Wire ailg post Acatimoteti.' • x140.t6.:x. -Pku itar 64.1. AOO. No. 37 Park Row, New York city, and No. 6 State atrepOksitOn; and L. P. FONTAINE ar. Co., No. 63 Nassau street, New York city, are au thorized to take Adeertitementa and Subscrip tiotil tis at loissweritee. LOYAL INTELLIGENCE. s :„OIAYAY mortraNG, FEB. 12, 1864 Us Saturday Morning Post, FOR THIS WEER., NOW ItFAD Y. EOM= MISCELLANY—A. Night-in a Snow Drift, &c. EDIiOBIALS—Tho Father and Son—Trouble with France—Arrester Arrested—Disloyal Women—A Contrast—Who is Responsible? —linseciuri Politics—Abolition Testimony, &..e., &e. NEWS—Army of the rOttIIIIAC- The Great Fire in London—Explosion of the Bennington Powder Mill—Guerrilla Outrages—The Fen ian Brotherhood—Expedition up the James River, &e., bcc. POLITICAL—The La wa of Conti acation—Abol ishing of the Office of Surveyor General— Weed 'on the National Debt—Letter from Jut , lgeiWlti.te, &e., &c. LOCAILLAtItireas to the Parish °nen of St. Pe ter'fit Church—County Bond Queation—Pe troleum--AahWednebtlay—lmportant Move ment, he , T RA.PII„Ic.EIN COIVIMERC IA ttsbu rgh M rketa—Ca , ltarkete—UilAlarkefa, &e., rte. 1R M : One copy per annum Five copies Ten copies. Twenty copies, and one to getter up Thirty '• Forty " '• Single copies, in wrappers, FIVE CMITS. For sale at the connting room corner - of Fifth and Wood streets, and at Case and P Mock's Litera ry Depots Fifth street. This number of the Poit' la' printed on new type, presents a neat, handsome appearance, Is full of interesting news and is just the paper to send to absent friends. Convention of Colleges. At a meeting of the President and otli• er representatives of Colleges, held in the School Department, Harrisburg, on the 2d and 3d inst., the following preamble and resolutions were adopted and offered as their joint memorial to the Legislature: WrIEREAs, A grant of thirty thousand acres of land, for each Representative and Senator' in t2cmgress, has been trade by the National Legis lature, irrorder to promote the Liberal, and prac , tieal education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life, and the State of Pennsylvania has accepted the same, the President and other representatives of sev eral colleges of the State here assembled, would take the Liberty 01 expressing to the Legislature their views in regard to rendering this grant most Serviceable to the State. 1. It should be the policy of the State to ex tend-the advantages herein cunt emplated to the largest practicable number of the young men of this Commonwealth. 2.. That- this end Druid mo-t sure of attain ment by distributing the grant to auch well es tablished coLlegiate institutions an rosy accept it in various sections of this Commonwealth. 8. That the institutions designated as recipi ents otitis grant shall be authorized to locate the portions of the grant which may be assigned to t he m - severally, and to dispose of the same, ite..tities being giveii by the State, when the rchase money or interest-bearing bonds of the 'lilted States, or of this State, ;on which bonds the interest shall not be less than five per cent.) shall bg deposited with the Treasurer, which purelikae,lnpney or equivalent bonds shall per pet unit , 'remain in the State Treasury, the in terest on, some, as it accrues, being paid to the colleges respectArely. 4. That each institution whwL Jwii cocci portionB otthis grant shall, as soon as the anon hl interest becomes two thousand dollars, estsb- Lab. a School of Agrienitare 'and' Mechanic Arts, and shall also give the students instruction in Military Tactics. • 6, r Tliat. the Literary institutions aforesaid alum Mutate, free frtmtuition chgt, the sons of soldiers who have fallen in battle, or other wise have lost their, lives in consequence of th e military service of the I.3nited States during the resent war. Such scholars being nominated in such may as may be by law hereafter ordered, not e . uee lt.irphe candate for every hundred the fund contem dollars interest 11 .010 plated above. And we . retiptotfully ask the Legislature to pass a bill to carry into eirect the clews herein set forth. The Cimineiftlon then adjourned to meet on the Ist of l'itttielt, at the same place, at Berm o'clock p. in. IL L. Ba.roara. President ti. C. yLaCzart, Secretary. Genuine vs. Bogus.