, that no other county
can equal. Any son of her'a elected Governor
01
.t. We ctfef....ncifir bonds,
with the best of security, to discharge his du
ties well. She presents HIESTER CLYMER,
wbo represents the best blood of '76—the de
scendant of both the }EIMER'S and the CLlr-
NUM'S of the old Revolution. The State, in
these troublesome times, needs an able, firm
man, of undoubted and unquestionable integ
rity, and a thorough Democrat, for Governor.
CLYMER has all these qualifications, and there
fore we hope he may be nominated."
General News.
From the army of General Rosecrans we
learn that a force under the rebel General Van
Dorn approached Franklin on the 4th, and
were met by the Union troops and driven back
with some loss. The fight was renewed on the
morning of the sth, but no particulars have
reached us. Reinforcements had been sent
farward to General Gilbert, commanding the
Union forces at Franklin, sufficiently large, it
is said, to destroy or capture Van Dorn's com
mand.
Twenty-three men, of Colonel Johnson's
Tennessee regiment, while on picket duty west
of Nolanaville, were attacked by fifty of the
Confederate cavalry, who tried to surround and
capture them. The Tennesseeans, after twenty
minutes' fighting, compelled the rebels to sur
render, and took the whole party prisoners.
Judge Trigg, of the United States District
Court of Tennessee, has forbidden any attor
ney, proctor, or other person who has not taken
the oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, to manage or conduct cases in
the court. That's a small impediment which,
pleading high precedent, they can easily over
come. They have but to imitate the example
of- the President, Congrees, and other high
functionaries—take the oath and then—
break it.
A Savannah dispatch, February 28, confirms
the reported destruction of the rebel steamer
Nashville by one of our iron-clads. She was
struck by an incendiary shell, set on fire, and
is now a total wreck.
A Cairo dispatch of March sth says the
Indianola was captured under circumstances
which lead to the belief that she was unneces
sarily surrendered. Lase,Friday (27th ult.)
the Indianola and Queen of the West were dis
covered under the rebel guns at Warrenton,
both in a condition for effective service. If
this be true, the Indianola could not have been
badly injured, and should not have been sur
rendered. Sickness in the army of the Mis
sissippi is increasing. The Lake Providence
and Mississippi canal is finished, but the water
has not yet been let in.
A letter from Brigadier General G. M. Dodge,
to Assistant Adjutant General Sawyer, dated
Corinth, February 24, communicates the fact
that the rebels of Alabama are practising the
most horrible cruelties toward Union citizens.
He relates several instances of men and women
being shot, of some being hunted with blood
hounds, of houses being burned, the women
and children turned from them to starve, hav
ing notified the community not to harbor Or
feed them under penalty of being served the
same way. The General says he is now feeding
some hundreds of these poor families, women,
children, gray haired men and cripples on
crutches, who succeeded in making their way
through the woods and by-ways, without food
or shelter, to his camp. They inform him that
there are hundreds of loyal men, women and
children in the woods waiting for a chance to
escape.
The New York Herald says the 2d New
Hampshire regiment just sent home, ostensi
bly to be consolidated with the 17th, has in it,
as has been ascertained, over three hundred Abo
lition voters. The niggerheads are up to such
tricks.
Hon. Joseph Lewis, of Pennsylvania, has
been nominated by the President Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, in 'place of Governor
Boutwell.
Ovum conscience smitten rascal sent to the
President, on Wednesday last, by express from
Brooklyn, New York, a package containing
$BB6, which the letter stated was dishonestly
obtained from Government. If all the other
Abolition thieves would do likewise, it would
put many millions of dollars in the treasury.
We have some foreign news by the steamer
Arabia, which arrived at Halifax on the morn
ing of the 6th from Liverpool. The Polish
question was the leading theme. France is
reported to have protested against Prussian
intervention. In a debate in the British House
of Lords, Earl Russell denounced the course
of Russia. The Paris Constitutionel says the
intervention of Russia in Poland has rendered
the insurrection an European affair, but hopes
that the test of a Convention will dissipate ap
prehensions. The Liberals in the Prussian
Chamber of Deputies had brought forward a
proposition that Prussia should remain neutral,
and that neither Russians nor Poles should
enter Prussian territory without being dis
armed. The proposition was agreed to almost
unanimously.
