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EDITOR AND PROPRIFETO
Teruuis--DAILI, Six Dollars per year, strictly in
advance. WreHl.4, Single subscrip
tions, One Dollar per year.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF 4HE CIT
FRIDAY MORNING-v. DEC. 13
CITY ;MAT TERS_
Of for the War.
As there are quite a number of men in
our city and neighborhool who aro now
out of employment, and have not yet join ,
ed the volunteer forces which are taking
the most conspicuous part in the present
war, we wish to urge thorn not to delay
any longer but to enroll themselves in some
good regiment and place themselves in the
line of rapid promotion.
As the 103 d regiment is now at Kittens
ning, a few miles north "of our city, and is
not yet full, it presents a most favorable
opportunity to persons of this city.
As soon as the names are enrolled pay
commences and mon can now join in this
city by applying to J. Adams, at the
Washington Hotel, Canal Bridge, Penn
street. Sergeant Adams will have men
transported to the Regiment free of ex. ,
pense and by his attention to their wants
while in this city, insures their comfort
which speaks well alike for himself and
the Regiment he represents.
AtlilllST OF A FORGER—A 131TElt
Officer Hague, of the Independent Police,
arrested, on Wednesday afternoon, a
man calling himself George Davenp. rt,
(doubtlesi an assumed name,) who ar
rived here on Saturday last, and put up
at one of the principal hotels. representing
himself as a Captain in the Fourth Infant
ry, 13 . g. A., on a furlough. During his
stay he succeeded in victirniz;ng scvoral
persons for a eenslderable sum, by means
of forged check=. One of these WU3 a to.,
torious gambler, wl o'after wirnrr g a nlm
ber of Treasury notes from Davenport,
cashed a forged draft fur hire. On Wed ,
nesday officer Hague received a despatch
from Cleveland describing the "gev Cap
taine" and direc'ing his arr;.st on a shames
of passing forged paper in that city lie
was at once taken into custody and sent
to Cleveland by the next train. We shall
probably hear of him again through the
'seers of that city.
THE AUDITOR UrICN Mt.& I. AND THE BHo•
- E.RRs.-11or. Thomas E. Cochran, the.
Auditor General of this State, recently i--
sued a circular inviting the attention of
therbankers and brokers to the provisions
of•an net of e.sembly. enacted at the first
session of lEltll, relating to brokers and
private bankers. The first section of this
act requires a return t.•, he made und
oath, to the Auditor 13.neral. of th , re
ceipts from comur, , -10n. , , discounts, tte ,
and requiring a tax of three per cent. upon
the aggregate, to be paid into the State
Treasury, for a sinking turd for the rede.4
tion of the State debt. The thir , i..eeti , 7.
provides a penalty of 01113 thousand dol
to be collected as taxes on bank dividends
are now collected. Tlie brokers have de
termined to tent the conAitutionnlity of the
act.
DBATE OF LIEUT. PHILLIPS.—J. W.
Phillips, Fret L;e , o.onant of company
L.
Capt. McFarland, Coy 11.5v.•ley's regiment,
died at Washington City on Wedn. sday,
of ty• hoid fever Lieutenant Phillips was
a young man of fine personal appearance,
of excellent moral charf.cter, and hic„l - ly
esteemed by all hi: , acquaintances.
iie
19118 eon of J. H. Pnillipz., ,
who will feel the strcke most keenly.
was summoned to his bedside several days
ago, and on Tuesday, finding no hopo for
his recovery, telegraphed to Mrs. Phillips
to hasten thither. She took the first train
for Washington, but ho expired before she
could reach her destination. The body will
be brought home f.,r interment.
DEATII ON A CHILD BT P015017.-OE I
Wednesday evening a little con (two years
old) of Mr. of To. hoyden &
Buerlele. j;:wellers, S!. Glair street, while
in the chop, get ps..as: , .t of a bottle of
some poiconcu rrixturii, used f..r cleaning
jewelry, and mail wed its ecnterits, or a
portion of them, bzfer- be was obcerved.
The dose resulted fatsily in a short time,
despite the (Inns of Dr Spear, who WbE
called in immediately. Toe child was in•
Wresting and intelligs nband the family are
in much diAres ,, by reason of his sudden
death.
