YV:r'» * t ;T / :-c ESTABLISHED IN 1786 coJßJaisatojr, ttc. bSttebTlarp, pork, bacon, flour, fish, POT AND PEARL ASHES, BALERATU3, LIN -BKED ANBrm&RD 'OILS; DRIBD-/FRUIT and Produce Nodrill I «hd- < f« Ffcmtstreet, Pittsburgh. ~~ 062 _ w*. CUI.P OTIS lIUPAK). rftlT.p Cqmmimion Mer chjiHti and dealers in FLdUB, GRAIN'AND PRODUCE, No. 243 Liberty street, Pittsburgh, Pa. ’ Choice breads of Flour for Bakers and Family use constantly ott hand.' Particular attention paid to M««haft'diarfteneraliy. • -oc&dly UK a NIC VAN UUKULKy Produce and I* Coikusds MncHiXT,dealer io FLOUR, BUT TER. BROOMS.SEEDS, LARD, CHEESE, PORK, DRIED AND GREEN FRUITS and Produce gen- JAMI& a. FEIZEK. Forwarding and Commission Mxuchaxt, for the sale of FLOUR, GRAIN, BACON, LARD, BUTTER, SEEDS,DRIED ft Vxicuxn and wholesale dealers in GROCE RIES,*FLOUB, GRAIN,-PRODUCE, 203 -Jdbctty stmt, Pittsburgh, Pa. ee!3:dly .TTill.i.AM) KIUDLK. successor to Jno. ..tl M’GUI * SonTNo- 183 Liberty street, Pitts- Dunh, GENERAL PRODUCE, GROCERY AND COMMIS3IONMEBCIIANT. meats respoctfoily solicited. . feSfcdly WM. WHIT*— ~JXO. WHIT* WJUXt. TTTHITE BROTHERS, ' i'oinTASDniQ ~¥¥ *aj». Cowtumoa Merchants *ud ! d«*lei» In ’ P80Y1810515 AK2> PRODUCE OKNBRALLY,.Ho. 295 Libert? >mbt. Pimbonft, ?*• my & A - tiC/'ilOytAi COMMIMIOH MTOIHAKT. A ■ tn CBUDE AND BIMBKD OABBOK . yUfl, GLASS, IIION, NAILS, Ac.,8 0s lfS3Llberty «n«t/' -•-■ ■ 1 - atin-.aij WILLIAM **■**"> I fWI Put', i U *7 ID . HA*., v mra. l SpecUl Pinner. " TkjFEAUS 1 is- COFFIN, to JJlLm’OawUma, Me*m * Co., WnOI-EaALE 080. CIBS, conwr of Wood And Wour itiMta, I'iuibnrgh, Plan I *,. :. . Ir3llr » , WM. J. HircMifAAlu—LAinLLTnlCTi.—..L. K. rotor. - * fttf.VOIQII& OO.fSnwoMOTto li. G. U. Oraff, PKOMCBASD COMMISSION JI KB CIIAKHLgiILUarty trusAPltlaburgh, P*. aus jgiX-t, HOUSE i... ... JSffiW.HttCSI. JOHN-Lv HOUSE A .CO., Wholesale Ouocra* aSto CokMlssUu:-MEHCXAKT»s corner of Smithfidd and Water streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. iS~ EIXiERTON . 1(K Wocdsiroet,‘Pittsburgh. Jtfoflly «, a. nowit4.i*s. eieepaxjuca. TQROWN&KIRKPATRICKS, Wholb • JEP'Sax.* * fiaoCKM ud dealers in FLOUR AND SEEDS* Nos. 191 andlW liberty streot, Pittsburgh. . ja2:dly , j:• - ■ ... TA MKS T1A1, , / , .K1i1. Al SON. CoMMlt- Ihui MkscbjXH fcr tbs sale of CRUDE AND BE* r SIHXD OABBON OILS. No. 69 and 70 Water street, Pittsburgh. Advances made on consignments. . r ’. '.DMVG'BISTS:' _____ .C2MON JOHNSTON, Dealbb in Pcbk *'BTSbO«;AND CHEmGALS, PERFUMERY, jSQODS, BURNING fluid.-oils, FAM ILY MEDICINES, Ac:rscr;br:strt«ifprtmentuU- Ity. which he offers at lowest prices. • Comer Smith- Bold and fourth streets, Pittsburgh, Pa. > prescriptions carcfuUy oom pounded at all bout*. OSEA'H FLEMING, comer of Market street and tbaDiamond, beeps constantly 4& -Wood street. corner of Wood itrwt and jjl*y, Pittsburgh, fa. _ , JTTO, JOHN G. MacCONNKJUIV-' Attorney *3 LAW.Omcs, secbtnl story KtH**dlAW Bt7m>- im, So- XT DUmoud Bttrtt: ** - 1 Will attend to the settlement. securing and collec tion of claims, bounties, Ac., in Washington, District of Colombia* .nulWfrUL- tFiSKVATKICK A MELLON, Arron pv >KTB iT Law, No. 133 Fourth street, fire doors above Smttbfleid, PitUborgfr, Pa. myl7;dtf UOMAS EWING, Attorney and Covtsnuoa AtXntrd? •: omca. No. IW Fourth streetj corner of Cherry Slier. Pittsburgh, Pa. shllidaWlyT PUHVIANOK, Aitqenet ~1 omS&Sitdfcjdtolii*-. tha >H«il a Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa. l^Pally- tiAUTiI, Attorney and Vj. ConstrLLOß At Law, has removed to KUHN’S law BUILDINGS, h*o.-12 Diamond street, next door to St. Peters Chnrch: ~ ' mylcidly K. LUUAis, Attorney at Law.- • omen, No; Tl Grant, street, Pittsburgh, P» myV .1 ~ . t . . O ' mjHnvEk, Attohney at Law, jj, nBl ED FBCIX SdMßMkSertir;-' iw alwajaon hand. Agent tor the sale of MjdUon* ’ ' iOo.Veetobrmtwl Patented Pearl Starch. Npa. 116 SooonAaad 14S Firet it*., between Wood and Smith < Pa. aifcdjy 'AitEHOUtiX \j H. COLLINS, Forwarding andCcmmtalOn Mer - n*mt >na «U>lw tn. OHKEoE. BUTTER,' LAKE • Prodncp pspwaUy. No.' 25 TVuod street, '* aboVsTTstcrtTmj AMJSS HULMiJd 4rlX>., Poki|Ueal /-l»l»h4d»lOTio*aOTlSlOS3,coni«rorMir- rx w roß, • FsAsrsux, PutLAsrtratA. m Rwuxci -Ix ftautCS CoKTAXncs, North-e*at corner Wood end Third utrecte. V‘ ■ Wf, JOJiKS, Agent Somh Ajusbi • ca* Btfiir of ,P«an*7lvaoia and Hartford In numnca tiwiiiUd, irWtter rtrett. :• RKA, Hbcretaby Citizens lrinuici CDirin, corner Market end Wetai • Wwti. Westei n^a4»9»^«H»y7V2^*WWtj«BT JJoTS&tuAet street, between Third end t Yonrth, Pltubnruh. «- - - C HAM HUN LiOVE, Dkalke liK OrZ .niin Tmxcx DET GOODS, ■tan tf JOSEPH .HORNE, Dkalek in Tkm» ■ntof, ttwtniMiiM aid Sm* Goods, Na. 77 Market street. Pittsburgh. 