The steamer Northern Light arrived at New
York from Aspinwall, on the morning of the
6th, convoyed by the U. S. gunboat Connecti
cut. She brings $1,283,000 in treasure.
The iron-clad steamer Keokuk and gunboat
B. Hall sailed from New York on the 6th.
The Democrats are everywhere carrying the
New York charter elections by heavy majori
ties. The reaction has kept steady headway
since the gubornatorial election.
The Democrats of New Jersey held a monster
mass meeting at Trenton on the 4th, at which
several admirable speeches were made and
strong resolutions passed.
Col. Belger,, Quartermaster, implicated in
the transportation frauds, has been ordered to
Carlisle Barracks, for trial by court martial.
Ex-Governor Medary's editorial office (Crisis,
Columbus, Obio,) was mobbed on the night of
the sth, by a large body of soldiers, about one
hundred and fifty in number. They didn't
touch the printing office. Gen.' Cooper called
out the military to restore order. So says a
Columbus dispatch, March 5.
THE COMPLETE OVERTITROW OF THE
PUBLIC LIBERTIES.
From the N. Y. World, March 8
This is the darkest hour since the outbreak
of the rebellion. Congress, by the act passed
yesterday authorizing the President to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus throughout the whole
extent of the country, has consummated its se
ries of measures for laying the country pros
trate and helpless at the feet of one man. It
was not enough that Mr. Lincoln. has been in
vested with the puree and the sword; that, with
an immense power to raise or manufacture
money, he hes unrestricted command of the
services of every able-bodied man of the coun
try, Ca ig iess has thought it necessary to give
the finishing stroke to its establishment of a
military despotism, by removing all cheeks on
the abuse of the enormous monetary and mili
tary power with which they have clothed the
President. What assurance has the country
that we shall ever .have another presidential
election ? None whatever, except what may
be found in the confidence, reasonable or un
reasonable, reposed in the rectitude and
patriotism of Mr. Lincoln. If any person,
in any part of the country, shall think it his
duty to resist unconstitutional encroachments
on the rights of citizens, Mr. Lincoln is author
ized, by what purports to be a law, to snatch
up that individual and immure him in one of
the government bastiles as long as he shall see
fit, and there is no power anywhere in the na
tion to call him to account. He can send one
of his countless provost-marshals into the
house of a governor of a state, or any other
citizen, in the dead of the night, drag him from
his bed, hustle him away under the cover of
darkness, plunge him in a distant and unknown
dungeon, and allow his friends to know no
more of the whereabouts of his body than they
would of the habitation of his soul, if, instead
of imprisoning, the provost-marshal had mur
dered him. With this tremendous power over
the liberty of every citizen whom he may sus
pect, or whom he may choose to imprison
without suspecting, the President is as abso
lute a despot as the Sultan of Turkey. All
the guarantees of liberty are broken down ;
we all lie at the feet of one man, dependent
on his caprice for every hour's exemption from
a bastile. If he wills it, the state governments
may continue in the discharge of their func
tions; but if 'he will it, every one of them that
does not bcome his submissive and subservient
tool can be at once suspended by the imprison
ment of its officers. Considering the enor
mous power conferred on the President by the
finance and conscription bills, a reasonable
jealously would have erected additional safe
guards against its abuse. Instead of that,
Congress has thrown down all the old barriers
and left us absolutely without shelter in the
greatest violence of the tempest.
So far as the detestable act gassed yesterday
is an act of indemnity to shield the President
from the legal consequences of past exercises
of arbitrary power, it is a confession that he,
his secretaries, provost marshals, and other
minions have been acting in violation of law.
It annuls all laws passed by the State Legisla
tures for the protection of their citizens against
kidnapping ; it provides for taking all suits for
damages out of the State courts and transfer
ring them to the Federal tribunals, and before
those tribunals the fact that the injury com
plained of was done under color of exective
authority is declared to be a full and somplete
defense. It even inflicts penalties on persons
coming before the courts for redress of injuries,
by declaring that if they are not successful the
defendant shall recover double costs. So that
the aggrieved party must take the risk of this
penalty for venturing to ascertain, in a court
of justice, whether his oppressor was or was
not acting under the authority of the President.