FRISONEIEW K (WM ‘iVARILEN COUNTY
Gen. Birmingham. Warden of the Peni
tentiary, has received live prisoners from
Warren county. Two are females, sisters,
18 and 2d years of age,convicted of stealing
$1,600 in gold. A third female ban been
sentenced for a participation in the affair,
but she has been kept at Warren for the
purpose of ascertaining from her, if posEi-
We, where the money is ooncealtd. The
other prisoners are men, all sentenced for
larceny,
BUENED TO DEA.TII. —Abdtlt Ou.l cAIJO:
on Sunday morning last, a small log house
one mile east of Brownsville was discover
ed to be on fire. It w s occuried by an
old colored women, about one hundred
years of age. She was in the house alone
at the time, and was burned to death, the
body being found afterwards almost con
sumed by the fire. The house and eon. ,
• tents were destroyed. It is not known
how the fire criginated.
KILLED IN A UcAL BANK. —Jame
Tate, a minor, r,sident in West Wheeling,
was killed on Tuesday in a coal bank, by
the caving in of the bank. He went to
work, as usual, on Tuesday, and not hav
ing come home in the evening his family
became alarmed, and search was instituted,
when he was found buried under the bank
where be had bean at work.
TIM 103 D itscirmkriT —This fine body
of men, in command of Col. T. F Loh
man, in process of organization at Kitten,
ning. is not yet full. Tho equipments for
the regiment are expected in a day or two,
and marching orders will soon be issued.
Young men wishing to join a crack regi
ment will find no better or more experien
ced officer in the service, regularor volun
teer. The recruiting ( ffice of the regiment
is at the Washington Liot4l, canal bridge.
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.—Yesterday
was the day set apart I,)r Col. Wynkoop's
regiment to move from Camp Cameron,
but the men are t till without arms, and
lack many of their equii.ments. The time
for the regiment to move now entirely de.
pends upon the movements of these
whu
furnish the • u'Lit.— IlarriNbury
Patriot and , Ire (iI.LSd(ly
FIELB is Bh,W:N,YILLE.—On Tuesday
morning a fire tl,oke out in the gro2ary
store of Mr. T. B. Murphy, in Browns
ville. I 5 was discovrred before it had
much headway, and extinguished before
it reached the roof. Most of the stock in
the store was destroyed, end the buildine
considerably damaged. The tire origins.
ted in the inede, but it is not known
from what cause.
TAXING COAL —W e call attention to
the card of the County Commissioners, in
another column, instructing s.ssess4.rs
to
tax all coal lands, whether held
owner of the surface or leased to other
parties. This matter has heretofore been
neglected end if the instructions are carried
out the revenue of the country will be
materially Increased.
A revival among 1 , •, , Winebrennerians
is going on at thuli rcu (the old Asbury
chapel) in the Si xtt. wsni. The eongre ,
Ration have been meeting here for some
two months,Mrs. Beecher being'the pastor.
THE bill at the Theatre to• night embraces
the "Octoroon" and "The (louse that Jack
Built."
Special Meeting of Select Council—
The Vacation of 'Liberty street.
special meeting of the t'' , ri!“ I
V ! Oki last ovenime to
priety of cocci, • • tl.•
Conceil. I:! • .'• ' .• • .•.enca for re
moving th.• try, the Pennsvivania
Railroad lrem Liberty street, East of
Washington, between the line of the Fifth
and Ninth Wards.
Present:. Messrs Allen, Barbin, Berger,
Dickson, Darman, Kincaid, McOargo, Mc-
Carthy, Phillips, Qoinn, Rose, Thompson,
Ward, McAuley, President-14.. Absent:
Messrs. Bennett, Brown,Lutton, Morrow.
—4.
The minutes of the meeting of Novem
ber 25th were read and approved.
The ordinance was read, and on a mu
Lion to concur, objection being made by
Mr. Kincaid, placed on second reading.
Mr. McCArthy moved to pod pone and
that the ordinance be puhes'ned in the
city papers for information.
Mr. Thompson opposed the postpone.
mont and after some discussion too motion
was lost.
Mr. Word presented a petition, with
over thirteen hundred signatures, raying
the Select Council to concur with trio AC-
Lion of the Common.