---In Philadel phia, NeVv York, Boston, and it may be in this city, there are large speculative operations in copper and gold mining stockii. Quite a number of gold mining companies have been established in New York, either-for working the ores or for dealing in the credit of the ores of Cola radp • and is's the reports of mining ope ratiorlein that Territory come forward, proVing, as`tlfey continue tp do, the re ality and the immensity of its mineral wealth, there must necessarily he an in crease in the number of the imaginative conipanies, and a rise in the value of the solid ones. In Philadelphia there is also daily more attention directed to the coal oil region in the Northwestern part of the State, and the development of values there has brought several large compa nies into existence, and others, we un derstand, are in progress of formation. One or two really productive companies, at is fair to prvrume, will start about an equal number ,of tipriiaginative sort, so that chum watching will be pecessary to determine the genuine from the bogus. ForWarged, is t:P 1] , :.• fore-armed. RC:Plant At Niftsonic Hail, on Fri dai, Mai:Mg 12th inst.—Mr. A. B, Morrliciti , Tiropstkitor of the Mittonian Tableau - cif Paradise Lost, liss generous ly tendered the free use of his Exhibi tion for a,henelit for the Missions of the Meth4l . St Psotestant Churehin the west. All thSatoney will be taken by the regu larly agent of said Missions. Doors 9pen.:„ tit 9i o'clock; exhibition commenteng &CIO o'clock. It is hoped that there will be a goon attendance, as the benefit is for a good (-auto, and will be at attime in the day most free from the annoyance of crowded streets, and all who attend besides contributing their mite s will have the pleasure of witness ing one of the first exhibitions of the age. Ticketsqui be.bought on Thursday and Friday, at Ilin'ty ...NLlavr's Book Store, Ffth street; and at t h e door on Friday ni.orning. . The City litarkete.—The Superin tendent of Diamond-Market, Mr. David &ma, has made his report, for the year ending on the first of February. The total amount of rents for butcher stalls and daily stands is $12,217 , of which til-jirrl;,ss has been paid into the City Is . gty, leaving $530,32 uncollected. The:Clerk of Markets, Mr. M. F. Irwin, reports the amounts collected by him for yeaft'atands in Diamond Market at $24007 7 1 , daily b stands, $6,599 55—total, $9,896 -56. • '-l'itp:- arommt collected for YeexlY eiggliia'nt- Fifth . Ward Market is sBs9; daily stands, $ll2 15; butcherstalls, *ITO': WoodlittlFßV l s - t' 45 , 18 - Tptal, $1066 sB.' - 'fbtar 'revernie paid ink the &met/Intendant and Clerk of Markets, 02 71 4* : •:48.. -, nneolleeted, $6BO 82. Be cetiitary l'st 1862 $2l 8 02 ; tin .oo • ~-. is:‘, . ..,.. - : ...;., _" - -1.. , , - Brotherhood, w i ill A holo . 8 ~ r",,, ',.. :liiiiiteliall on Sam* *V4# l 42Rartiki4 ila k : CAP• P TI yi: ,_,. ,ei, 44 ,, , , , ,,. t ••_ - , t-of c . ', - .:- it !.•''.,..;" ill 4./Er vai a L . V - .. :i.• i ..J.:4;;;; htindf4egli iamb* a ' I • .". r 7 to invited to atteEd. r t, Admission price, ' A 20-Inoh Ilodnian Gun. h the politeness of Capt. Knap, we were permitted to be present yester day, at the casting, at the Fort Pitt Can non Foundry, of a 20-Inch Gun of the Rodman pattern, which was successfully accomplished at the extensive works of Charles Knap in the Fifth ward. This is the largest gun ever cast in the United States, or in the world, we believe, and is a triumph of which Pittsburgh, and her manufacturers and mechanics, may well feel proud. The metal used in this casting was eighty-eight tons, which was melted in three furnaces, and conveyed in troughs to the mould, which stood up right in an excavation some thirty feet deep in the earth. The gun in its rough state