The Daily Pittsburgh gazette and commercial journal. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1861-1863, February 28, 1863, Image 3

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Operation, of the Snbiiitence Com
”, ~• . mittee.
JUimt. W. P. Woyman, Joi.ph Albno,
>sd H. It Atwood, KiwbUt. Comßittoo,
moko tho following monthly roport o! tie
opontlouof th* Batulitonc. OonmltUo:
Jor tho «» wotki t»dlo* Pobmorj 18 th.
tho Committoo horo f«d 1,484 ioldion, who
. .horo MUOd through our eitj. Ofthoi., 1,106
won {ainlihtd o good, worm, homo-Uko din
nor, ot tho Soldlort’ But, No. *47 Llhorty
■troot, whloh wu oposod donury 28th, ood
". u iTtri|9 of thirty-one soldiers
•T«7;4»y for dimnsr, zaoat of whom were
sick or wounded—aomo la tho very last stages
of lift; some traveling homo oa forlonghi;
. other* discharged, and some being transferred
to hospitals of their own State. As it is toe
lafeeuttoudf the-Committee to continue this
work,lo long a* the aeoeiilty for it continues,
tUi mm will beopen every day at noon, on
the arrival of the Saltern trains. Contribu
tions of meat»,.Tfgv tables, fruits, and eata
v blaft of .any kind; an respectfully lolioited.
The CommitUe hare furnished transport*-
*'tion to 'Sixteen discharged soldiers, who had
beea left in ourclty without the means for
Teaching tho.r homes. The amount of good
aeeompushed by assisting soldiers destitute
. of meauli vwy great, Many of them hare
been in the service bat .for a few months, end
. part of . this tin** in a hospital. Haring
drawn slothing to last them for a year, when
* a settlement is aide with them, the amount
totv'have over drawn most oome oat of their
baekpej* whloh often leaves bat little ooming
to them. So they are left. She Government
has fulfilled Its oontraot with them. With
i what little means they hare, and the help ex
tended to them bj societies in other cities
they reach here. Here they are away from'
- home, and without means to get there. Some
ot them, very sick or broken down, are in the
- snolt painful mental anxietp. It is not food
orelothlng they want-only that they might
be enabled to rieeh home, and iqmeof tho
-most grateful nun have been those to whom
"we have famished tickets.
; She Committee has forwarded to the differ
ent hospitals of ear armies tho following ar
ticles, most ef which has boon sent to oar
Western and Southwestern armies:
Twelve comforts, S 3 sheets, 461 moslin
shirts, 547 flannel shirts, 398 pairs drawers,
177 plliews, 109 pillow cases, 257 towels, 49
pads and rings, 540 bandies lint, 400 rolls of
bandages, 194 pairs socks, -24 pairs mittsas,
64 pairs slippers, 673 handkerchiefs, 297 cans
fruit, 120 pound butter, 40 dciea eggs, 00
- bushels potatoes, 300 beads of cabbage, 1,080
hooks,-320 quarts of wines and whisky.
. v-vAtnotlme hie the demand tor hospital
stores been greater than at present, and espe
cially for our armies in Kentuokp and Ten
nessee.
Tho following articles are very xnuoh need
ed at present: Moslin shirts and drawors,
flannel shirts, frnit and wines. Contributions
•of eaih will be very acceptable.
Contributions oan be left at Messrs. Albree,
Son h-Co.V'Wood street, or Wopmen A Son,
Smithfield street-
interesting School Exerciees«-Pre<
sensation, etc.
The teachers and pupils of the Sandusky
street public schools, Fourth Ward, Alleghe
ny., had an interesting meeting on Friday, on
the ooeailonof the retirement of.the Princi
pal, Thomas E. Wsksham, Esq., who relin
quishes his profession for the purpose of en
gagingin business.
- The entire day was spent in the examination
-4f to* High Sohool Department, under too
: immadt tu cam of toe Principal, and theex
wtdxac wot* of an unuraally interesting and
frtgfriy satisfactory character. The forenoon
session was mainly occupied In class exercises,
but in the afternoon toe programme was more
wariad and *nterteiiting,- embracing music,
•nay*, dialogue, declamation, eta. The pa
pill acquitted* themselves In a highly credita
ble manner, evincing a thorough training in
every branch of education taught in this
. school*
After tho exercises were eoecluded, R. B.
Fronds, Esq., e member of the Board of Direc
tors, presented to Mr. Wakehain, on behalf of
toe teachers, a baantiful, massive silver pitch
er, with salver and goblets* la bending over
this elegant present, Mr. Frauds took oeca
xlon t* oompliaent Mr. Wake ham for his en
ergy, industry and fidelity in the discharge of
toil duties, and expressed regret on porting
with one whoee services had been so accepta
ble to the Beard, and so valuable to the cease
•f education.
The gift is a most elegant one, end Is cred
itable to the taste and liberality of the donors.
The plteher contains the following inscrip
tion: "To Thomas E. Wekaham, Esq. A
Testimonial of Begard from his Associate
Teachers, Sandusky street Sohoois, Feb. 27th,
1863.”
Mr. Wekakem responded fa a felioitoai
vpeccb, thanking Che donors for their hand
jome present, and oomplimenting them for the
eetisfeetory manner in which they had dis-
charged their duties as teaojters. It was to
» their earnest support end hearty co-operation
that he owed much of his success as Principal,
and h* hoped that they might enjoy in .the
future the same pleaeant relations whioh had
characterised the past. i
* Mr* John MeCanoe/onc of toe pupils, then
presented Mr. Wakehamwith an elegant arm
■okalr, ae a testimonial from the scholars,
whioh was gratefully acknowledged.
Josiah Ktng,,Ejq, an cx-Director, made a
few appropriate remarks, and was followed by
to* Principal elect, Mr. IK-G. Squires, who
«xpress*d himself highlypleased with the ex
ercises, end remarked that he would strive..to
attain toe confidence of,toe pupils and parents,
the aid aed operation, of toe toaohers, in
.. the same degree as enjoyed by his talented
predteessor.
Thrmceting was dismissed with prayer by
* Eev.D.M.B. McLean.
Mr. Wekehim, we understand,relinquishes
hie position, which he has filled with greet
aoeeptaiuoe for four years past, to engage-iu
the book and.stationery business, on Federal
Street, Allegheny. .
Tfcffi Stock Bedding Cnee Again*
Bur wider* will uli remember the trial
,-ttnt fcaiteiMb* tißA'peet bun engaging
\ tbe attention ef AUernon Tejlor la regard
to tha right of eertaln parttu to bed itook on
tv. PMimylTtiiU Central Ballioad. Thede
■ «trioahainot jet bun giien, andegalnwar
yii m Iff".** for tho antit of tbo offending
.. sortie,. It eppeere In tko oompieint that
Uuarv CUrk A Eobb (till oontlnaed in par
(Bit of thol* legitimate buineii, the feeding
and bedding ot ■look, end tbot Ur. A. J.