Remonstrances against the ordinance
and the Ptailr, , adCoreper.y "ee the general
issue" were t.resente.! Moes.i S. Ross and
Berger, and, with the petition, placed on
file.
The ordinance was, by request, read a
second time, when Mr. McAuley, (Mi.
Allen in the chair) offered a substitute for
the second feethm. providin.; that the
company shall, within a year,romeve their
tracks from the whole of Liberty street, and
repave the street; remove the bridge over
the canal or. Penn street, fill up the canal
from Liberty street to the Aquoduct,grado
and pave the earns., earl Pl'llll s'.re-t for
100 feet on either side et this, b, d of the
canal; surrender all claim to any portion
of the canal so titled up and all claims for
damages from the city on accruet of its
connection with the Aqueduct, and guar.
antee the city against any reduction 1. , r the
revenue now :''rived !rout the property
to be hcquiri.i by ER .1 Company; alse to
construct(ucel)r the directi, ii of Councils
end the Wet •r Committee) and keep in
perpetual go" repair an arched tunnel
of hard torten . r dr,e4ed emir, for the city
water pipes, et :east ten feet ado and
night loot hieh in the clear,i•xtending from
Linorty street to the present Southern line
of Q,eerry str.•e, previdLd with pin•pvr
openings, coy: red with meta': pieies, the
city reserving the right all enter
upon the street, I..lleys and sidewalks, re
• ferred t , in ntd , r to repair, renew or alter
tuc w,:or
th.i Li S 211 F riC'l..:hie •
1111.0, Mr. MhUirthy rend the trw.^dlngs
f a mr.Pting of f'ihn ;.th and
Nlntli Wards GIL. :111,,PnJuily
Ergned petitir, that .h Itatiroad
at
orninze to ..:ion
the citizo:,i t' • Sev• n'.ll t. 11.1
Mr. Quinn ' w amend h.'
tole by btrlii;; ..L Nhole
:and —7: :11 bt.r tot ,F,,ty.
;Oei 1.)„ vetr,
A \ 11. S ,
ps,
N aYS.--.M.-P.!" - : , Allure, Barbin, Berger,
M. Cargo, Thump.
son, Ward, M.Au.y Prc'i —IU.
A 'Vote was n... , 1 or. Mr. McAuley's
.I.rn:- as iellews:
McCarthy,
Philiipv, McAuley, Preb't
NA is —Mt,- Barbin, Berger.
Bunn:;, M'Cargu, Quinn, Ward,
Therupson.—rr ,
Mr. M An. utittrutl a SUbatill.ll.e
r,r the tint s ct., , the chief feature of
w•fich was that n ELroot, alley paseago or
foot way shar! civ<n until the company
shall purchase all prcpul ty or lute of ground
abetting, on tb.,: car : sireeii and sheys.—
Tors was also : .st l - ry the f Hewing vo te,
ATIV.S—Moe. , ; . Morrow, ROBS,
M'Cartby, 4,1t1", Pres't-5.
. A BLrbin, Berger,
Dur:r , M La g o, Quinn, W
olipsen—
Mr. M.'Car.l), (Ara. ed an re.idi.l •na.
that I nr: at
bridges, terrao • r ,ther musics of coma
mumcati DTI .e brow . f the nil .n
the bixth and 5. e niU wards mind L . b.
street, upon pi...T._ to be approved I Its
Stree . :C enrorttue rrnd Recordieg Regula
tor, under cer.a.n penalties.
by the following VO :
AYES—Messrs Krticaid, M C.rthy, Ross,
McAuley, Pros',-4
.A.NAYS Barbin, Berger, Dickson,
Duncan, M'C..rgo, Quinn, Thompson,
Ward-9.
Mr. Kincaid moved to strike out all re
lsting to the ‘,.7.f...ti0n of the twelve f o ot
sidewalk, whicn was lost by the followrirg
vote:
AYES—Messrs McCarthy ,
McAuley, President-4
BAYS—Messrs Airen, Barbin, Berger,
Dickson, Du: c, n, ..M‘rrow, McCargo.
Phillips, (Zinn, mipson, Ward-11.