will weigh eighty-three tons, and when finished about fifty-six tons. Its length is twenty feet three inches. It will throw a spherical shot of half a ton weight, a solid ball of one ton weight, and will require the enormous amount of eighty pounds powder for a single charge. The time intervening fron t he first drop of the molten metal touching the bottom ' of the mould, until it reached the top, was just twenty-two minutes. A large number of spectators were present, who evinced a deep interest in the operation. Among the number we may mention Major Rodman, the inven tor of the principle now so successfully tested ; Lieut. Col. Dyer, of Ordnance Department,and Commandant at Spring field Arsenal ; Capt. R. Attila., Assist ant Chief of the Ordnance Beaurea ; Captain S. M. Berrian, Inspector of Or dnance U. S. Navy; Cart. Bennet, Chief Inspector of Ordnance ; Capt. Edie, Chief of Ordnance on Gen Meade's staff ; Capt Hays, Chief of Ordnance of Gen. Pleasanton's corps . Lieut Rock well, Ordnance officer U. S. Arsenal, at Lawrenceville ; Gen. Copeland, Com mandant at Camp Copeland ; Ma Toni:: De Bascourt, of the Italian army ; Capt. Goodenough, of the English Navy ; Maj. Butler, of the Allegheny Arsenal, ; together with many of our own proud- neat citizens. There were also present a ; number of ladies, who seemed greatly interested in what they saw. We may add,, tl.ut the entire manage went of the works in which this maw moth cannon waseas 1 is under the ins mediate charge Of :Mr. Joseph limp, A lonissi a gentleman of large business experience t 'lt tl.t , nL wITIt PALEN" and a practical meduinic who has not t e his superior in thk country. The gun I Flit 1\ I. E.N. was cast under the immediate tiperN At ( „iii to 9di,„11, I , ion of Major Rodman, whilst the direr-I , seat , lion of the mechanical operation. under the control of Mr. Joseph Kaye, ' A F r i . r.; i•cs- - 11 wira npen . 2 the foreman of the foundry. lt.ll ,Airs ace bills. It . will require the Immense amount of 1 II Propti, Ng' melted metal which composes this tuam- or R,E.__l.l fai moth gun ten days to cool sullicientiv ILL I.llth. \Hr A rn,N allow it to be removed from its Led in i- } :" . u l-I, ' the earth, and it will be some time before it will be ready to lie conveyed 14, its des-; HALL, 'tithe - P , :lluvophy un4 Chem, dry of the tination, wherever that may be. Air." T neae leeri,reo are simple In their style, 'c 411,i uses title t W 0 noticed a daguerrean artist present eat „', 111 „. with his apparatus, who was about to a rea,lPririg 1111 , 11 i t“ .01 er) take a view of the model of the , erowtlerl with curie,,, 194.1, stet gether with the interior of the ' building t-Y,',',;::4"hu,:rni,."l“it,e,":\N„',.`o",,",`,'„.'",.' tllua,r,urt"~ the A,r~ian. nun and the machinery which will he used tots,. lknoons. lad, all the in elevating this " peace-maker" from ‘. l hi. the underground posithm it now oc, ; ts rest s rt )A , pies. Prof. Wilson, of the Then1 ,,, zi,.:,1 ID 11 1 . leh MUNI/AV, 1 . 0. : 15; Seminary, was present, tel sceihe,l t, ' , I t ::: k r he deeply interested in the successor the the r"urg.,..iu . tiinolr undertaking - , and Paid closest am ci I , at lot,kg Lion to every minutia of the operation. We yesterday copied an arti , le from. s the Baltimore ..`•;!/.,: giving an account of a canting in that city which weighed !wen- I V-six lona, at the same time expressing NM", F. : 12 the opinion that we had, or could, cast larger ones here. Will our cotemporary JOSEPH MEYER & SON, of the Stu, tell its readers something about the ldg gun cast here yesterday', which, as before stated, will weigh, when finialietl, fifty Li,. ? Butchers' Meeting . A meeting of butchers and drovers, to the number of some two hundred, as sembled at the old cattle yards, in Alle gheny, on Monday last, to take action as to whether their business should con tinue to be carried on at their old stand or removed to the new stand at East Lib erty. The secretaries were ordered to have the proceedings published in the city papers, but not having