Woolriaj.r, one of tbo portlet io tbo former
eolt, end Mr. A. C. Brest being 01 falij de
termined tbot no one bat tbemielrlt oboald
food end bod (took pouln* oror tho rood,
with threaten! rieltnoo droro Ur, Clerk from
tho eneedndthrow tho bedding elreadj in
tho eon oot on tho ground. It dooo oppeor
jo no to bo o otrongo kind of monopoly, that
ou men obeli boro tho oxeliuiTe right to the
sroiti nriolng from feeding end bedding oil
otoek Mui?( OT,r tbot or enj other rood. At
well might a ponon renting o worohoan of
000 oompOßT eloitS the right to I loro oil
freight oerried by the rood, or o houl keeper
looting o building of tho compony, ololm
thooxelitiTO right to feed ell tko powengeu
tneepeotWeof tnoir own righto, end deoim
la legard to tho motur. Wo on under the
ImpnttUm tbot If Mr. iroololoyor, or ony
' otter men euamao to diotou to the droTen
whore they tholLbay their bed end bedding,
ho wDI And tbot no will hero tho lor get! idea
of nnoelnhloeer. A too re monotreno idee
then that of e men ottompllng to monopolioo
o pertoln broneh of batlnott, merely become
he looeet property from portont boring tbo
■itimoto twuportotion of property perteln
■lng to that broneh of batioua eon hudly be
Bbonld Mr. WooUloyorbo tut
. tolnod ln hit pretest eooree, wo do not doubt
Jet that tho aroeoH will toko lome oetlon In
uugardtt tto mottot that will in the end
oocoro to them their righto. The cue will
.probably cpsu up b*fbre Aldarman'Taylor to
.gay * houri*X *]. '
Horn Ain Lor »on Bonn.—Thoie detlrlng
'toiaroet In reel oetote, ore directed to tho od
rorttooment of o dotirobl* boojo end lot for
dtti wMnlitmVti'thli dty,
S^y^EuscaaMeostW'i
▲ Serloni Practical Joke.
A few days ago, a trunk belonging to a
woman residing on Pennsylvania avenue, was
broken open and robbed of one bondred and
thirty dollars—eighty dollars of which were
to gold, twenty-five to silver, and twenty-
Sve in paper. The woman is a. widow, and
owns a livelihood ‘principally by washing.
The money was accumulated by years of toil,
and was doubly prised. It was taken while
she was absent at work—the house having
. been left to charge of her danghtcr, a young
woman. Suspicion at onoe fell upon a young
man who visited the daughter Ifi the charac
ter of a suitor, he having been at the house
that day. A warrant was aoeordingly issued
for his arrest, bat the daughter was willing
to testify that he had net been in' her mothers
room at all. She was positive on this point,
and her testimony would have acquitted him.
There had been another man at the house
that day, but as he was a relative, he was not
inspected of so. serious and mean a crime.
The woman, however, determined to see him,
and when she broached the subject he began
to smile, atd produoed tho missing money—
remarking that he had taken it to prove to
her the necessity of keeping hsr treasure in
a more seove place I The lock had been forced
and the money abitraeted,'aUhoaghiome jew
elry and other valuable articles had not been
tonohed. Tho foot vu at onoe oommunicited
to tho Alderman before whom tho informa
tion hid been made, and tho young man was
thus relieved from the infamous susplolon.
which the circumstances had thrown around
UiQi The motive of the man In taking the
money eras doubtless good, and . the lesson
will not ho forgotten by the woman, but the
joke (if noh it may be ealled) was highly im
proper, not to say criminal. It caused the
"arrest of an innocent man, oa one of too
most serious and infamous crimes known to
the la#, and the result should teach the gen
tleman not to play such tricks in tho future.
The Impure Meat Case.
We mentioned, a fow days ago, thootronm
stanoes attending tho prosecution of WUUam
Montgomery, market oonstable, and others,
for trespass, in seising a quarter of beet whloh
Stewart Hamilton had sold to Mrs. Margaret
Paris. : Tho allegation is that the boot was
nut impure, and Mrs. Davis corroborates this
view. The Mayor had fined Hamilton for
offering this beef for sale, after which the suit
for trespass was entered. Sinoo then, officer
Montgomery has sued Hamilton, under the
Esnel oode, for selling unwholesome meat.A
earing of the case came off on Friday, before
Alderman Soott, and a number of butehers
testified that the beef was not good. The pen
alty, under the seetipn of the penal code, Is a
fine of on# hundred dollars, or Imprisonment
for six months. Hamilton was held to bail
for trial. *
Thi JUtiyil it New Baionios.—A pro
tracted meeting of four weeks’ continuance
has just dosed at the M. E. Church, New
Brighton, undor the pastoral care of Bcr.
Alex; Clark, editor of the School Vmtor, It
is said to have been one of the most remark
able seasons of refreshing ever witnessed’ in
the place. The number of adults, who have
united with the ehuroh. forty-two, besides
twenty-nine children—total, seventy-one.
Over .fifty hopeful oonvertions are reported.
Mr. Clark’* congregations are crowded every
public servioe. We are glad to hear of snob
success in toe good work.
BOND—On Thursday, Ysb. SSth, 1803, ASHA.
LtOltiDO, only dtefLkiw#of Hebert and soia&
Bord, aged 2 yean aztdB abhtbt.
The funeral will leave the residence of the parents.
Peon street, Sinth Ward, cn Satuesat, 23tn Inst.,
at 10 o’clock a. m. The friends of the ikaf ijr are
invited to attend.!
BKTUS&—OniPrldey, reb.27tb.it ecos/Ulse
LOOIdA, daughter of r. Berner, In tleSSd jear
o: her ege»
Ber funeral will tike place from the residence of
her father, on Weetcrn Aveane, Allegheny City, on
this Armaoox, at 2 o’clock. The friends of the
family are repeated to attend.
HPOHBB fro Friday evening, Felraary i?tb,
ALICE, only daughter of Ann Jane and the ute
Bichard Uugbee, la the 17th year of her age.
Funeral on Scxsat, March let, at 2 o’clock p. m.,
from the rcadence ot her mother, Ho. 778 Penn SL
SPECIAL LOCAI* NOTICES.
Uaovea abb Baxux’s SxWixe Macues, for
family and manufacturing purpom, are the
best In use. ,
A. P. Oxavoxv, General Agent,
} 2Vo. 13, Fifth street*
Dr* JLilUe’e LaaghingGae Exhibition.
Our Cleveland friends are enjoying a rioh
entertainment given by Dr. J. H. Lillie
through the ageney of Nitrous Oxide, or
Laughing Gas. The following is from toe
Cleveland ;
Such shouts of laughter have seldom shaken
the walls and roof of Brainard's Hall as have
been heard there fori the last two nights at Dr.