1 mpld' 0 Uealee m I>BT '''vounl lnuinua, ««-i W Market . Plttibcrith. ' «P IS A'fON.MAOKUM * OU, DEAtKEaiN : Rmsotsran, TBUMiraoft, Norton*, etc.. Mm. , r \\ and ; >pl6 mmmrnmc- riH ARLOTTE; BLUME, Mmufactor- V ki amd PUut nr PIANO-rO'ETKb, and .Ist' sorterof Music and Musicallnstruments. Soleagent v & the HAMBURG PIANOA, also t>ri HALLET, - PAYI3 * CO.V'WWtOM PIANOS, wIQ» and witb • oat .goUan Attachttrtnt. • No. 61 Fifth etreet. myfl iHN H. MEL! .. * LOB, Dealebjs Bukos, ' Hd.® Wood ftrwt, Utw«w jtmik fOMi •adDiaaeodaU*?. Pa. GROCERS. Tnoa. LITTLE, 8B JAMES TRIMBLE. LITTLE & THIMBLE, Wholesale Grocers akd Commission Meki’Haktr, dealers in PRODUCE, FLOUR, BACON, CHEESE, FISH, CARBON AND LARD OIL,IRON, NAILS,GLASS, COTTON YARNS, and Pittsburgh manufactures generally, 112 Second struct, Pittsburgh. DUNCAN MCDONALD.... J. ABDCCKLE, J8....0. ARWCCRLE. McDonald & akbucklk, whole-, «it.t GROCERS, PaODCCE AND COMMISSION Msa-;' cSASTI. Jobbers in S. 0. SUGAUd and MOLASSES, REFINED SUGARS and SYRUPS, FLOUR, BA CON, RICE, CHEESE, SEEDS, Ac., No. 263 Liberty street, Pittsburgh. . nol4:ly P. RXYXER~.~..-). »- RKTKEn....~~WM. D. RETMSE. "DEYMEK & BROTHERS, successors i tli ta Beymcr A Anderson, Wholesale dealers in FOREIGN FRUITS, NUTS AND SPICES, CON FECTIONERY, SUGARS, FIRE WORKS, Ac., Nos. 126 and 128 Wood street, above Fifth, Pittsburgh, Penn's. . Jy29:dly ROST. -,,-JAMBtL a. ROBISON. RKUBIiJONvfc CO., WHOLiuALiOEo cers, Commission Merchants and dealers.in aU kinds of PROVISIONS, PRODUCE, and Pitts burgh manufactures, No. 235 Liberty street, Pitts burgh. *nyg GEO. B. JONEti, Wholesale Dealer XM QROCERIES, MANILLA ROPE, OAKUM, OILS, PITCH andPlttsburgh manufactured articles, No. 141 Water street, above the Monongahela Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pa. lOIUT PiUCU -.JAXU C. BREADING. Robert dalzell & 00., Whous saxb Grocers, Commission and Forwardino Merchants, and dealers in. PBODUCE and Pitts burgh manufactures, Pittsburgh. BKXRT LAMBERT...._ JOHN 81UPTON. LAMBEBT A SHIfTON, Wholesale Grocers, Produce Dealers and Commission Merchants, No. G Sixth street, Pittsburgh, Pa. noliily ______ JOHN WATT. WATTAWiLSON, Wholesale Gro cers, Commission Merchants, and dealers in Produce and Pittsburgh manufactures, No. 158 Lib erty street, Pittsburgh. n 25 . ISAIAH DICKER * CO, Wholesale Grocers, Commission Merchants, and dealers in PRODUCE, No. 80 Wats street, and 65 Front street, Pittsburgh'. ' ' ~ 1 '' OEO. W. DILWORTH. JOHN S. DILWORTH. JS. DILWORTH & CO., Wholesale « Grocers, Nus. 130 and 132 Second street, near hmithfield, Pittsburgh. ' nol JOUK rILTM M :.a.RXCIiARS VLOTD., WILLIAM fUHU. JOHN FLOYD ACO , Wholesale Geo cers and Commission Merchants, No. IT2 Wood and 228 Liberty sti«-ot7 Pittsburgh. WILLIAM "BAGALEY, Wholesale Grocer, Nos. 18 and 21) Wood street, Pitts burgh, Fa. to-4:dtf JITJtJrVi'JtCTVKEHS. W.a. MACBJNTOSU J. HEMPHILL HI P. HART. Mackintosh, hkmphill a go., corner Pike and'OlHga streets, near tho City Water WOfks, FmaburghTPß-i Manufacturers of MACKINTOSH ANDHEMPAILL’S IMPROVED PATENT OSCILLATING STEAM ENGINES AND SLIDE VALVES, of allaizes and best style, liuriog put up miohinery.of large capacity and of the best quality, we are prepared to do heavy Jab bing, and wdiat work-in Otis line, trusting that by promptness, and the character of our work, to merit public patronage. We invite special attention to our BALANCED VALVE. OSCILLATING ENGINES, as combiniuc advantage* heretofore unattainod in this class ul Engines-- Ja2i);lyd WILLIAM BABJtMILI_ ——JARED M. BRUSH. TXriLdAM BAKNHILL & CO., No. 61 YY Penn street, below Marbury, Pittsburgh', Pa., STEAM BOILER MAKERS-AND SHEET IKON WO it K ERS t Mahafacnttmof BABNH ILL'S PAT ENT BOILER, LOCOMOTIVE, FLUED