received a copy, we, at this late day, give the gist of their action. Mr. N. Carr was chosen chairman. After some discussion a resolution was ofrerod that the busihess be epptinued as heretofore at the Allegheny yards, butchers and drovers being unwilling to lose the time and spend the money which would be required in the removal. Up on a vote being taken on the resolution it was adopted unanimously,those voting pledging themselves not to buy in- sell stock at any yards which have lately been or may be established in this vicin ity, and that they would continue to buy of pr selt, for all those who may see fit to bring stock to this market. The impression having gone abroad that the Allegheny yards had been abandoned, on motion a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions. which, with the secretary's report of the discussion, were qrdered tt be published n the city papers, and also in 'Western papers, in order to counteract an influ ence considered detrimental to the best interests, of butchers 4,10:1 drovers. _ . The following are the resolutions rc ported and adopted : 1. That the contemplated moving of the .droa e yards from Allegheny to Last Liberty to contra ry to the interests and wishes of droi era and butchers. ITlat the retail yards will be retained and conducted irs tetore to Allegheny City. 3. That tp7 brtrs4on at" the atcry eta tgla int teb ers, addireh at itnneatine, he puhltshed own and all 1148 Wpittein papers, 141ov - tying ohttta 'tattlers' of the datetintnalloit of the above named parties to continue to buy and sell as in.usl at these cards. 4. 'flat the drov era and butchers feel that !no nopogeg, whether gotten up by indi, idultht or coMpardes. ate Injurious to the majority 6. That we berteve the urw y4 - ch; at Last Lit. erty have been gotten up to benefit a few, espeu ally the Pennsylvania Railroad; contrary to the Iniapeit vitt wishes of our business men gen erally. Coroner's Inquest.—Cor. 3h Flung yesterday morning, held an inquest on the body , of a woman named Mary Ph yla, who died suddenly about eleven ()clock la,t night, at her residence on Cherry alley. The testimony went to show that the deceased had of late led a very dissolute life, and 13 - 2 s much given to the use of strong drink. A. verdict was rendered that her death was the result of intemperance. The`, decreased le4bes,a family, who will have to he taken care of by iqe l'inirdians of the Poor. Western Virginia Soldiers.- 010 - oniele of yesterday pubiishes an inter esting letter trop) cw Creek, Va., from which we make the followifiir, exirart • —Everybody is tired of our New Creek canipeign, which has lasted eight days, and "nary a rebel" seen yet. Captain Schoyer, who is sitting beside me very disconsolate, has just remarked that he "would as lief be in Fort Lafayette.as here," and he hoped we shbuld rejoin the Army of the Potomoc in the spring. We all echo the hope." Re-Corturtlasyme€l.—ro_ Sirwell,of the 78th Penzisylinnia regiment, has been re-commissioned as Colonel by Gov. Curtin. The Colonel had resigned on accotmt of ill health, but the men were vegpairstum3 for him to assume command , of the 4 - esitomt again, and they will, no doubt,. tl-enlist at once. gairtprs for la .. ism : youths c , „'" 44 t,'" -1; ;kW law prites at "'Rouse Nek 55 Fffl Mite MMTMNENS'iMUiTifiI , Arrival of the' 48th Regiment.-ITELEG-RAPHIC, The veteran 4flth Pennsylvania Regi ment, Col. Selfridge, arrived id the city this afternoon, stacking their arms at the Girard House, and were refreshed at the City Hall, by the Subsistence Committee. We noticed Lt. Col. Foulk, riding at the head of the brave boys as they pa raded through our streets, looking every inch the soldier Corning Soon.—Gen. Torn Thumb, wife, Commodore Nutt, and another fe male elf whose name we forget, will he along here one of these clays. Always Prime.