Lilllo’s entertainments. Under the infleenoe
of the gas which be‘ administers (and which,
by the way, Is as harmless as so muth airj) the
inhalers cxhlbit the strangest phases of in
tense enjoyment. One sings as if ho ! wcre
paid byihe note with specie; another dances
in a style whioh Fenny EUsler or Taglioni
never achieved; another imagines himMlf in
Congress or a sohool district eauous, end
makes a furious speeoh laughs until
he shakes the buttons off Mi waistcoat, and so
on through the Ust of emotions. It is richly
worth due’s while to go and see too offset of
this laughing gas upon the different tempera
ments. 1
In addition to these comical features of the
enter tainmen t, Dr. LLille bae a series of highly
Interesting and Instructive experiments in
ohemistry end phiiosphy that are worth more
than the price of entrance fee.
’ Samuil Graham, merchant tailor, is dosing
out his Fall end Winter stock of goods at ex-
Tumely low'prfcct. They ednsiit of all toe
very latest styles of dothi, | caiilment end
vestings, of which a largk assortment is
adapted for the Spring wear. Gentlemen
wishing to save money would do well to eaU
early, knowing that you will pay twenty-five
per cent, more for goods in toe Sping tban at
the present time.' Don’t fail to call and get e
good fitting garment. Samuel Graham, Mer
chant Tailor, No. 54 Market itreet, one door
from Third.
. Faiezobablb Olotzimci.—Gentlemen oen
always find a superb supply of. roady made
dotiting for themselYM or boys, ut to* doth
tog emporium of W*H. U’Gee k Co., oorner of
Federal street end Diamond Square, : Alle
gheny. Those who prefer having their'dotb
irifc made to order,’ere essored that the stock
of materials for orerooats, business and dress
suits cannot he equalled for variety and-qual
ity In this vicinity, ▼hilt a good fit nay be
depended upoiu
Catalogues are now ready for the sale of e
valuable Private Library at Davis’ Auction*
54 Fifth itreet, to-morrow evening, at 7H
o’clock, A flneiFlute, a Gold Lmr Wetcn,
end e 30 day mantel Clock, ere to be sold at to< >
same time.
Ir Ton dotlre ony re poire or alteration! to
your dwelling, or pieces of butlneii cell end
ledVe yonr order et Cathbort'i Oorpenter end
Jobbing Shop, Virgin Alley, obore Smithleld
street. All work promptly ettended to. t
Oxetino Couo will be token ot thoOmmibai
oßee, Ho. Ml Liberty, street, doy • or night.
All orders left ot the obore plooo will be
promptly ettended to. Oil aelli mart be pold
to of noon. die
Xu PioronuiA—John W. Plttoek, Filth
■treat, oppoelte tho poitofloe, hu Harper 1 !
Weekly, Prank Leslie, the Hew Tork lUat
trotod Seat, end Pomej’e War Paper, for
■ole. Coll and get oopiet.
Xu Littlo Coorno.—J, W. Fitteok, Fifth
street, hoi ho lees than twenty dUferentkinde
of photograph! of Tom Xkamb end wile.
Irerybody sbesil bore o likeness of then re*
markable little folks.
Xu Boron Sitnno otin oontinau to draw
lorgoly ot tho Xheetro. It will bo reposted
thlterening. 1
PBOCL AMATiON.—CITP OK
XIWHBOWJH MkOIAL 81.10X10H.-In
ucorduoe with tbe gmirione or on Act of «aerel
Amtmblr of tbe Oamteoewtelth of Fensuylrsnle.
I« tko Uoorpenlloeef tbo City ofPttu-
ESJb.il of tbe terioM KWhaenteto Uld Act,
DAY 1 a XAIUHi A. D. 1863 1 betof tb* 10th da* of
th» sooth. tba qualified Touraof tbefiixtlrWard
of nld city wtil meet together at the FOBLIO
SCHOOL HOCBX ia mid Ward, aad sleet, bf ballot.
ovaoxnzur to aiAYXii Aiuiimor
TSV OaVMOX OOUfiOJL, ft* tba uexolrsd tens
o( Wilihua XowbeUo»t raupMe-r
Given sxbdar my hand iu mL this Sstk day ol
1 r*bnacT,A.D.lMle •'
1 Mtod XoaiAVTlXp^lC^cr.
THE LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGBAT&.
FROM WASHINGTON.
OUR SPECIAL DISPATCHES.
Special Dispatch to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Wasbixotos, Fob. 27, 1863.
SIXAKOIAL AXXAIXS.
Even the members of the Conference Com
mittee disagree as to tha preolie effsots of
their compromise proposition, adopted in the
House yosterday aftornooon. It is. clear,
however, that, substantially, everything is
placed in Seoretary Chase’s hands. Hb car
ried his point fully as to the legal tenders,
thsre being literally but $50,000,000 more aa
thorised, on which number all parties had
long ago agreed. There are but $200,000,000
of currenoy. He is bound to issue $50,000,000
legal tinders, $50,000,000 postal ourrenoy, and
$100,000,000 legal tenders, voted some time
ago to pay the army. He has power, if be
chooses,to throw into oiroulatioa $700,000,000
more, as follows s $400,000,000 interest bear
ing treasury notes, whioh he may make con
vertible, and for the redemption of whioh ho
may provide a reserve fund of further legal
teaders, and $300,000,000 bonds, authorised
in the buik bill, and to be used as a basis for'
at least that muoh more ourrsnoy. The im
mediate resuls of this stave of affairs must be
the further inflatisn. The subsequent effcot
must deptnd largely upon the disclosures as
to Secretary Chase’s intentions about the ex
tent, to whioh he will use the disorelionary
power placed in his bauds.
The Uouto has just voted to tax the banks
throe per cent, on their profits, where they
have evaded the previous tax by deolaring
bo dividend.
The seoond Conference Committee, on the
Ways and Means bill, consisting of Senators
Sherman, Collamor and Harding, and Bopre
sentatives Washburns, Spaulding and Dawes.
After two meetings, they wanted to agree on’
the bank taxing seotion disagreement.
Messrs. Sherman, Hardiug and Washburne
united on two. per cent ,* after two years.
Messrs. Coilaaer, Dawes and Spaulding re
fused, ana would agree to one-eighth of one
per oeoy on doposlts over tho average circula
tion, besides one per oent. on circulation, aai
to nothing more.
The Committee reported a disagreement.
Mr. Washburne moved to recede from tho
disagreement to tho Senate's amendment, ar
guing the importance ot taxing the banks, and
showing the danger ot the failure of bills.