Mr. Kineam :1 .d ..n arnerehor t.tthKl
the tunnel rel.; • .renc.i...n.L.:
der the d.rr - Ler • he e.LetH. tun c 1
the Water Col emi the Sap , rin•
tendent of the Water Works. Lost by
the foliowing, vr:te:
A vEte—Messrs. Berger . , Kincaid Mc•
earthy, Phillips, Itis:•, McAuley, Pres',
dent-11
NAYS—MoBari. Alien, 13arbin, Dieh.son,
Duncan, Morrow, .tra,Uargo, Quinn,
Thempvon, Ward-9
Mr. Rose rocimd to amend by obligating
the Company remove ;heir tracks from
the whole of 1....0erty street within two
years. ',pit by the following vote.
AY.ICS—Mef.Eri , Kincaid, Morrow, Mc.
Cargo, McCarthy, Phillips, Rise, McAu.
ley. President-7
Nava—Messrs. Barbin, Burger,
Duncan, Q nen, Thompson,
Ward-8.
Mr. McAuley now Dl'. the chair' to en
ter the following prot-st, which was also
signed by Mess:s. McCarthy and
Kincaid.
Believing that the erdiriance now before
Councils, proposing to vtwate streets,
alleys and - sidewalks, T.mi thurety surren
dering to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany between five and six acres of ground
within the very heart of tho city, to be an
outrage upon the ettiz-ns of Pittsburgh,
rihe undersigned solemnly protest against
its passage. J sme= McA.uley,
Jos. 11.
Wm C..Mearthy,
T. Kincaid.
On motion of Mr. McC,r o the rules
were suspended for a tut - reading and
tinal passape of the r . re nce (übjeetlon
having been made on second reading) by
the following vote: '
Axis—Messrs. Barbin, Berger,
Dickson, Duncan, Morrow, McCargo,
Quinn, Thompson, d —lO.
NAYS-- M.esbr::.. K:n.eoid. McCarthy,
Phillips, ROSS. MCN , l'fi, Prweclont-5.
The vote was now taken on the final pas.
sage of the ordir arer, as fOI!C.WS:
AYYS—biassrE. L'otionn, Berger,
Dickson, Dance.n,M,Cargi, Quinn,Ward,
Thompson- 9
Nxis—Meerr.r. 1:1 1 T - caid, M•irrovir, Mc,
Carthy. McA.ulcy, Presi•
dent-6.
The re,ignid:or. cd NI , . 1. )B°, inc miler of
Select Council trod the First Ward, who
has removed from the ,ity, was read and
accepted.
Council then aij tirm . :l, having concur,
red in the ordinance as it passed the Com.
mon Council, without amendment.
ECLECTIC MAGAZINX.—LIenry Miner,
Filth street, sends the first number of
this valuable monthly fcr I It con
tains two line steel engraving 4 and a
variety of entertaining matter. It is pub,
lished by W. Li Bidwell, 5 Beckman
street, New York. The periodical must
attain a wide circulation here.
THKASURY NOTB6 FOR POSTAGIC —Some
f r Pennsylvania postmasters having
.int,d to reed' ve United States Treasury
mAes, payable 0/1 decrial the Postmaster
General hes made an order indicating that
it is their duty Li take such notes in pay.
ment of pester: but, of course, it is not
expected that they will ru . . themselves to
inconvenience by returnii.g specie in any
unreasonable amounts by way c.f making
change.
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.AfITBONT ICITIIII
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
Vie Mason and Sli
dell Capture.
GREAT INDIGNATION.
ALL PRICIES
TUE REBEL STEAMER
Nxw Yona. Leo. 12.—Tho steamer
House brings a copy of the London Times
of the 28th ult , which contains oar accoun
of a meeting held in Liverpool with refer
ence to the Slidell-Mason affair. The fol•
lowing placard was posted on change:
"Outrage ou the British flag—Southern
Commiss oners forcibly removed from a
British mail steamer. A public meeting
will be hold in the Cotton Sales room at 3
o'clock. in pursuance of this call the room
was crowded to excess. The chair was oc
cupied by dames Spence, who read the fol.'
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the meeting having
heard with indignation that an Amer
ican Federal ship of war has forcibly
taken from a British mall steamer certain
passe - gars who were proceeding peaceably
under the shelter of our flag from one nem.
tral port to another, do earnestly call upon
the g o vernment to assert the dignity ol the
British flag by requiring prompt repara
tion fir this outras,u
Trns resolution was advocated by the
who considered that he was ex•
pre , sing, the fee:ing of the people when he
-aid that it was the duty or the people to
impress on the government the imperative
necessity f vindicating the honor and dig.
nity o! the British name and flag.