To this alarming pass Rave matters some, that
not only does every citizen hold his liberty at
the mercy of one man, but he is liable to be
punished for inquiring whether the person ar
resting him really possessed, or only falsely
pretended to possess, that man's authority
The attempt to disguise the odious character
of this detestable act by a sham provision in
its second section is an insult to the intelligence
of the people. "The Secretary of State and
the Secretary of War," so it reads, "are direc
ted, as soon as may foe practicable," to furnish
to the judges of the courts lists of the names
of the persons arrested, that they may be pre
sented to a grand jury for indictment. And
who is to judge of this practicability? Why,
the Secretaries themselves, or the President for
them. They will furnish such lists whenever
it suits their pleasure, and not before. There
is not only no penalty for neglecting to do this
altogether, but the main purpose of the act is
to protect these officers, and all persons acting
under their directions, againt all legal penal
ties for all arrests wherever made, and all de
tentions in prison however long protracted.
• The ninety days during which Congress has
now been in session are the last ninety days
of American freedom. Our liberties had pre
viously been curtailed and abridged by execu
tive encroachments, but the courts remained
open for redress of wrongs. But this Congress
has rendered their overthrow complete, by
first putting the purse and the sword in the
hands of the President, and then assuring him
of complete impunity in all abuses of this
enormous, this dangerous, this tremendous
power.
' PENN' A LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, March 6,1863.
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock
by the SPEAKER.
=I
Mr. CONNELL presented the memorial of
lion. Oswald Thompson, Joseph Allison, Jas.
R. Ludlow, George Sharswood, Geo. M. Stroud,
and 415 citizens of Philadelphia, for a law to
prevent old and faithful school teachers being
discharged without some provision being made
by the State for their support.
. . .
Also, the remonstrance of 63 citizens of
Philadelphia against the passage of a law to
prevent the immigration of colored persons
into the State.
Mr. SMITH, the petition of 21 citizens of
Montgomery county in favor of legalizing the
act of the commissioners apppropriating $25,-
000 for bounty purposes; also, the remon
strance of 216 citizens of the same county
against the same.
Mr. KINSEY, the remonstrance of 48 citi
zens of Montgomery county of similar import.
Mr. STEIN, a petition from Northampton
county in favor of a national convention.
Mr. REILLY, petitions for the passage of a
law to prevent the payment of wages in store
orders ; also, remonstrances against empower
ing corporators to hold large bodies or land
for mining purposes.
Mr. JOHNSON, the remonstrance of 320
citizens and business firms of Williamsport,
against the erection of a boom in the Susque
hanna, at Jersey Shore.
NEGROES AND MULATOES
Mr. LOWRY, from the Committee on Fed
eral Relations, to whom was referred a number
of petitions asking the passage of a law to
prevent the emigration of negroes and mule
toes into this State, submitted a long report
adverse to the prayer of the petitioners. The
report says that it was necessary for the gov
ernment to suppress this rebellion, to gain the
sympathy of the slaves by proclaiming their
freedom, and at the same time depriving the
rebels of their labor. Without some aid the
rebels are lost, and in their extremity they
hive had recourse to their allies and sympa
thizers in the North. These petitions tor the
exclusion of negroes from the State, and the
petitions for a national convention are part of
a system to work the damning purpose of trea
son by arousing . the prejudices of the people.
There was no cause to fear the influx of ne
groes in this State. They would prefer remain
ing in the South if their liberty is secured, and
this State should enact no law to thwart the
policy of the government. For these and other
reasons the Committee reported against the
prayer of the petitioners.
The Committee was discharged from the
further consideration of the subject.
Mr. WHITE-offered a resolution lo print
5,000 copies in English and 1,000 in German
of the report. Agreed to—yeas 19, nays 13.
BILLS INTRODUCED
Mr. CONNELL, a bill to provide for old and
faithful teachers when discharged for other
reasons than moral delinquency.
Mr. KINSEY, a bill to enforce the payment
or taxes by telegraph conapion,
GOV. ANDREW JousaoS.
Mr. WHITE offered a resolution setting forth
that Gov. Andrew Johnson, the brave and
loyal Governor orTennessee, whose devotion
to the Union was fully tested, and Ex-Gov.
Joseph Wright, of Indiana, are about to visit
Harrisburg to address the people on the great
questions of the day, that the use of the Sen
ate chamber be tendered them for this purpose
this afternoon.
The resolution was discussed by Mr. LOW
RY in favor and Mr. CLYMER in opposition
to its adoption.