Mr. Dawes opposed Mr. Colfex and sup
ported Mr. Washburne. Mr. Thomas, ot
Mass., followed in opposition,‘arguing that
the responsibility ot the failure of-the meas
ure must rest with the Senate, the revenue
measures being in the province of the House,
and that the provision was intended to de
stroy banks, whoso usefulness he maintained.
The previous question was then ordered. The
yeas and nays on too motion to reoede from
toe vote on Mr. Washbburne’i motion stood
63 yeas to 75 nays. A new committee was
ordered cn motion of Mr. DSwei. It consists
of Messrs. Dawes, Fenton and Maynard. Tho
two former take the House view and the latter
the Senate view. One compromise suggested
as probable is to make an increase to two per
cent, in three years in lead of two.
The bill making amendments to the tax
law is in some danger, having been reported
so near toe end of the seeiioa, and toe House
having since then spent so muoh time in dii
eassing it, that the Secretary of the Treasury
transmitted to-day a supplementary letter
answering the Senate resolution about tho
Importations on paper under the act of March
2i, 1861.
He says additional reports have been re
ceived from the Collectors of Now Yoxk and
Boston, from wkioh it appoars that there has
been no importation of printing paper
whatever at either of these places sinoo toe
passage of the aot named.
No stronger argument for lowering duty
oould possibly be presented, but Morrill, who
is said to bs e shareholder In e paper mill,
still steads in the way.
THE FAT OF YOIffETERa AMD MILITIA.
The joint resolution, l&trodoced by Senator
Wilson to-day, provides that the existing
lairs relating to the pay of volunteers and
militia be so oonstrued as to allow their pay
ments to oommenoe as follows, or to the en
listed meo from date: From individual
enrolment or enlistment; and to commission
ed officers-from the date from whloh they are
mustered into servioe, the day of entering on
notion, duty in the field, or proper order to
that effeot, or the date of the organisation of
their respective companies or regiments In
the manner prescribed by the general orders
of the War Department, whlohever one
of these dates shall, in point of time, soonest
occur, and that all recruits and enlisted men,
either in the regalar army or volunteer ser
vice of tho United States, who have received
or shall be entitled to receive an edvenoe
nou&ty of twenty-five dollars, end shall not
forfeit the same unless discharged or under
the sentenoe of a general oourt martial, by or
ders by way of punishment, or in consequence
of fraud on the part of the soldiers. Thir
materially increases toe pay of many soldiers,
and does away with toe injustioe of keeping
troops in camp without pay, so long as the
regiment Is not made up.
XMAXCIPATIOX IX MISSOURI.
The tpassage of the Missouri Emenolpe.
tion bill in any thapa becomes exceedingly
doubtful. Disputes arise ai to tho roatoni for
tho probable failure. The Senator*, who
thought Noell’a ten million bill good enough,
gay they warned Hcndorsbn in ample season
of the daoger of defeating'any bill by pressing
bia egelnat Koell'a.
Others aay lhawholo fault la with the Sen
ate inoautlouely putting the direct appropria
tion into Ur. Henderson's bill, whisk, under
the Home rules, sends it to the Committee of
the Whola, whore, at this atage of the aetalon
it if, of ooorse, hurried. The Demoorata aay
if it ia brought up thoy will flUlbnstei to de
feat it, if in their power now to do fo.
QU. II’DOWiSU..
Msj.Qen. MoDoweU ia ordered to Cairo .to:
aerre aa President of the Court of Inquiry to;
examine Into the peoularities of the ootton'
apoouUtion among the army officers. Tha de
cision of the Coart of Inquiry in his own erne
yai never made public, but this la anffioient
erldenoe that he has been wholly oloared.
01S. OUXTISi
Petitiomhas been oLreutatedhcre among the
Uifiooriani preying for the removal of Con*
Curtis from the eommand of that department
and the substitution of Gen. Boho&eld in hU
place. Every member of Congress except
Noell has signed U. tut ,the real friends of
f Missouri are not understood to be particularly
anxious for Ite fueoefs.
aOMOITIVO MB PAMIOX.
The friends of Isaac Fowler, defaulting
Postmaster of Hew York, are soliciting lor
Uf pardon. The Attorney General is review
ing tha fhets for the President’s oonildera
tiohe
nbvxxatzdx or me. wrtHxr.
Tha Prasldant hu nomlnatad Ur. Withay
Jadga fpr Diatriet af Miohi*
|- f Mder Hha' bill iart wit the
fltottb
tex coxaCEimox BILL.
The Conscription blit was informally post
poned In the Senate tilt to-morrow, at the re
quest of the Copperheads, who r promised not
to fitlibuiter, saying.that they only desired
to make a fow brief speeches in opposition,
which they did not have an,opportunity to
make when the bill was origin ally under con
sideration in the Senate. r
SOMIXATIOXB.
The President sent the following additional
nominations to the Senate to-day : Paymas
ters—Wm. Phelps and Walter Crane, of Mich
igan i Assistant Quartermasteas—J. K. Shaw
and H. G. Boker, of Missouri; Commissary
—Levi Buggle, of Missouri.
saval ovricka axsiovin.
Acting Master Henry WUson, of theDoeh
ess, belonging in the Gulf Squadron, has're
signed in order to serve as Major General of
the Ohio militia [
ADMIRAL! PORTER.
Admiral Portor gives instruction to the
Captain of the Indiaadla to visit the planta
tions of Jeff. Davis and his brother Joe, and
carry off all toe ootton and male negroes he
could lay his bands upon.
COKMITTBB OX *HX OOXDUCT OP THE WAR.
The Committee on the Oonduet of the War
will probably report in a few days a large
mass of evidence taken before them, without
note or comment.
GOVERXOR OF AEIZOXA.
The President has said, to-day, that Mr.
Gnrlay isoertaln to beiGovernor of Arisona,
if it shall be found possible to appoint him to
an office created during his torn as Congress-
THE BAXXROPT fiILL.
The Senate, to-day, refused to take up toe
Bankrupt bJI by a large vote. Thai proba
bly kills it for this. Congress.
DIBCTJBBIOB OX MIDIATIOX.
It still seems probable that the Senate will
hare a discussion on Mediation before ad-
journment.
FROM HARRISBURG
SpecUl DUpatcb to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Haxei6boro, Feb. 26, 1863.
House—The kill to accept toe grant of
pubiio lands by the United States to'the sev
eral States for the endowment of agricultural
colleges was passed.
• Ur. Pershing said the grant would be giv
ing the State eight hundred thousand acres of
public lands, if thedands are worth one dol
lar an acre, it will b 4 equal to the sum of
eight hundred thousand dollars. He was in
favor of endowing the Farm Sohool of
Pennsylvania, bat as probably there would
be a surplus left, he was io favor of giving
some to some other institution, for an
asylum foP soldiers or public school pur
poses^
Mr. Kaine said that the bill had been pre
pared by those immediately interested In the
Farm Sohool in Centre county. There is no
land coming to toe Btate of Pennsylvania.