and CYL INDER, BOILERS, CHIMNEYS. BRETCHEN, FIRE BED, STEAM PIPES, CONDENSERS, SALT PANS, SUGAR PANS, IRON 'YAWLS, LIFE BOATS, etc., etc. AUo. BLACKSMITITB WORK, RRIDGEjud VIADUCT IRONS r doue at tho short eat notice. - All-orders fromadiatance promptly at tended to. Thomas moore, Manofacturbr of i>D l}tAlU fJf_ALt> KUOS or COI'PER-DIS* TILLED PURE ’ UTE :.WUlaKr; »nd FAMILY VI3EUAK, Hos. 189, 191,1*1 and 19;> First otivet, between tfmithlieid and Grant streets, Pittsburgh. B 9“ Private orders solicited. Highest uiurket |>ricc paid Tor RYE. sy.fanl QH aadall oUutr.poisonoiu ingredient* csrsfiUly extracted, by a process now aud Improved. oclK-y • JOSE Corner of Flnt and Liberty si rents. SOPKBIOB STEAM EXQINES, MACHINERY, ;c„ Ac. m'S:l f JOHN OUP HAN'T & CO., successors -pi-’ jjf ■y, U, Olipb«irt, - M.n nfiuAu rw» or iIOT SBESSKD NUTS AND WASHERS, CIIABCOAL HOUSE-SHOE IBON «nd NALL BOOS, Boll. Eli IBON ud BIVETS. FAIECHANCE IBON WORKS, Fny-tloCo., Pi j Y ;;i:ly[j . AVArohonac. 13 Wood it.. I'iltHbnrch. WELLS, RIDDLE & CO., No. 215 Liberty street, eppobtta Sixth, Pitta Irargb, manufacturersdT WHIPS, LASIIEd AXDti\V ITCH* kh, *ih> %vefy description of LEATIIEK BRAIDED .WORK. -Orders solldtod from the trade, au«iAwfaetitr»ro/BOiLEttRITLI>. WUOUOUTBFIK.ES, COMHONAND RAILROAD, of every description. _ \. » ... - sized}* shaped SPIKES and BIT*. ETS, largo or ..small, made to order at short notice. A good «w>6Hm»ut constautirofrlmnd. * tpyjOtna SHIRT iIANU^AOTORVMisses J. A N. AUL,-No. 22 St. Clair street, make to or* brlta&d,KEißTS, COLLARS, Ac., on short so 'tico. AlsoT have'CohrUilOy oa hand a fino assort* mestof SHIRTS AND COLLARS, made in the beet, aotfeahlee*blrsfcdm>r—GEOßGE ALBREE vjcz SRisfDß^Ta. William J, Anderson, mu Burgwin, j Benj. L. Fahnestock,. Hopewell Hepburn, James Herdman, James D. Kelley, Alexander Bradley, John O. Backofen, - Goorge Black, John B. Canfield, Alonzo A. Carrier, Charles A.Oolton, William Douglas, John Evans, -John Holmes, Williams. Haven, Poter H. Hunker, Richard Hays, : William S. Lavely, Sxcmrrasr awn T«*sm>i erman TRUST AND SAVliflSa BAKE, corner Sixth and Wood streets. BANE OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. CAPITAL 5100,UW. STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE. HAM IL'i'ON k ( A >,7 PITTSBURGH, Pa., KAXTTACTCUtnS or l, Arch i- bbls. Southern PITTSBURGH, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1861 BAJTMJS. B. l>. Meeds, luac M. Pennocl . A. ». Pollock, M. D., Bobcrt Bobb, , iKSimW I THE TRUE POLICY-ACTIVITY, (till. i SPEECH BY GEN. JIM. LANE, j2i« U McAu°ej, Delivered in Ihe Senate of the United Johu Maruh&U, states, on Tuesday* I7tn msf. Walter P. Marshall, ___ John Orr, Henry L. Ringvrjlt, John H. Shoenbcrger, Alexander Spear, William E. Schmertz, i baac Whittier, 1 Christian Yeager, isa—CHAS. A. COLTON. discctoks: ADAM RETNKMAN, Pretidnt. Springs Uarbangh, Augustus IK-ereler. L H Myers, Joseph Lang. J. V. ilavekulle, Chriatiiui Siebert, Anility Moyur, rc S l ?lV e * r ' DISCOCXT EVERY DAY. JOHN BTEWAKT, Qx&itr. JMBCELL***'EO VS. FURNITURE AND CHAIRS AT RK P DDCED PUICE3.-JAME3 \V; WOBDWELI, hos. UT Butt ay Third ,treat, aud 111 Fonrttr etrvel, cossnmxa or ALL VARIETIES OF STYLES AND FTNISB, lullshla (or HOTELS and TRIY ATE DWELLING B3T All orders promptly attended to, Mid tbe For- feiture carefully pocked and boxed. STEAMBOATS oud HOTELS furnished Ct »bOrt CABINET MAKERS auppUed-with every article J AiUSa H-OHIbOS & CO. HOPE COTTON JfliL, AELEOIIENT KX!fTTacT«i*s or SEAXLBSZ OF OSXABUBC.S. 3i INCHES TO to INCHES'AVIHE. . tar Onkn left «» H. CUia. Jt Co.'b, 133 Wood .!-, Pitoburgbt. will receive attention. °<3fr”»y Qpbb W holesalk as d Retail. PKXS ASD-CA&ES.REPAIEED; SILVER ASD GOLl* PLATING. Done at the shortest notice, at tb<* curut*r of Foirth and Market streets, second story. ■ t Persons living out of the city haviog pen* to repair a VESfir » FITZPATRICK * CO. ipiNK GUOUH—SoIid Gold' Wedißno ; Rixus, Single Sxohe and Ciuerra DiaEond UinMi Lanua* Gold Watches ak» Ghaim, Slw artldee in casek suitable for WeddiDgl*reaentef S&TB or JEWELRY in Coral, Jet, Amethyst, PearW Ac.; SILVER GUPS AND GOBLETS, fur prveentaliou; GOLD HEAD CANES, 4c. oony UE. A u. KICnARDSON 4 CO., aiJ l7 Corner of Ftttb and MArket streets. - y a . ai i.wmLl W....JOUN CAI DWELIh JM /SaLUWELL & DUO., Boat Kchnisu i j «i«’aND DEXLEU IN MANILLA, HEMP AND COTTON CORDAGE, OAKUM,TAB, PITCH, ROS IN AND OILS, TARPACLINS, DUOK, IjfcllT AND HEAVY DRILLINGS, 4c., No. i» VfAlt4 and 78 Front etroets, Ptttsburgfa. aps:dly WVV. successor to • wricht 4 Young, No. 97 Wood eirrob, darner of Dlatndnd alley,‘doaler in all kinds of UUTLtUV. RAZORS,'RIFLES, REVOLVERS, KNIVES. SCIS SORS, GUNS, 4c.