—Brady,eorner Wy lie and Chatham streets, is never out of prime bucket and can oysters. This is a fact which cannot be gainsayed. . • . Skie - GROVER & BAKER'S SEWING 111 A CHINES have obtained the highest premium at every State, County and Institute Fair held in 1862, as the best family and the best manufac turing machines, and for the best machine work. A. F. CHATUNEY, General Agent, Jan 19 H Fifth 61., Pltthhurgh, Pa AMUSEMENTS. PITTSBURGII THEATRE Lessee and llanager Wm. H e. I , E Treasurer 11. tiviintr , iiivox. 13ENE1-11 %11,, 111,1.1.. N wEsTERN, the young 4,141 lienotitul actress, it Ito will re peat het wol,.lertul personation of the French Sp) and 1'.‘,1 the Yet. 11-11 S I:\ I . .NINtI, aril) be presented the great play ul The I , 'retirik Spy; or the Fall of Algiers. Henn :41 Mane }bullet iit'it'll \Vesterit . . . ....... . With a Complete cast. Overturf 1t ounclu,h2 utlb The Pei Of the Pettleont.. Pnul. tilt. Pet St. Pierre . P Lul witty - 31ASONIC HALL. 0, I' I TVI;TI N itt:lll' A N I EVERY AFTERNOON THIS WEEK The ms,t t .t r rdtnnrteNt.ibillork in the 'l'o-~l,lcaii PARADISE Los"' PLAIN IND VINCI FURNITURE AND CHAIRS, 135 Ssnlthfithl, and 421 Penn Si* Between 6th et., and Virgin alley, PITTSBURGH R ANKIN'S EXTRACT BUCHI: Celebrated for the cure of Chronly Catarrh of the Bladder, Mor bid Irritation of the i•ret Re tention or Incontinence of Urine, A n I all diseases of the Et 1 ti der and idnev 54. Prepared only by 4. J. RANKLY & CO., I oFtl'GrifSTS No. 6:3 Market fitreet, Pitlatburgh Sobl by all Druggist. febt VIVRE GREATEST NER VINE, TONIC AND lil.(n)D nr_ C: t ter" ti ( LISII BI'IITERS. A Ittteml,eran,, Dr. J. C.Ayers' Family Medicines On. fl. .1.1. I.'N ES d: sON'S 4',~IIILI" Mli:IIICINT:e. Dr. S4;.;n; k's Pulmunic, Tonic a1;(1 P Its I I 1 - : I II t ) T, t• Celebrated 111./.0 - 01 & Sareaprilla mi other Immll3 11 dunce c•in I t.,1hl Hi 1110 PITTSURGH DRUG 110 USE, Torrence & M'Garr, corner of Market street and Fourth Drugs - Mat Claquitls. Perfumer ti. Pminti Lead, Varnishes. Brushes, 'Fr Supporters, Shoulder Braces, And all articles usually found in Drug Stores of first quality. for sale low, TORRENCE & No. 70 Market street, corner of Fourth. 'fThe best is the Cheapest,' W. B. BRADBURY'S A A . MIQX4OIcI - 111 ct Dys PIN 0 S Qt. E VrFN Gpf-D Sliver %eclat:: reue %et! wilt in a moutht State Fairs, and Fair of American Inatitute, New York. In 1863, 1.3 Win 13. Itraiittey, fur Ilia BEST PIANO FORTES. k PO., Philadelphia, received the Crystal Palace Prize Meil4/ ti London, be sides have numerous Medals. Itiplomas and spe cial reports from State Fairs and Institutes. Both have a number of letters of recommends lion from the highest musical talent, embracing Gottscholkc, Strackosch, Wm. Mason. Grobe and others. Better and cheaper than any other Plarlos made, and ' ' Warranted for Five Years. WAMELINK k BARR, Sole Agents fur Pittsburg an. • • N 0. 2 St. (lair St., near Suspension • . jan2f.ll REMOVAL. g - k N THE FIRST DAT OP APRIL, Ur will remove my place of business to No: 51 Fifth Street, opposite the Theatre, A w l will be prepared to give thatnellil sattshwtion, With it well selected GoOds, and bilge of' arssaN PEBBLE SECITetI. They are warranted to dampen anitimptove the SIGHT. Made and ottftbY J. DLlZOND,PracticalOptician, toi+4l No, 09 Fifth street. fflii 1 IMPORTANT fROM MOPE. Arrival of the Steamship China mAximiii - JAN ACCEPTS THE CROWN OF MEXICO. XXXVIIIth CONGRESS GREAT FIRE AT SYRACUSE, N, Y The, Evacuation of Richmond WASHINGTON CITY NEWS ITEMS. NEW Vont:, Feb. 11.--The China, ' from Liverpool, has passed Sandy Houk. The Danish preparations for resist ! ante are actively progressing. The Dan neswisk is being fortified and intrench ments made and armed with batteries. A talegrarn from Vienna says that the Danish note propoAing six week's delay was only presented to Austria on the A letter from Vienna, dated Jan. :2:; , 1, says the acceptance of the cruwn of Mex ico by ll,' Archduke Maximillian is now an irrevocable fact. His imperial high ness will to-morrow return to Trieste and make fin a! preparations for his journey. A second Mexican delegationis expected to arrive in March with the result of the plebiscitun, after which the Emperor will leave for Mexico. The Emperor of Aus. trim is said to have giien his final consent to the , thring enterprise of the Archduke, wh.