It is only land sorip, uoder the Act of Con
gress, toe proceeds cannot be appropriat
ed for other purpose than agricultural
colleges. Tho amount to be realised from the
lands would be, he thought, about twenty
thousand dollars a year. The Farm Sohool
in Centre eouuty may be considered a State
institution. ’
The State ha* appropriated about one hun
dred thousand dollars to it, and students are
charged one hundred dotiars^a year tuition.
They have four hundred acres, he believed,
' ■ .
for the purpose of toohing the soionoo of
agriculture. He favor of ooncentrab
lug the best ability toe oonntry can produoo
around Institution* of this kind.
Mr. Pershing said be believed they did Hot
pretend to Instruct ip the meohanio arts in
the farm school, as an sot of Congress also
Mr. Vincent said that tho Stato.of Penn
sylvania, by the act bf Congress, was ooly a
trustee for that fund, and when other colleges
of the kind oome to be ereoted there is noth
ing to prevent an appropriation of money to
them. The bill passed—yeas 83, nays 9.
Mr. Beek offered a resolution authorising
the Committee on Public Buildings to examine
the arsenal near the capltol, where, It ie said,
there are eighty tons'of powder and a largo
quantity of fixed ammunition, whloh are
dangerous on acoount of the carelessness
noticed among some soldiers. Passed'.
Mr. Walsh offerod a resolution that when
tho House adjourns to-day it adjourns till 7%
p. m. on Monday. Passed.
The Chair presented a communication from
the Auditor General; showing tbe condition
ef snob foreign insurance, trust and annuity
companies, as have obtained licenses since
tho 2ist of 1862.
Tno Senate mot the House io joint conven
tion to open aud publish the returns for
Auditor General and Surveyor General. For
Auditor General, Allegheny oounty gave Isaac
Slenker (Democrat) 7,895 votes; to Thomas
E. Cochran (Republican) 12,323 votes. Arm-'
strong gave Slonker 2,476; Cochran, 2,250.
Beaver—Slenker, 1,734; Cochran, 2,268,
Butler—Slenker,* 2.618; Cochran, 2,771.
Philadelphia—Sleakor, 33,124. Westmore
land—Slenker, 5>040 ; Cochran, 3,673,
For Surveyor General; Allegheny gave
James P; Harr (Democrat) 7,861; William Si
Kos»(Republioah) 12)801. Cumberland county
gave Barr 3,519; Ross, 2,669.
In oonsequenee of the length of time neces
sary for the clerks ;to complete their labors
in ascertaining the sum totals of each candi
date, the' convention was adjourned until next
Tuesdiy, at twelve p'olock.
Sen ATI. —Messrs,; Smith and Stein
sented petitions of cltiseni for national con
ventions.
Mr. Clymer presented a petition.from elti
sens for a law to prevent blacks and mulat
tos from ooming into the State with a view of
acquiring residenoei
Mr. Reilly presented a petition from elti
sens against large corporations holding lands
fer mining purposes.
Mr. Penney presented a petition from eiti
sens of Manchester against granting to the
passenger railway company the privilege of
oarrying freight; , i
Mr. Turreß presented a petition from oiti
sens of Bradford oounty for the repeal of the
eot of 1661, in relation to the tonnage daties.
Adjourned ttil Monday evening.
XIWS ITUtfl.
The Now‘York 2Vw«# says
Oat of thirty Soatherd members twelve
voted yesterday for the pwsage of the con
soriptioa bill.
Thoie is a disagreement In the Oonferenoe
Committee on the loan bill in regard to the
tax on bank olroulation.
Gen. McDowell hu submitted to the Mili
tary Committee of the two Houses a pian for
consolidating, the regiments in the field, er
for filUog them np to the maximum, and keep
ing them full frOm; troops te be raised under
the new conscript law. It proposes to make
suoh a ohengeu willconsolidate puts of reg
iments into thereby disposing ef
supernumerary officers.
Then forming them. lute, brigades with a
Brigadier General For each, and then into di
visions with a Major General to oommand. It
gives the Preildstnt power to muster bat of
•erviee offiws whbnT the cotttoUdatfon mey
leave wltkout oommandi, always diserUnUa-
Ung lu fsvor of thoae.* oldest in the fiald and
most noted for serrleesand ability.’
Gen. McDowell appeared UperKn before
the Committee, end they were forcibly im
pressed with his views,' end will endeavor to
eerry them oat before Congress adjourns.
it is understood that 'Gen. MpCloll&n hes
appeared to testify before the Committee on
the Condact of the Wer in regard to matters
which be has already testified to.
Some of the Senators believe the report at
Washington, that the French have landed at
GuaymAS, and Are marohisg on theospltol of
Sonora.
The bPI for promoting tbo health, comfort
and efficiency of the soldiers proyiaes tobacco
as an army ration, te be tarnished at cost
prioe.
The amendment to the Paoifle railroad bill
in the Senate yesterday provides that the per
oentage of bonds to be retained by\tho govern
ment, nntil the completion of the work, shall
apply only to the portion between San Fran
cisco and Uo Sierra Nevada, and that between
the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains,
and that the President may at his discretion
cause the money to be paid to the Companies
in lien of bonds.
Tbo President will probably appoint Rep
resentatives Aldriob, of Minnesota; White,
of Indiana, and Potter, of Wisconsin, as
commissioners to ascertain the : amoont of
damage oommitted by the Sioux in Hlnne
•ote. j
The incambonts of Jadiolal offices in the
District of Colombia are flooding- Congress
with petitions against the contemplated re
forms and changes In the Jadioiary of the
District.
The recent storm on the Bappahannook was
very mare. Snow fell to the depth of four
teen inches, and the weather was intensely
oold.
The rebel forces under Pryor have been re
inforced, and now numbers about twenty
thousand. It is reported that an attempt will
soon be made to capture Norfolk. Pryor is
to undertake.lt. Measures have been taken
to give him a warm reception.
Haxxisauao, Feb. 37,
The President has nominated the following
Generals to be Mejor Generali:: Roiecrans,
Hooker, Couob, Sedgwick, Foster, Augur,
Sobeack, Hurlbut, McPherson, Meade, Negley,
Palmer,; Blunt, Sheridan, Stonemau and Scho
field.
It is said that General McClellan is prepar
ing an elaborate statenftnt of the Peninsula
campaign.
Mr. Stevens offers to sell to the Government
his flowing battery.
The Naval Committee will consider the sub
ject. Between three and four hundred olvll-
Un prisoners yet remain in the* Southern
prison. Nearly all the prisoners of war have
been exchanged and sent North. Those now
In the hands of iho rebels are chiefly sick or
unable to move ou account of their wounds.
The total balance of prisoners is largely in
our favor.