< 4c. A large assonnumt df the above goods conatantly OP bind. A TUWNrfJiNJU. rbKE •I pacckbs axd dealeb* in BACON, DIIIED BEEF, LARD, MESS AND RUMP PORK, No. 12 'Fourth ttreet,-near Überty,-Pittshurgh. . _ WK ilAlWllAiiL, Ukalebin Wall # Pipnn l Bogptiu, Ac., No. 87 Wood street, Pittsborch. , Lj^l— EH. FALiiKK, JyrT, • pooler in BONNETS, iIATS, STRAW TRIM- MlNQß,fc»d STRAW GOODS generally. MEDICAL. •"JTfflir ~ t '~' A ~rnjffilBCT or g?cjie: &h.taa±, 'Wjrfw&i which might 'be cheeked with a simple remedy, if neglected, often terminates serioiidy Few are awaira of the importance cf stopping a $cUQh. cr ■§fLLaJtt /fielxL inits first stage; that which in the beginning would yield to a. 'mad "remedy, if not attended.to,; sc on attacks the lungs. were first tntrodvxxd eleven years ■ h has been/ proved that -they ere the best article befbre the for jgouak&t jGaids., M-fiarutfuiLti, j tha Backing iQwbg&'iin r/@dJL&umfttLaix, and numerpits affections of the giving 1 , immediate rdief- i; > : • Public Speakers will find them effectual for clearing and strengthening the voice. Bold hyaXl (Druggists and (gaolers in, Jtfedicine, at £5 cents per box. - H* KJTBEB, BA. FAHNESIOCiCACO., 2.1. SELLERS 4 CO., £: t VaShmtock * CO', b. r. vandebtobt fchd HBITPIfBSOM 8808. d»7:>rewr,mT W- JBODEXBAMER, M. D. or utw tori citt, flaring krrtTedlD PittWsi wttl, ms usual, devote his ead olive attention to to* Medical mad Borsloml trctraonl of Chronic Dbeon, Lower Bowel, inch ee Pile, Conetlpetloii, Ptotole, Tiisart, Tmlllng of the Bowol, Stricture oftheßoweL Ulceration of the Bowel. He willalso trcrii*d>i>rOßNOlNK uA'n AND CIIEWING TOBACCO, HSuFF, FAMJi MMHSOIIATIM . p i^'s. U “S A 4 K£va"nS® firing UNDER-THE 8T- CHARLES UOrRL, Trade k&ppUedoojlberal term*. . ,v. v - - i»Tlt:ff»T ~:*v jD ;vi ' ca'b*mai*y UOTrln «' gmStfSi*—* *“ C ' * vxji'kyix ' uC ' achievement of victory without reference to disparity of numbers. See that your volun teers are not thrown uponartillery wtihoutpre- K nation; they must see tbe'guns, count them, oar the whistle of their halls, and thus-pre pared no strength of fortifications can resist thbm: they are the most effective troops on earth. He who doubts this,- or underrates thbm in comparison with others, knows but little of their energy of purpose and tboir de votion to their country and .their flag. Where was such another victory ever gatned upon" the open field as that of Buena Vista ? Twenty thousand well disciplined IrOops, amply sup-* plied with artillery, overthrown by fotty*-flli ■ hundred ragged American Volunteers. Those who witnessed that conflict well knew how Vo appreciate the indomitable fighting qualities of troops like ourt. The occupation -of the rebel States by our army is a military.neces sity. I laugh to scorn the policy of; wooing back the traitors to their allegiance by seizing and bolding important points in those Statea, Every invitation* extended them is kindness is an encouragement to stronger resistance. The exhausting policy Is a failure; as long as th.y have four million of Slave. to feed thorn 10 long will this rebellion b« sustained. My word for it, sir, long before thoy reaobthe point of erhanstion, the people of this country ; will lose confidence in their rulers. And it is unreasonable to expoct the loyal cititcns of ■ the rebel States to manifest their desire to re -1 ; turn to thoir aliegianco while their homes and I families are hi the power of their oppressors. 