Mr. LAMBERTON moved to amend by grant
ing the use of the Senate chamber to George
B. M'Clellan to receive his friends, and that
he be invited to visit Harrisburg for that pur
pose.
The resolution and amendment were dis
cussed until after the usual hsur of adjourn
ment, when Mr. RIDGWAY moved to amend
the amendment by substituting the following:
" That when Gen. Geo. B. M'Clellan, or any
other friend of the Union, desires the use of
this Hall for the purpose of denouncing rebel
lion, it shall be cheerfully tendered him."
The subject was discussed until fi o'clock,
p. m., when the question was taken on Mr.
RIDGWAY'S amendment, and it was adopted by
the following vote;
YEAS—Messrs. Boughter, Bound, Connell,
Fuller, Hamilton, Hiestand, Johnson, Kinsey,
Lowry, M'Candless, Nichols, Penney, Ridg
way, Robinson, Serrill, Stutzman, Turrell,
White, Wilson and Lawrence, Speaker-20.
NAYS—Messrs. Bucher,
Clymer, Donovan,
Glatz,Lamberton, Mott, Smith, Stark, Stein
and allace-10.
Mr. LAMBERTON moved to add the words,
;and we cordially invite him to visit the Capi
tal of his native State," which was not agreed
to—yeas 11, nays 19.
Mr. LOWRY moved to insert the name of
John C. Fremont with that of Gen. M'Clellan,
which was afterwards withdrawn.
The resolution, as amended, was then adop
ted—yeas 20, nays 10; same as the first vote.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday
evening at 7f o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FRIDAY, March 6, 186$.
The House was engaged in the discussion of
the joint resolution instructing our Senators
in Congress to oppose the passage of a law ap
propriating twenty millions of dollars to com
pensate the owners of emancipated slaves in
Missouri.
The House refused to grant the use of the
hall of the House for the reception of Governor
Johnson and ex-Governor Wright by a vote of
56 to 32. Adjourned.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM NEW YORK
NEW YORK, March 6.
John Anthon, an eminent lawyer of this
city, died today aged 79 years.
The Evening Post says the steamer Northern
Light, which arrived at this
,port to-day from
Aspinwall, was chased on Tuesday morning
last, off the coast of Florida, by a propeller
steamer, which, when first seen, carried a sig
nal of distress, but she subsequently gave chase
to the Northern Light and continued it until a
United States war vessel hove in sight. Some
of the officers of the Northern Light decline
to admit that it was possible that the vessel
was a privateer.
A letter from Cairo, dated the 3d inst., men
tions a rumor that the whole of Porter's fleet
had run by Vicksburg.
FROM WASHINGTON
The President sent a large number of nomi
nations to the Senate to-day, principally Major
Generals and Brigadier Generals. Among the
civilians are Hon. Joseph J. Lewis, of Penn
sylvania, to be Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, and Hon. John F. Potter, ex-member of
Congress ; of Wisconsin, for Governor of DM
tah.
Owing to the large number of additional
nominations, rendered necessary by recent
laws; and the privately expressed purpose of
Senators to closely scrutinize the qualifications
and loyalty of the candidates, the probability
is the session will be extended to the close of
next week.
THE GOLD EXCITEMENT.
NEW YORK, March 6.
The excitement continues among the gold
dealers.
This morning it opened at 151, then fell to
149; but has since rallied.
It is now (12 M.) quoted at 1521 to 154.
1i P. M.—The quotation for gold now is
151 to 152 i.
MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6.
Breadstuffs unsettled and declining in con
sequence of decline in gold and sterling. No
shipping demand for flour, and sales small at
s6®6 25 for super, $6 75®7 25 for extra,
and $7 50®8 for extra family. Nothing doing
in rye flour or corn meal. Wheat declined 5®
10e per bush; small sales red $1 65. Rye
held at $1 00. Corn in fair demand, and 6,000
bush sold 4,88. Oats active, and 6,000 bush
Pennsylvania- sold at 45. 1,000 bush white
beans sold at $2 90. Cloverseed ranges from
$6 50 to r. Flaxseed wanted at $3 75. Pro
visions quiet. Whisky lower, sales of Ohio at
50e.