There is a report in Washington that acon
siderablo force of rebels ismowat Warreaton,
Va., and that Jaokson has gone up the She
nandoah Valley to Straiburg, but the report
is rather unlikely.
A Urge rebel force, thi Washington Star
says orossed the Rappahanneck at Kelly's
Ford, with the intention of making a raid.
The iron-olad Monitor Nahant arrived at
Port Royal on the 20th. ; Gen. Hunter has is
sued an order expelling all members of Gen.
Foster's sUff from the Department.
Gor. Seymour is said to bhve recently re
marked that be intended to pat 30,000 of tbe
National Guard, organised under the law of
1861, upon a war footing. R.
Washington items.
. WAfißiiovox, Feb. 37.—A letter from tho
Sooretary of the Treasury, transmitted to the
Senate to-day,~says that no printing paper
was Included in the reeont statement of im
ports of paper from the collectors of New York
and Boston, and none whatever has been im
ported under the present tariff.! i
Some of the principal merchants and ship
pers of New York, in a memorial submitted to
the Senate, remonstrated against the oontin
uanee of the present system of prize adjudica
tion, alleging it to be chargeable irith abuses
and delays, whloh oonsumes the receipts of
prises so riohly earned by the crews entitled
to them.
The Sonata, in executive session, to-night,
confirmed tho following nominations;
Rear Admirals of tho Nary, Chariot Henry
Daria and Joha A. Dahlgren. Chief of Polioe
of the Diatriot of Columbia, Richard Ball.
Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, J. I.
Rapelye, N. Y., Ellas. M. Greene, N. Y.,
Sylreater Bogg, lewa, Augustus L. Thomas,
N. Y., Samuel R. Hamill, Pa., Walter Carter,
Slasa., Henry L. Jones, Haas., Henry L.~
Browning, Ind., S. H« Danaa; Ohio, W. D.
Cochran, N. H., MeDill, Wis., Chas.
Samfroa, Massachusetts, Sadi J. Wright,
Ind., T. Hamilton, Wia'., H. 0. Goff, West Va.,
John R. Oraige. Medloal Inspector, John E.
Summers. Commissary of Snbaistence, Bea.
8. Noble, of lowa, Alfred Norton, Massa
ohuaettSfMareaa P. Breckinridge, Illinois,
George H. Smith, New Jersey, Dwight A.
Aiken, Michigan. Quartermasters Charles
Parson, lowa, Nathl-8. Conilable, Mo., J. S.
Woods, Mo., Joshua H. Alexander, Mo.,
George P. Doon, Mo.. Theo. Griswold, Mo.,i
Thos. B. Hunt, Mo., Biohard B. O wen, H 0.,:
S. H. Lent, lowa, Robert Hi Harris, Md.,j
Chas. A. Henry, Nebraska.
Additional Paymasters—Geo. B. Ely, WU.;‘
Jacob Sharpe, N. J.; Wm.M.ißabbitt.N. P.
Colburn, Minn.; Robert G. Hunter, N.i J.;
Wm. J. Wood, N. J.; George N. Smith, Pa.;
Robt.' 0. Walker, Pa.; Qasperhard 8. Webb,
Ohio; Henry W. Bcotsl, N. Y.; Edwin Fly,
Me.; Justus Phelps, N. Y.; 0. 0. Clark, Ot,
Prom a careful inquiry in military quar
ters, there appears to -be no possible - ground
on which to verify' the newspaper rumors of
apprehended raids by Jaokiop.or others to
wards Straaburg or, the valley ofVirginia.
On the oontrarjf our constant ireoonnoisdcnco
can detect nothing like such a movement;
The Senate has agreed to the proposition
of the House for another boofthUtee of confer
ence* on the disagreement to bank duty clan so
of the finance,, bill.
From the Army of the' Potomac*
Hbadqpaitbbs Aemt or {tbs Potoxxo,
Peb. 17.—0 n Wednesday nigh t two rebel cav
alry brigades, Pits Hugh-Dee’s and/Hemp
ton’s, attempted to makearaid into our lines.
They crossed the Reppahnnniobk at Kelly’s
Ford, and succeeded, by a strong attack, in
breaking our thin line of cavalry outposts at
one or two polutr, captaring a small number
of eurmen. Our cavalry outposts reserves
were brought up, and the lines immediately
re-established. A force was sent in pursuit.
Out capture inoladed two or . three offioers.
The rebels failed to accomplish their object,
and retreated in great haste aorosi the Rap
pahannock, felling bees across the roads, and
plaoing other obstructions ih tho way of the
punning forces. The cavalry sent ont in pur
suit have not yet returned. The rebel cavalry
were commanded by Gen. 6tusrt in person.
One of the rebel prisoners is Copt. John Alex
ander, of the Second Virginia Cavalry.
Bailroad Accident*
Tbvbtoh, N. J.» Fob. 27,—The Owl line
from New York ran Into the: UK P* su line
from Philadelphia, at 2 o'clock this morning;
atPrinoeton station, just as the Philadelphia
train was turning off the switch to avoid it,
it struck the third, bar ‘and: shattered it to
pleoes. Four men were injured, but not seri
ously. No body was killed, .j '•
Tne locomotive of the Owlillae was thrown
into the canal and two cars broken up. The
obstructions on the track have been removed
and,the trains arerunnlngregularly. The
signal light was hanging out,, hut the dense
fogprevented the eogineetfroniieeing it.
From Kentucky.
Cibcibhati, Feb. 27.—A special dispatch
to the Timm, from Lexington; says the ; ex
eitemeut. had subsided this morning—the
Richmond soar* being almost .'without foun
dation. : ’ .1 t.V -
The fight of Wednesday was more success
ful than reported. Some, two hundred pris
oners were taken, and nli J the CcaPtured
wagons recovered. ... Tr:
Gen. Carter leityesUrday with eccnsldera-
We foroe for some point unknown. l
i The rebet fores beyond Mount SterHflgte
1 mU to btMßltenfi U their retreat*.
mVIITH COKGEESS-SECOM SESSION.
Wasbisqtos, Feb. 27,1863.
Hocsn.—Ur. Holman, of Ind., from the
Select Commitieo on Government Contracts,
reported a resolution, which was adopted, that
the Secretary of tbe Treasury bo requested to
decline any farther payment to the parties
interested on account ef the chartering of the
steamer Catalfhe, in April, 186 L.
Tbe House then wont into a Committee of
the Whole oh the ctato of the Union, Mr
Colfax, of Ind., in the Chair, and resumed
the consideration of' the amendments to the
Internal . Revenue bill. A substitute was
adopted for the sixth seotlen, imposing new
rates of stamp t£i< on promissory notes, in
order that the .tax may bo more oertAlnly ex
eented and to avoid erosions; and also on
bonds and mortgages with- powers of attor
neys; also taxes bn thesale of ships and as
signment: of insurance policies, etc. It ex
empts pension papers of soldiers and sailors
from taxation. ‘ The eighth section was
amended; so as to add navigation and turnpike
oompanlefl.