1 Did the Italians welcome Napoleon till he Mr LitE (Ren., Kansas) called up the res- had expelled their tyrants, and thereby proved ' °“““>° *■“ Secretary ofWir b™* ; od to furnish to the Senate copies *he and scatter the forces of the enemy ; ; orders for the erection of barracks for Kansas w fcip somebody ; evidence your ability to pro i troops.' He said; Mr. President. I do not : tect the loyal citizens, their bomea and famil -1 desire to conceal my introducing ie«s; and then, and not till then, will they ! this resolution. As a a Senator, | rally to your standard by thousands I I have the right of criticisingjho aots of the ; of thousands. I have alluded, Mr. Presi- Government; and I mean to egereiae it with . dent, to the slave population of the rebel i the full flush of a truthfulpatrStism—kindlyj States. It Is claimed by the friends of sla ’ but fearlessly, cordially but sSfrchingly. I ; vory that the Institution is a source of mih | win waste no words. Ido nobfish uselessly j taty strength. The slaves are made not only I to consume your time. But tmfhour is when j to feed and clothe threlr oppressors, but to l truth should bo spoken in twso halls, and build fortifications for thoir defence, anu even , that plainly. I declare, thongs a fact which |in some cases to bear arms in their service. ; all financiers will admit an* no statesman j The slaveholders are right, and they are i dispute, that every day’s dels! in the vigor- ! wrong ; the institution is an elMmmt of ous prosecution of this’war ijpregnant with ; strength, but only while it exists. Withdraw neril to the Republic. Sir,Shis is a war of ; that element, and this rebellion falls ol its I the people. When Sumter fsK, they became ' o wn wolght. The masterawill not work, and i a unit. Party prejudices•Were*v»cattered, pec- they must eat. Now, thoy art fighting to re ' sotial hates forgotten. Rioted by their [ tain their slaves, exposing their lives and the I wrongs, they proffered thei<rength and Urea of their sons. Suppose We had their uledged all their resources to Zftngean injus- slaves ; to what they not go in lice which threatened to d4|troy the freest an opposite direction, in the hope to recover * Government of earth. M*balsas followed ; a them T They would bow down in dutiful sub fearful reverse, and acemiogfjP a fatal defeat, mission, even to Abraham Lincoln himsell. But even that did not dashfthe spirit -nor In my opinion, the obtaining possession of shake ths purpose of the peAle. The balk thosaslaveS by the Government wouldbe more i of the moment, the blood treasure lost, effective in crushing out the rebellion than toe i only deepened their dutortkfpation to crush seiiure, if it could be made, of every ohnee of out the conspiracy. SocU unity, such ardor, ammunition they possess. Asthe fear of loi such sacrifices, the world haafarely or never i D g their slaves is now the incentive to war, witnessed. Sir, let me not bfl misunderstood 80 would then the desire for their recovery be in the matter of delay. My Anfidonce in the the inducement for peace. March your armies Administration will not perifit’me for a mo- into the heart of their confederacy—win* ment seriously to entertain tso injurious sus- one victory—oppose kindness to crueUy, ana picion that this army Iwe lfave created—«o as the peasantry of France raUipd to tpe admirable in spirit* nd discipline, so complete standard of Napoleon on his return from Elba, !in all its appointments— thia/magnificent or- so will the slaves, with one impulse, flock to i nniz&tion, to which the country has contri- o ura. Tbe gmeral who commands that army ! bated its choicest spirits, antEoo which it has J will be receiyod withthe same acclaim « vve* t lavished untold millions of treasure—is des- ] Bonaparte; they will hail him as their Uhewr i tinod, without one decisive mow struck, to a tor and friend, and by their very numbers will living burial in the inglorious obscurity of: Becure safety to hit army. No trouble, then, Winter quarters 1 But should this confidence j n obtaining informatioaof the enemy s ope prove to ho misplaced—should this fatal policy 1 rations. Interested in our success—grateful of inaction seize upon ttutgenergies of our as they vrillhe Will rulers i -feel, I know, that the publican- instantly bo reported, endangering;, their noun<*ment of the fact wiltqe as the fire-hell champions and protectors. Peace will be te st midnight. Dismay .an® eoufuaiou will ttofca, and the cause of