Cotton declining; sales 85®85ic.' Flour
dull and unsettled ; small sales ats6 75@7 00
for State, $7 50@7 80 for Ohio, and $7 40®
780 for Southern. WELeat dull and nominal
at $1 88 al 40 for Chicago spring, $1 60 ®1 67
for Milwaukee club, and $1 78®1 75 for red.
Corn declining, and nominally quoted at 94®
95c. Chicago beef unchanged. Pork ditto.
Lard dull at 1010. Whisky dull and nominal
at 46 ®4Bc.
BALTIMOBE, March 6.
Flour heavy. Wheat drooping. Corn 2@Be.
lower.
PONT OFFICES ESTABLISHED.—Green Garden,
Beaver county, Pennsylvania; G. F. Todd,
postmaster.
Knox Dale, Jefferson county, Penna.; Henry
N. Millir en, postmaster.
APPOINTMENTS.—Chauncey Meeker. post
master, HiHaynie, Lawrence co., vice D. N.
M'Bride, resigned.
A. S. Hock, postmaster, Cosgrove Hall, Sny
der county, Penna., vice Joseph Mainbeck,
resigned.
Charles Brown, postmaster, Baden, Beaver
county, Pennsylvania, vice James Nicholas,
resigned.
Jarias T. Hass, postmaster, Topton,Berks
county, Pennsylvania, vice Jerome Tit low, re
signed.
R. R. Riechart, postmaster, Morelooks,
Greene county, Penna., vice Abner Mortis,
removed.-
Thomas Brownlee, postmaster, Nebraska,
Venango county, vice B. F. Lacy, removed.
WASHINGTON, March 6
NEw YORK, March 6
William E. Brown, postmaster ' Sheakley
ville, Mercer county, Penna., vice William .31.%
Namara, removed.
New '2ouertiffemento.
GAIETY MUSIC HAW
This, SATURDAY NIGHT, First appearance
of .
J. H. YOUNG, the Great Negro Orator, who
will Speak a Piece, and appear in his Laugh
able Hits at the Times.
HARRY WHARF, the Excelsior Esejoist
and King of Songs and Dances.
WM. H. BROWNELL, the Favorite Negro•
Delineator and Solo Violinist.
J. AUDRIA IRADELLA, Pianist and Com
poser.
MRS JULIA RI WARDS, the Itarrisburg
Favorite.
808 EDWARDS, Comedian.
Der' Admission only TEN CENTS.
R. EDWARDS, Proprietor.
WEBSTER'S. ARMY AND NAVY
POCKET DICTIONARY.
Just received and for sale at
SCHEFFERIS BOOKSTORE
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT
OF
LITHOGRAPHS,
Formerly retailed at from $3 to $5, ere now offered at
50 and 75 cents, and $1 and $1 60—Published by the Art
Union, and formerly retailed by them.
Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all diptin
guished men and Generals of the army, at only 10 as.
For sale at SCHBFIFEWS Bookstore,
18 Market -street, Harrisburg.
THOS.
C. MAcDOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT PENT.
Office in Burke's Row, Third street, (Up Stairs.)
Having, formed a connection with parties in Wash.
ington City, who are reliable business men, any busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. m6-y
lIMPTY BARRELS.— A large number
1.4 of empty Wine, Brandy and Whisky Barrels for
sale by WM. DOCK, jr., k CO.
TAPANESE TEA.—A choice lot of
Si this celebrated Teajust received. It is of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
nese Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It is the natural leaf of the Japenese Tea Plant.
For sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
LOTS FOR SALE-ON NORTH ST.
and Pennsylvania Avenne. Apply to
B. S. HALDEMAN,
Cor. Front and Walnut sts.
rcears-Itf
NOTICE
HEADQUARTERS,
FUPERINTRNDRNT VOL. REO. SERVICE,
Harrisburg, Pa., March 4, 3863.
All Officers and Soldiers absent from their Regiments
without proper authority, all Stragglers from the Army,
whether paroled, exchanged or otherwise, are hereby
directed to report in. per.on to the nearest Recruting
Offices, Regular or Volunteer, for conduct to their Regi
ments or to Camps of Paroled Prisoners.
And all, whether Officers or Soldiers, who fail to report
as above directed within five days, will thereafter be con
sidered deserters, for ithOrn the usual reward will be
paid on delivery.
See General Orders, No. 45, War Department, A. a. 0.,
Washington, Feb. 20, 1863.
By order of the War Department.