Mr. J uo. Campbell considered thatthere
was reason to doubt whether the facts
oar
rate,d and acted on by this meeting were
in reality a broach of international law,
d referred to the opinions of the law
officers of the crown as being in some
measure inclined to show that such a step
as taken Wilt] respect to the Southern corn
init.siouer. was justifiable under the exit
ing international law. He urged
prli , ret) of postponing the considers..
Lon of the subject till to.morrow.
Mr Torr su.tained Mr. Campbell's view
„A the case
r man suggested, in order to most
the ot.j-outra 01 Mr. Campbell, to strike
out U. words, "By regMring prompt reps
arktion for this oulr,g.;" and thus amends
the r,so,u ton wise i awed by nearly a
unanimous vete.
Several merchants expressed their views
atter the adjournment that the meeting
and its action was premature.
In reply t' the application of Captain
Nelson for a warrant to search the rebel
!Learner Nashville, and secevor certain
property belonging to him and the owners
of the Ilarvey Birch Earl Russell directed
4;8 S-eretary to reply that he cannot au
thorize the magistrates to i sue such a
warrant, and declined to interfere in the
matter. The application had been made
..n the recommendation of Mr. Adams, the
AMerleall ..Nl.lr,lBter.
A letter detailing the account of the
sPizur i of the traitor commissioners, states
that a shell was fired at the Trent, explod
ing within one hundred yards. It also
states that the indignation on board the
Trent was intense, and all the passengers
were ready for a light if the Captain wish
ed it. Also that tue Captain of the Trent
supplied r.ores to the San Jacinto for the
use of Slidell and Mason. The dispatches
of the traitor commissioners escaped the
vigilance of the officers of the San Jacinto,
I and safely arrived In the La Plaea, in
charge of a gentleman of the party. On
arriving at Southampton, the remainder
of Meters Slidell and Maion's families and
suites went on board the steamer Nashville
and the next day the dispatches were taken
to Lund , n.
No repairs had yet been commenced on
the Nashville.
PKANCE.—The rebel steamer • Bermuda
arrived at Havre on the 24th from Savan
nah, with 2. 000 bales of cotton, and was
discharged on the 25t.h.
The London Daily News of the 281. h,
says, in regard to the seizure of Mason and
Slideil: -The remote consequences of this
act we shall not attempt to predict.—
F,nough for the present time It is one
which will make it the duty of our gov.
ornment to insist on ample, complete and
immediate sati,faction• Its wanton folly
bids hope that Lieut. Fairfax was acting
without instructions, and that the Wash
ingtan Cabinet will no sooner learn what
has taken place in the Bahama Channel
than it will disavow the act, restore Messrs.
Mason and Slidell and tender the amplest
apology. Nothing short of this reparation i
can DO accepted. Until these has been
time to receive BOWS from Washington,
we feel bound to believe that the seizure
of passengers on board the Trent was an
act as much in excess of duty as it was in
violation of public law. No government
should know better than that of the Uni•
tad States, the lines which separate the
rights of belligerents and neutrals respec.
Lively. While we must submit to have'
our mercantile vessels stopped in the high
seas by b ith parties in search of contra.-
band. lied Lieut. Fairfax confined him
self to demanding Mr. Slidell's dispatches,
and taken them off, we must have ac.inies.
ced in his visit, as one of the disagreable
occurrences incident to a voyage, persons
stand on a different footing. In the eyes
of Mr. Seward Messrs, Slidell aid Mason
are rebels.
To our eyes they wore simply pass
sengeis and the Washington Government
, may rest assured we shall no more permit
it to take its rebels out of our vessels than
• we should concede a similar right to Aus•
trig or Russia. Incidents like these are
irritating but the British people have the
satisilaction of knowingi that their affairs
are under firm guidance. With the Earl
of Derby or the pussy Lord Malmsbury in
power, we might well be concerned for the
interests of peace at a time like this, but
from the present government we may ex
pect energy without precepitancy and pm.,
deuce without weakness, Their course is
tolerably clear and it will be for the gov
ernment of the United States to determin
what shall be the future relations of the
I two governments.