* Mr. Morrell/of Vt;, offered a new section,
that every incorporated bank or private in
stitution/ legally-authorized {to issue notes,
shall be required to make returns under oath
oh the first of January and July, or within
thirty days thereafter, the amount of profits
which haveaodroedior been earned during the
six months' next preceding, ou .which there
shall be paid three per centum. Adopted.
Numerous other, amendments were- acted
upon, but no material alteration was made in
the bill as reported by tbe Committee. The
House then took a recess till seven o'clock. .
• Evening Seuion. —The new loetien was
adopted.:; The Assistant Treasurer at San
Franolsoois required to audit, allow, and pay
for'the service of collectors and assessors in
the States of California, Orogon, and Wash
ington and Nevada Territories. The Com
mittee rose, having acted on aU sections of
the bill, and reported Its notion to the House.
Mr. Washburn, from the Committee of Con
ference bn the' disagreeing amendments to
the bank clause of the bill to provide ways
and means for the support: of,the Govern
ment, reported that tbs Committee was una
ble to agree. 'He moved that the House re
code from the disagreement to the Senate
amendments. |
Mil Rbacoe Conkllng raised a point of or
der, thatias the amendment proposed a tax.
It must,'bo considered In Committee of the
Whole oh the Bbato of the Union. 1
The Speaker overruled the point.
Mr. Washburne moved the previous ques
tion, which was hot seconded—eyes 48, noes
68. •
Mr. Dawes'said they had understood the
adoption of the Bank MU was merely to give
an opportunity to introduce a system of na
tional banking under that 'measure, it being
expressly understood there should be no co
ercion. Ndw, the proposition of the Senate,
if adopted, would ohango the tax whloh was
fixed in the but and obtained a majority in
this House. The seoond. objection was, it
would place tbo government in hostility
against jail the banking interests of the coun
try, and aU the industrial interests connected
therewith. It was a proclamation to the
banking interests that subh has been their
course during; the war, and their present at
titude, and such the strength of the govern
me&Vthat it can afford to place itself in a hos
tile array and crush them out.
The banking institutions of Now York not
only lent to the Government every dollar, but
three for every two they had. With a .capi
tal of $108,000,000, they lent their oaah and
credit to the extent 0f'5150,000,000.
' Mr. Washburne said it was usual to have
the vote on the report of a committee at once.
Ha did hot recollect of an Instance when it
was refuted to second the demand for the pre
vious question, but the House had now refus
ed to do so. He denied that the Government
was placing iUelfin hostilo array against the
banks In the Tax bill. Thero was no tex
ou bank notes, while every other interest
was taxed; yet when it was proposed to put
a tax of one per centum only on banks for the
first two years, and after that only two per
oentum, they were told- that it wait, arraying,
the Government ia hostility- against the
banks.
Mr. Kellogg, of 111., said the country was
tired of .bearing the eternal complaints of tbe
banks and the wrongs they were suffering at
the bahds of the Government.,
Tho House, by a vote of 63 against 75, re
fused to reoodo from its disagreement to the
Senate's amendment.
On motion of Mr. Dawes ihe House insisted
on its disagreement, and asked another Com
mittee of Cohferenoe.
Mr. Stevehs, from the Committee of Confer
ence oh the disagreeing votes on the bill to
indemnify the President and others, for nets
committed under the suspension of the privi
lege of the writ of habeas oorput, presented a
report thereon. It authorises the President,
during:', tbe present rebellion and when the
public safety requires it, to suspend the writ
of habeas corpus in any State or parts of
States,-and provides for discharges by Courts
the parties discharged to take the oath of • al
legiance. j
Mr./Peudfoton raised the point -that this
was not tho Report agreed upon in the joint
oommiitee of'oonferenoe, but was altered after
thtf. meeting adjourned, contrary to the
manual.
Messrs. Stevens and {Bingham aevaraUy
explained, .j ■
The report being signed by a majority of
the Conference Committee, the Speaker put
the question: as to whether the report should
be recetvod. j It was decided in the affirma
tive—BB against 42.'
Mr. Pendleton suggested that the bill be
printed and laid over tiU Monday.
Mr. Stevens was willing that the previous
question on tho bill should now be seconded.
Mr. Ancona moved that when-the House
adjoura.lt be until Monday. . —,
Ben Wood moved that it be until Tuesday
next.-r- | i . >
Mr. Allon, of 111, demanded the yeas and
nays. ••
I No quorum, A call of the House was or
’ deredat eleven o'clock.
Messrs. Pendleton and Vorhees would not
eonsent to this. i
Mr. Stevens said there was no other way
left him than to demand tho previous quei-
Mr. Pendleton moved to lay the bill onitho
table. | "
Mr. Noble moved to adjourn.
Hr.'Anoonai thereupon demanded the yeas
and nays—yeas 34, nays 92.
Sbha.tb.-A communication was received
from the Seoretary.of the’Treasury transmit-'
ting additional reports from the* OoUebtoc
concerning the duties bn {paper. ’ .
A Committee of Conference Wee appointed
on a bill- to limit the number of msjor and
brigadier generals. • i
Mr. WilSon, of Mass. 1 , from the -Military
Committee, reported back the bill to estab
lish the rules and artioloa of war, with amend
ment/; •- *■- •• • -•' !
* Mr, Ktog, bf New York, presented a me
morial from the merchants and ship owners of
New York city, in reference to the sale of
prises la that district, asking an iaVestlga
tlo*,and for the passage of acts to secure a
more speedy and less expenaive.salo and dis
tribution of proceeds. Referred to the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, with instructions to
enquire into the propriety of appointing a
oommittee to investigate the matter.
Mr. Collamor,of Vt, from.Ofo Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads,reported back
the bill to allow the Covington andCindnnatl
Bridge Company to build abridge across the
Ohio river, at a height of not less than oho
hundred feet above- low water mark, with a
two hundred feet span. - f :
Mr* Wilson, of Mass., offered a joint reso
lution relative to tho payment of the volun
teers and militia of the United States. • Re
ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs/
Mr. Grimes said crude notion*, of
the Senator, from Virginia on ; the subject of
education explained some thingt whieh might
otheywUe pot be understood. It pright be
the plan in; the Bent tor’s i section not to edu
cate any one: only those who were to taka
part in the governing of the nation, but he
thanked God he oame from a section where
-they entertained different notions on tho sub
jeot of education,and where nobler and loftler
■ehtimentsi prevailed. He believed that every
man should bo taught to road tho laws ho was
to read the. word of God.
The people of hU Statedid not entertain any.
•uch low and grovelling ideas on the subject
of education as those exprt iicd-by the Senator
fromYirginia. .'.j. .