_RICHARD I. DODGE,
Captain Bth Infantry,
Supt. Vol. Rec. Service Pa.
rnars.3td
pE FAIRY WEDDING !
By special arrangement we publish ezelusiveNthe
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS of the LILLIPUTIAN WHDDING PAR
TY, as follows:
_
GEN. TOM THUMB, in his lir,dding suit..price 25 chi
Mrs. GEN. TOM THUMB, in Wedding dress .. d 0... do
Mr. and Mrs. GEN. TOM THUMB, in Wed
ding drecT
COMMODORE NUTT and Miss MINNIE,
groomsman and bridesmaid d0...d0,
Mrs. GEN. TOM THUMB, in celebrated re
ception dresv d0...d0
Misses LAVINIA and MINNIE WARREN—do...do,
The whole BRIDAL PARTY,(group of four)
Card . do-59 cts
The BRIDAL PARTY, (Stereoscopic .do ...do
The BRIDAL PARTY, (Stereoscopic col
ered)
The price of card pictures, eolered, will be 123 cents
extra. Can be sent by mail on receipt of price and
postage stamp.
None genuine unless stamped with our trade mark, EA
in a circle, on the freest of the photograph. Beware of
spurious copies made from engravings, &c.
B. & H. T. ANTHONY,
501 Broadway, New York,
Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums, and
Publishers of Card Photographs of celebrities.
The Negatives of these exquisite pictures were made
for us by Brady. febl9-3tw
1863. 1863.
DIIILADELPHIA & ERIE RAIL
ROAD.—This great line traverses the Northern
and Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to the city of
Erie, on Lake Erie,
It has been leased by the Pennsylvania Rail Rood
Company, and under their auspices is being rapidly
opened throughout its entire length,
It is now in use far Passenger and Freight business
from Harrisburg to Sinnemahoning, (lst Fork,) (174
miles) on the Eastern Division, and from Sheffield to
Erie, (78 miles) on the Western Division.
TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT HIER IS-
BURG
Leave Northward.
Mail Train.— 2.30 a. in. Express Train.. 3.20 p. m.
Cara run through without change both ways on theo
trains between Philadelphia and Lock Haven, and be,
tween Baltimore and Lock Haven.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on Express Trains both ways
between Williamsport and Baltimore, and Williamsport
and Philadelphia.
For information reFpecting Passenger btogness *TAY
at the 8, E, or, 1/th and Market stream,
And for Freight business of the Company's Agents.
S. B. Kingston, Jr , cor. 13th and Market streets,
Philadelphia.
J. W. Reynolds, Brie.
J. M. Drill, Agent N. C. R. R., Baltimore.
H. H. HOUSTON,
Gen'l Freight Agt,
LEWIS L. HOUPT,
Gong Ticket Agt., Phil's.
JOS. D. POTTS,
Gen'l Manager, Williamsport.
mars•dy
ESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS
I_l FOR SALE, west of the Capitol, fronting on Grand
street and Hammond lane. Enquire of
GEO. CIINELE,
66 Market street,
febll-Imd
SMITH & EWING,
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in the several Courts of Dauphin county. Co?
lections made promptly. A. C. SMITH,
feb26 J. B. EWING-,
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.—The
subscriber offers for sale 25 building lots in the vil
lage of Chnrchville, about three miles from this city.
The lots are from 30 to 40 feet front, by 100 to 140 feet
deep. Price and terms reasonable. Apply to
C. turas, Proprietor,
Living in Churchville._
f eb2s-d2w*
JCOOK, Mordant Tailor,
. 27 CHESNUT ST., between Second and Frost,
Has Just returned &writhe city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and made up to
order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE
Clothing Land Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
nov2l.lyd
DENTISTRY.
D. IL GILDEA, D. D. IS.,
-
N 0 . 119 MARKET STREET,
t'fiio
BY & KUNKEL'S BUILDING, UP STAIRS.
janB-tt
VLIIID AND ALCOHOL, IN LARGE ,
I. quantities and of pure quality, for pale by
WM. DOOR, JR., & co.
POUNDS Extra Prime Sugar
-6.000 cured Sams for sale very low ' wholesale og
retail by WM. DOCK. JR 0.
MINCE MEAT.-A SUPERIOR AK*
TICLE just received and for Bale by
WM. DOCK, Ja., it
d0...d0,
d0..75 as