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BOX Szt C
Pittsbnnit. P.sait Cite*.
EUROPE.
111 ASIIIIIII !WE.
Proclamation;
DETROIT, December 12.—Gov. Blair
issued a proclamation for an extraordinary
sesdon of the Legislature, to assemble on
the 2d prop.
The London Times on the Ma
son and blidell Capture.
Nuw Youx.. Dec. 12.—The London
Times is mere moderare .in its 'iomments
on the M.asrm and Slidell capture than
the News - W hilo denying that the Fed-
oral Government on its own position that
the existing war is a mere rebellion, has
a right to overhaul neutral ships it never
theless admitA , that England herself has
establlslit:d precedents which now tell
against her in this matter of the Trent,
bat those precedents were made under
eirerimstances very different- It asserts
that from th. se which omurr, England
was then fighting lor existence and did in
those days what she would not do now nor
allow others to do. In discussing the
question whether Mason and Slidell were
liable to capture as belligerents or contra
bands on board the Trent. The Times
states It as the opiniori of very eminent
jurists that this was not the question to be
adjusted by the boats crew. The legal
course would have been to take the ship
itself into pert for adjudication. It con
cludes with the expression that Englisli
iron wilkdiscues the question with calm
ness and appeal to the Federal States not
to provoke a war by such acts.
Thirty-Seventli CongreBs.
WalliHnicrroN CM, Dec. 12,43.63tATX. ,
Blair of Mo., rising to a question of
privileges, caused to be read the follow
ing extract as further explanatory of the
remarks which he made yesterday on
Mr. Lovejoy's resolution having in view
the revoi.ation of a part of Gent. Hal
leek's general order relative to fugitive
slaves. The resolution it has already been
stated was laid on the table:
Headquarters Department of the Mis.
sonri—Hon. F. P. Blair Washington—
My Dear Col. yours of the 4th Met., is
just received. Order No. 3. wits in my
mind clearly a military necessity. U
authorized persons black or white, free or
slaves must be kept out of our camps un
lees we are willing to publish to the ene
my everything we do or intend to do. It
was a military and not a political order.
I am ready to carry out any
lawful instructions in regard to
fugitives which my superior may
give me to enforce any lax which Con
gress may pass, but I cannot make law
and will not violate it. You know my
private opinion on the policy of confisca
ting the slave property of rebels in arms.
If Congress shall pass it you may be cee , ,
lain that I shall enforce it, Perhaps my
policy as to the treatment of rebels and
their property is as well set out in order
No. 13, issued the day your letter was
written, as 1 could now describe it.
Yours truly,
(Sgned.) H. W. HALL - sm.
Mr. Lovejoy, of Ills., in explanation
said that in introducing his resolution he
of course did not desire to revoke an order
that o.tneral Llalleck did not mean to make.
lie wculd say in regard to himself and
others that an attempt has been made to
convey the imp cssion that he and others
design to support the war not as against
the rebellion, but as against s lavery. H e
believed in taking away e property
of reeels and emancipating their slaves as
I the most efficient means of seppreesiog the
rebellion. Others might differ from him
as to this policy, but while be was not in
favor of carrying on the war for the spa
mile and ultimate purpose of liberating
the slaves ho was against carrying it
on for the protection of slavery. He
was opposed to the army being em
ployed as slave catchers and to giv,.
log orders to throw back on the mas
ters those who clesie to escape, whether
free or slave, black or white. Consequent
ly lie thought that if any order had been
given to drive slaves back into the hands
of the secessionists or into the hands of
slaveholders, whether loyal or not, to be
contrary to a sound policy in c ,rrying
on
the war, and suppressing the rebellion. In
conclusion, he said if any soldiers went to
light simply for the purpose of returning
fugitive slaves he had only to remarkithst
..She Army would be stronger without them.
Mr. Wilson, of Mass., offered is resolve
Von that the Ins;cotor General, Quarter
master and Commissary Geeeral of Sub
sistence be directed to inform the Senate
what articles ought to be sold by Sutlers to
the volunteers, and such as best promoted
to secure their efficiency. He said that it
was necessary that the volunteers now in
the ileld should go back without being de
moralized. He had in:ormetioSa from all
sources that the Sutlers' system, as it now
exists, is a prolific source of demoralization
and degrodation to the volunteers.