the war removed; follow- and theevils of anarchy may inter- qnd thou, in these halls, in the interests of nose new and fearful dbstael&s to the restqra- humanity and a untied country, we can delib tion of that Govornment Whoso chief peril erate and do justice. -Miv President, zir my must always result from tholoss of confidence opinion, the policy of fortifications should bo on the part of the people. Fortunately, the discarded. A capital dependent on such piro people are as intelligent as tboy are patriotic, tection is not Worth preserving; the only They do not require impossibilities, nor insist orient bulwark for itadefenco is formed by upon premature action. And thus we are the loyal breasts of our citizen soldiery, brought to the consideration of the quostion of Think no more of barrack* for winter miar s trees lb and preparation. *Why Is our army tcr * • o ur troop* do not desire them. Cheat ' Inactive ? Will it be.**»w*cd_thatj4 U still jourseir no longer with thedeluslve idea that deficient in discipliuo? That reply would bo y OU r camps are Still schools of instructipn ; a* unjust as i* is illogical. Our* is an akmy honceforward your lessons must be taught in of volunteers who must not bo judged by the tho field. Advance rapidly, and strike boldly, rules applied to regular*. You eannot drill it The country is favorable; thocirmate invites; into that mere machines which martinets the cause demands. Advance, and all is ac considcr the perfection of efficiency. ;The comptished;’the government is saved, and citizen-soldier‘is an individual; no amount freedonris triumphant: of discipline can destroy ‘his individ uality. Four month* of industrious-drill is ample time to prepare such treops for effective service. Prolonged inactivity will dually dis courage his zeal. The prospect of action must be ever present as an incentive. luactiOß is tho bane of the volunteer. These opiniotia I express with confidence, for I have had a large personal experience in tho management of volunteer soldiors. The training of twd dis tinct regiments daring the Mexican war,with subsequent labors in Kansas, and the cam paigns of the last Spring and Summer in Mis souri, has given mo a practical knowlodge on this subject entitled to consideration. Tho regiments that fought and won tho battle of Buena Vista were not as well provided as the Army of the Potomac, and no* better drilled. Sir, I have witnessed tho drill of that army ; and I am satisfied that it has reached the max imum of discipline by volunteers, and that every day of inaction now tends to its demor iliration. While, also, a* regards discipline, we are as fully prepared for action as we ever shall be, we have theadvantage of .superiority in that respect to the enemy. Every' anpro- , jndiced observer during tho Mexican wir will testify that the regiments from the North, in the exeelleneo of their drill far exceeded those from the States now in rebellion. Our! oppo nents are formidable only when thei} indi viduality can be shown while fighting un der cover, as at.Manassas, Springfield, and Ball’s Bluff. Operating in mass, on the open field, wo can always coaqucr, asat Dry Wood, where four hundred Kansas troops checked and drove back ten thousand rebel*. And of these facts the Confederates are themselves folly aware. —Recently, at Bpring river, eight hundred Kansas troops encountered aif thou-, sand rebels, covered by that stream and eix miles of timber. This handful of hertic men offered a fight on the open prairie, which was declined by the enemy, either because they expected us to repeat the folly of attacking them in their timber-stronghold, or ftared a defeat without Us protection. It will require on our part rapidity of movement and bold ness of strategy ty force them into a battle on the open field. So much for efficient That heroic veteran, the l»te Lieutenant-General of | the Army, now forced by age and infirmity , into a retirement made glorious by the mem- ] cries of a long life of patriotism and tHumph, announced the fact that the Ides qf ‘October would see bis columns .prepared t 6 move. Hence it is'impossible not to believe that they are*by this, time complete in arms,equipment, means of trensportetten, and every physical appliance of service. Why,then,«come im jawablel of ■ tSll’onr, troop. .hall have lwen doclniated by the di.oa.M Xif Jtimmerf Olea. thU warrof theflopht. that.nrro«Wlta;pnrpi.