Mr; Grimes, oMowa, called up the bUt to
Incorporate the institution for colored chil
dren in the'Dlstrict of Colombia.
Mr* CarlUo, of Ya.,. wiihed to know if
these negroes eiuld not be edaeated wlthout'
an aqt of incorporation; in his State thsysdu
eated white children without any suehaot of
Congress, {indeed he jaw bo reason for the
government going Into ibis buslnessnfwdu
oating these person* any. way v He
ground thatasthePmident had oopptedoolo
nluttloa tnili
i
>i4.n; ui.U(UUUt. MjkuBO rijht U
educate children of a State, except It may be
its d&j to educate those who are to take part
in the affairs of the government, and he pre
sumed we had not reached that point where It
is prcpoled to elevate'ihe negro to the condi
tion of n voter, and one of the Governors of
theoounlrj. /*.; \
' Mr.! Morrill, of He.,said he wai astoalshed
to bear qsoh objection 1 this Mil, when
the Senator from Virginia should get up and
make argument against popular education.
Great God has It ©ombto the point, at-thls
day/ when a the United States
makes an argument against, popular educa
tion, when every civilized nation in the world
bedglvenitthelr attention, and
deemed it tof. the highest importance. He
came from a.ioction where they educated aU
the children, and if New England had any
thUg to boast of, it was her system of pitblie
education, which gavei'< every child, whether
<>v lew born, a falr.ehiuuM In lue.
_ The bill tu then passed. Yeas, 20; nays,
0, as follows :* Messrs/ CarUle,’ Davis, Hard
tog, Kennedy, Nesmith, PowMI, Sanlibnry, x
Wall and WUson, of Mb. :
Mr. F.ii.nd.o. of HS7, from tho CommltU.
of OonfnnM, on tho hUt to pro.!**.,. ud
mouu forth# lopport of tk.BoTenun.Bt,
mode a roport, which ru not anohd to. aad '
. n»w jComnUl*. of
td on.ho amondmont UnUUoa to tho tax on
hunks. i
The: bill to extend foe Washington and Al
exandria railroad was {token up.
Mr. jTen Eyck, of N/ J., opposed it at’some
length.
Mr. Wilson, of Mali., moved to postpone
the Railroad bill, end take up the btil to en
roll and call out the militia* f Rejected. - r
An amendment was-Thdopted allowing eol
ored persons to travel :6n the ears.
Mr. Clark opposed the bill, and referred to
the.lettors fromjhe Secretary of War against
the..'measure.- -■ !-
Mr. MeDsugel|Of Cal., said the person at
the head of the War Department was a base
man.' He had promised the President of the
United States’in his own house that he would
dsnounoe the Secretarjof Wer. There ought
to be a President of the United States.
Mr. Morrill, of Me;/ called the Senator to
order, as his remarks were mat relevant.
The Chair stated Hurt the point was wall
taken. *
MrJ;MeDougal—li.deelare hese, id my
plaoe, before the Senate, on my own respon
sibility, that the man - who Is at the head of
the War Department [ls a Qian who has
wronged the oountry.;;' <
The Chair called the] Senator to order.
Mr. MoDougal—l appeal from the decision
of the Chair. i 1 wanlto know whither a Sen
ator. 9% the United States Is equal to the Sec
retary of War. . s . i.
Mr. Trumbull appealed to the Senator to
withdraw; his call for an appeal.
1 Mr.McDongal—" Well, x wUI withdraw it;
but I should llko'an expression of opinion, to
sos whether the Senate of the United States
slare speak the truth.*'
The bill was then passed—yeas, 22; nays,
Mr. Chandler, of Mloh., called up the bUI
for theooUection of abandoned property, and
the prevention of fraud in insurrectionary
districts. ' H
Mr. Grimas, of lowa/ offered am amendment
excluding aU captures made by. the navy from
the provisions of the bIU. Adopted—yeas,
27; lO. •"
Mr. Wilson, of Mo./ moved to strike ont the
lection authorising this agent of the Treasury
Department to buy cotton, rioe, sugar and
tobaeoo*
Mr. Datis, in the ceurso of some remarks
on the bill, said that many offioers had been
engaged in oolleoting forgo amount) of plund
er, and he understood tiiat • General antler
had, through a brother of his, engaged large
ly In this plunder. f
Mr. Cluukdler said that General Butler ac
counted! tb the Trcaiuryfor every dollar uf
property he had taken/
; Mr. Davis said thatGsneral Butler did not
act in his own name, but his brother was his
agent. He saw by the Intelligencer that this
brother ,and another person were in possession
of tbo Milligan wad worth before
the war $8,600,000. There was i a gentlemen,
who had a large amount of plate, worth $86,-
080; deposited in a safe it New Orleans, aad
a fine bouse, with furniture, valued at $6,000.
Gen. Buthr sent outran farmed force, whloh
forced open the safe and (ben taok possession
of; the fUrnltnrer General Butler had com
pelled persons having property to sell it to
him et a rcduoed prioe. Tbe people of New
Orleans had denounced him as •'* plunderer
: Evenvxa &stfoi».-~Tbe debate was eon
tinned/ Mr. Wilson Gen. Bitier.
After ii lengthy discasiion, the bill was post
,poned.il ■?.! ..1 !■. •. -j .
;Mr; Wilten called dp tbe joint , resolution
giving! the thanks of; Congress to' Gan. Rose
orans and offioers And. men under Ms
for gallantry at Murfreesboro. Passed.
After a short executive session, the Senate
adjourned. !?•’ ;i ; -. 1
f_ Arrival of tho Ariel.
•Nsw; Yoax, Feb. '7.—The sfoamer Ariel,
firom AiplnwaU on the 18th Inst, arrived at
to-day.; She has j $270,060 in tna
■ure. '
From the Panama paper the following news
it collected j|
Mr. ; Dlokerton, late American Minister to
Nicaragua, Hi arrived at AspinwaU*.
..The British steamer Solent sailed from
AspinwaU oh the 7tb/.taklng; $600,000 worth
of treasure,] . - . ]•-
South American . advices ; are received.
Trouble Is apprehended relative to the free
navigation Amazon River.
_The; U. S. gunboat Narragaaiett was at
Tigire; Island. .
There is considerable excitement la 'Guate
mala, lowing to: thei aggressive steps about
being taken agafost Salvador.
Itisnimored that;a Nioaraguan forte has
Invaddd Honduras. < -
:• Martinos has been elected President of
Nicaragua. -j,
ft Sinking hrwFerry Boat.
Naw Yotx, Febl feriy boat Ne
braska was sank in the Bast rivet thlsmorn
log the during the fog, by a oollisioa. No
lives were lost. '
ju. 8. Steamer .Mercedita.
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Hwobdlta, tram Pott Boj.l. utind off tho
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