11 Mr. Harris, of New York, was glad that
the subject had boon brought before the
Senate. He was satisfied that this was a
crying evil,. ni believed that the whole sym.
tem should be abolished promptly.
The resolutom was agreed to-
A joint resolution was received fro n
the House expressing the feelings of Con
gress in relation to the gallant conduct of
the late Gen. Baker. It 3forred to the Mil
itary Committee
A joint resolution from the House in
regard to the exchange of prisoners was
reterred to the same Committee.
Mr. Chandler, of Mich., introduced
resolution that the Militexy Committee be
instructed to inquire into the expediency
of appointing a Cummirtee of both Houses
to retire improper officers from. the army.
Mr, Carlisle, of Vit , opposed the resolu
tion. He was afraid it was a political de
vice tog
et political control of the army.
Mr. Doolittle, of Wis , offered as a sub•
stituto„ that the Committee on Military
Affatrs be directed to inquire into the ex,
pediency of appointing a more efficient
mode for retiring any improper or incom
plete officers of the army.
The substitute wae accepted and agreed
O.
Mr. Foote, of Vt., called up the resolu ,
ion to expel Waldo E Johnson. Senator
from Missouri, from the Senate of the
United States.
After discussion, the resolution was re ,
ferred to the committee on the Judiciary.
The bill to promote the efficiency of the
navy, as reported by Mr. Grimes, of
lowa, from the Naval Committee, was
then taken up.
Mr. Grimes explained the bill,and urged
its passage at some length. The bill pro
vides for retiring officers who have been
on the register for forty years. It author+
lass the President to select an officer of the
grade of Captain or Commander, and as
sign him the command of a squadron with
the rank of flag officer.
On motion of Mr. Doolittle, of Mo., the
time of retiring officers was made forty
five instead of forty years, and the bill
passed.
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, moved that
so much of the President's message as reh
fates to the expediency of a railroad to
Western Kentucky and Tennessee be re.
tarred to a select committee. Agreed to.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and subsequently adjourned .il'
Houor..—The House then proceeded to
'the consideration of the special order,
namely the various propositions involving
the question of the emancipation of the
persons held as slaves by the rebels.
Mr. Eliot of Mass., proceeded to ex.%
plain and enforce his resolution declaring
that the war has , for its object :the sup.
pression of the rebellion the reestablish.
markt of the rightful authority of the Na•
tional Constitution and laws over t he ad
tire extent of. our commenconntry a
wising that military orders for the eman
cipation of tne slaves !be issued whenever
the same shall avail to weaken. the power
of the rebels in arms, or in sustaining the
TIERNAN & GETTY,
military power of theloyal forces. Slavery
Wholesale and Retail GTOOSTS,
he argued was at the root of the rebellion,
and therefore is an outlaw. There was no DEPOEWBE AND MUM IN
doubt that loyal men should be protected,
' because it should be understood that the WAS, WINES, I,IQ,UORS, ace.,
Nort
men who stand for the right should be
h-Bast corner of
held close to oar hearts. This war had
OHIO STREET AND TSB DLA.ItiOND 4
1 been called an antislavery War. It was , i oin AmariffEb r i , orrsc
no such thing. Though slavery caused it
and though by it Slavery may be over
thrown or removed, nevertheless the obe•
ject of the war is to recover the rightful
authority of the government and to put
down treason. Lot us, be said, do the
work autlupon us, and of er that the way
will be opened to us as our army advan
nes The re establishment of the former
order of things world be apparent, Al
ready a post office has been pat two
operation at Port Royal. Soon - that
schco: house anethe church would fol.
low, and even in the Palmetto State the
banner of our common country will wave
over the land.of the free. Treason will
be surressed and the rebellion overcome
and the rightf.il authority of the laws and
Constitution maintained. In the course
of his remarks, he said Simon Cameron
had done more in three months to raise
his name higher among men and the laws
of freedom as an opposer of rebellion and
treason, than during all his previous long
career of public life. Towards the con
clusion of his argument, he said it was a
definite policy determined upon on the
subject of confication, and further eonten•
del that as alavery was at the root of this
treason it should be eradicated. He quo,
ted authorities to show that by the law of
nations it was competent and right for the
government to pursue the course which
his resolutions indicate.