«;.gl.ve.to the v»l -uuteer wrbaltte «17,-r cherish tXjtyeuthqsUam whteh U indispensable to success, and which pMurglt (Sazctte. FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 20, 1881. j THE WAR. fe2B:lrma lly, oo2C:dlw'-yUT LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Wasuikqton, Dec. 17; 18( THE WORK or SNEAK-TRAITORS. The fiercest Advocates of war with England at all hazards, Abo noisiest 'blusterers abodt the American eaglennd'the British Hon, are inen Who have long been suspected of being rebels atheart. Vallandighim is the loudest mouthed patriot of SU, and Cox la not far be hind him. Those who heartily wish the re 'bellion pot down are not so anxious to precip itate hostilities. another beiiube bt tbs b^btex. The Navy Bopartmenthas intelligence that on the 28th November the ship Montmorenci, of Bath, Me., arrived at St. Thomas, having been overhauled on the 25th tilt., by the Sum ter, in iat. 80° 30 r N., lonL 38° iO' W. The ship Was last from Wales, loaded with coal for. the British Mall Steam Company. at St. Thomas. Tho ship was ransomed for $20,000 and allowed to proceed; after a quantity of paint and other ship stores had beentaken from her.' The Sumter was teen on the 29th. ult., steering north-east. The U. S. steamer Macedonian.was to have left St. Thomas for Boston on'the 3d inst. FLAQ PRESENTATIONS. The Pennsylvanians had another .grand timo to-day. Flags Wore presented to,the 9dth snd lo2d Begfments in Oen. Peckfs Bri cade, at Tennallytbwn. -Speeches were made by Congressmen‘'Hi- B. Wright andiMlcPher son. ‘ Gen. Peek aod the Hon. &. MEcnight received the colors for the regiments. After ward the - Brigade was reviewed and pro nounced one of the. best, though one of the youngest* in the ;; service. A grand!dinner closed the proceedings. VIRGINIA ITEMS. Horace Lacy, of Chatham, near Fredericks burg, who defrauded, by a legal" quibble, ninety-five slaves* of their freedom,' lately’ ran for the Congress bfC. S. A.yandwasdefeated. There 1 is math annoyance in- the' towns of Eastern Virginia on account of the scarcityof fiteh The stated services -in the -fine - new Episcopal Charob at Fredericksburg have been suspended for want of fuel.: • •• v The Rev. Leroy! M.,- Lee, J). V. f of The Jttehmond Ohri*t%an AdeocaUj Who did more than any. other man to , produce i; division of the Methodist Church in : ,.the United States/ 1 has been stricken with apoplexjrind cannot recover. Hb Was jt ; man r of a geod deil pf tal ent of a contain coarse kind!- - r • - IMPORTANT OPINION. Secretary Seward gave' it ai his opinion, yesterday, in oonvittation with a prominent Englishman, that therewouldMma tear with Great This U-Important- Informa-' tion, coming, as.it does, from a source atonce so bigh. and well informed as .to the patuiwof the quMtion.at issue. i : TC.BHINOIOB SEWS ITUS, j ' 1 1 Preaidtnt UncQln. thii morning r*o*ired * -j dian'tcli from 3»n Franolioo, iUtlni th»t th« a liml' obloquies'cf .tJoJr.-g- »• hl *f taken'place'. Hpn. E. 1).-Stanley dpliyeted an oration, and the Right Rer. Bishop klpp tiad the toneraleerricee. : : ' ~Btig. Gehi/'Mercy, chief of Gem McClol- Un’l staff, U rapidly recovering; from ft severe attack of illnesi. *He expects ; to resume his poetin efew.days. . • ■ .. .j • It has been determinedto change the oolor of the pantaloons worn bv the »rtiUery> ; car i; airy and infantry "of'the Uftited States, from the dark bluo Color to the Ughteky-blnewotn: bythem a fowyearsago; _ . j The workmen .in, tho Washingtonlfevy Yard have'contributed : $5OO toih* sick and; wodndedßoldier*.' '"' ■ —.T. j • Cornelias Wendell denies that he has any interest whateverintbopurchase of Brown's Hotel. : - • 'i --H ; Last-night the .lonffroH c»U W«w beaten in- Gen. Smith's dlviribnijcauied b? » t'oemiugly reliable report that the.rebels were advancing in,- Fairfax.