Mr. Conway, of Kansas, contended
that the conflict which has been prepar
ing for nine months has changed its
original character. From the attempt
to put down insurrection it has settled'
into a deliberate war. We have not en
countered the enemy in any battle in
which we have won an unquestionable
victory.
Mr. Harding, of Kentucky, obtained the
floor.
Mr. Netlike, of Illinois, ineffectually asks
ed him to give way, as he wanted briefly
to reply to the representative from Kansas,
Mr. Conway, who has said that the battle
of Belmont was a defeat. In justice to the
brave soldiers who participated In that ac
don, he wanted to hail the falsehood.
Mr. Wadsworth, of Kentucky, commen
ced a speech, but yielded for a motion to
adjourn.
Mr. Conway wished to know if Mr.
Fouke intended his remark to him as per
sonal.
Mr. Robinson. of 111., said Mr. Fouke
had left the hall.
Mr. Richardson, of 111., would say that
whatever his colleague, Mr. Fouke, had
said on the floor of a personal character
ought to be settled elsewhere.
Mr. Conway remarked he did not wish
to be subject to this imputation of having
told a falsehood. lie thought he under
stood the proprieties of this Reese as well
as any other member.
On motion, the House then adjourned
Monday.
From lii ashington.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 13 —L - tters
received at the Navy Department state that
on the 6th inst , Commander Rogers left
Tybee Roads before daylight with the
steamers Ottowa, Seneca and Pembina, and
crossed the bar at Warsaw Sound at half
tide. The U, S• forces cpproached the fort
on Warsaw Island within a mile, and sent
Lieut Barnns to it with a flag of truce,
who found it entirely deserted. The fort
consisted of an enclosed octagonal work
with platforms for eight guns en the water
face. The guns had been removed, the
platform cut and the magazine blown up.
Commander Rodgers states that everything I
had the appearance of being vnry recently
deserted. The letter also says that from
the month of Wilmington river we ob.
served a battery bearing from us about N
W by W one half W, and distant about
three miles. It is on the river, and about
three miles distant, and just above a house
with a red cupola, which is one of the coast
survey points of Ilizugulation, and is about
ten miles from Savannah. We counted
five guns apparently of larger crlibre on
the face of the battery towards us. We
could only see one gun upon the other face
but there may have been more. We were
near enough to see the men on the ram.
parts; and the glistening of the bayonets.
Commander Rodgers says that a battery
on Little Tybee Island would be of no use
whatever, although there may have been
a signal gun placed there and South of the
Eastern part of it, a commanding point of
' observation.
The highest point reached by Comman
der Rodgers was about eight miles from
Warsaw, bearing about ten miles from Sa
vannah and between four and five miles
from Thunderbolt on one side and Mont—
gomery on the other.
From Missouri.
ST. Josirsli, December 12. --(len. Pren
tiss command was to move from Platte city
to Richfield on the 11th.
A rebel camp numbering three thousand
is reported neer Albany.
The report that Prentiss had bagged 000
rebels is not true.
The woolen factory of Buell ,S 6 Co. was
destroyed by fire last night. Loss is une
known.
SISDALI2., Mo. D. 12.—The scouting
expedition composed of part of Merrill's
horse and two companies of regular Cav
alry returned this afternoon bringing in
as prisoners four Captains, two Lieutenants
and about forty men. They also, captured
one mortar and alarge number of horses
and wagons. The expedition went as far
a. Waverly. They report 2000 rebels at
Lexington.
Shelby's men were seen and pursued say
eral,times.
The report of a fight near Waverly
turns out to be false:
The man who hauled down the A.meri.
can flag at Lexington after Mulligan's sur
,
render, was arrested here as a spy.
From the South.
LotrisvlLLE, December 12.—The report
yesterday that three Federal brigades had
crossed to the south side of Green river is
authoritatively denied.
Ile information has been received at
headquarters here that Capt. B. F. Prime,
of Gen. Buell's staff, and Major Relbeft,
Sehoeff's staff, had been captured by the
rebels near Somerset, but apparently well
Informed outsiders say it is true.
Johnson, provisional Governor of Ben
lucky, in his message to the Legislature,
says he will gladly resien his position when
MELgofiln shall escape from his virtual im
prisonment at Frankfort.
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