* It was reailyaurpriiing toseewith whatalae rity tbe men ihcjtartosand 101 l Into* line. IWbdltf ' heford the* ’spttxid of the ;call : Had-dJed/away. 1 The xoen7''nftfcf : beirig- two .or-three* ’ :;; i y-' : : ‘"A’patenvbr»ech-loadinggan».tbe Intention; bf tusor Bryoe, i r tube triCd*>?tnpri©w; .. The Examining Bpaipd' .has got ihijough with the eraiui p *tiqn of tho officers ; of this brigade. It is not known yet whether any have been rejected, but we suppose ; some officers will be placed upon the retiring hst.- It is said that the officers generally passed very creditable examinations, and a number will be recommended for promotion.-. The Board is composed of General* Gorman and Borns {the latter gentleman - commander of the Third brigade) and Colonel Joshua T. Owen,, of the 69th>. Pennsylvania. These gentlemen hare an arduous task of it. They are to examine the whole’division of General Stone, which will occupy them for a month yet. ULIEF FOB USIOK PRISOSKBS* FAMILIES. Congressman Odell received to-day $1,043 72 for the families of prisoners at Riohmond belonging to the 14th New York regiment. The Mason-Slidell Affair in Ireland- - Public Opinion of the Boardittgof the Trent* I From the Dublin Freeman’* journal (democratic L organ), Not. 28.) 1 a a.'* 1 * * Such are the facta of this most important case, which raises one of the most: serious questions between the government* of Eng land and America whieh has arisen since the year 1812, when the right of search Produced hostilities. On the arrival of the Trent the Admiralty agent left at once for London to report the transaction to the Admiralty. ‘ The news in a few minutei Spread over England, and, as may be suppoisea, produced mingled feelings of amaiementl excitement and indig nation. A great meeting was at once-held in sober Liverpool to consider the matter, and a unanimous resolution was adopted, calling on the government to assert the dignity _of the flag- Some of the tory -Lon .don evening journals repeat the.same demand; and it is said—but we question the authen ticity of.the statement —that a Cabinet coun cil was immediately convened to consider the propriety of giving Mr. Adams, the American Minister, his passports. Before suoh a:deci dod stop is taken, the government, we may be sure, will act with that caution whieh is de manded by such extraordinary circumstances. The London Stock Exchange became some what depressed en the receipt of the intelli gence, a result:which does ; not surprise us when we reflect on the consequences of misun derstanding between the two countries which might ultimately lead to hostilities. The ques tion involved in this act is, after,all, in ternational Anc, which jurists will-have to decide. The frank avowal of the Commissioners of the character in which r they embarked on board the British bottom, and of-the purpose: for which they sought the protecting shield of. the British flag, narroiot the.inquiiy within a eery . mall compass. They wire American citwens,' and had left their own shores as th e accredited agents of govern-i ment’i which has levied: war,against the gov eminent of the United States... TheCommis- 1 sloners 'were, in fact, engaged in an overt act \ of war against tho government of the United , .States, sgainstwhich they had revolted when -pursuing tfle mission.on which they were des-' 1 patched by the “provisional government" of the revolted States. Does the international code recognize the righto/ partite to, forward to the revolted subjects of o government arms,am munition, money, comminariat, or “other aid*/ under the protection of a friendly /hgf Wo : believe all jurists win admit that no friendly i flag, no matter koto powerful the nation to which it belonged, could legally . protect from > t«=ur* ; either the “arme” or other “eomforti intended to be supplied to the revolted subject* of a friendly government, or the parties'who, beingsubjects of that-friendly state,, were engaged in conveying suchaids, : Teh position of. the accredited agent* carrying despatches, or journeying on to meet and vise'despatches forwarded by the government of the revolted States for the pur posed promoting and. forwarding the views of the rival ..government set up by them, is not very different from that of men Harrying arms, or money; or other aids to the revolted subjects. 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