‘ looks on it as a purely personal matter, placing the empire under no obli gation whatever, PARIS, .1 antiZtry :50.—The Bourse is firm, and rentes closed at OK and 40,- The Duni-1 Embassador withdrew =ME a Cents 19 ( entA fr , ,rn Vienna The London Mornibg Herald belie vi',4 that the English cabinet has sent despatches to Vienna and Berlin not,fvdtg them of the Lustily attitude it Wlltll.l Lc C l /111111 . 111 1 11 Ir , 11: , 10.11111• 11 S 4 1111.- - ing Was invaded. 'File French Govern• mew is believe kl to he in unison With the English cabinet The ilfuthLy P. 4 says that pending he A ustro-Prussiiin prepariitions fi ir war, every effort will be made for mane, and probably such a coalition formed chat must lie respect, d In the French Lhambers Mr. Thicrs strongly condemn ' ed the Mexican expedition and demand, a that France should treat with Juarez. Mr ulaix defended the expedition Just, and asserted that it was 111.1p0S,Ible treat with .fitarez Mr Bessyer eon. tend, it that France had been mi-led and the Go crllltient ought to uctire. The minter) lof the opposd was with : drawn and the debate adjourned. LoNnoN„lan 30.—Marahal Mansell of Prussia has demanded the evacuation of ti; hleseing. The Oh.verter F , 33 i t , th a t th e British cabinet is -till hopeful of preserv ing peace. toNDoN, Jan. 31.--A. cabinet council was held yesterday -afternoon and eve ning The Herald learns from a reliable source that Herr Vim &smart. the Prus shin Premier, has declared in favor of the acceptance of the Danish proposal for suspending the movement of the Austrian and Danish troops. It is, however, ad. ded that the King of Prussia is opposed to this concession—that a ministerial cri sis is anticipated. The Danish question ti - iutinues threat ening. t nglapd backs her remuustran ces with war like preparations and it is : reported that front twenty to thirty thousand men are to be placed on a war footing. The Austro-Prussian war guard is ordered to march from Kiel towards the Eider canal. • 11" 1C r.YPi k en‘ I I .1 I' H `, IP 'L .N 1 AT, o4ID, I.e,t are The pirate Alabama was at Singapoe on December 22d. The Austrian Chamber of Deputies, by one majority, adopted a resolution de nouncing the measures of the govern ment. The .Engl4ll journals encourage the beljef that until the first shot was fired there is pp hope for peace. They dnpbt if Austria and prushltt are prepared to bear the tFemendousconseguenres w will follow. Tne Daily Veeav assert that England will not stand by and l t Denmark be crushed. Prize. 75 cont. It is officially confirmed that Austria and Prussia have refused the application , of Denmark for a delay of a month or qix weeks in marching their troops, and ; that the pruFsian troopa entered Kiel on I the . 2.sfh The Saxons having withdrawn they also ordered the withdrawal of Duke Augusteburg's citizen guard, which was complied wiih. The .IL•rnii,../ Post says, as surely Cs s,,on as the Germans cross the Eider so surely will they array against themselves the arms' of England, and Lind France moving no the Mine aod the Italiph, on Venitia. lien the hour comes the We•itern powers will be identical. It urges sn alliance of Eng land and France with Italy, Russia and Sweden, and contends that the repre , en Winn of these powers noi,t he heeded. A dispatch from Flcngsburg sacs Gen Wrangle, on the 2tqlt, ,unirnoned the D:ine, to evacuate Schleswig, a reply be_ s iie t i ul trait}on the following day. France and Russia have ono• to the conclusion to agree with England, boi will leave active interference to Enirlaitri BoeToN, Feb. 11.—A large etnnpany ast4emblet! at the United States Hotel last night, do invitation of Cu!.Good rich, to meet Col. Taylor, of East Ten nesse, Speeches were made by Mr. Taylor and others, including Ge , rge Thompson. latter thanked God that he had lived to see the noble posi tion America has taiceq, and Imped in a few 0.4 3 s to have au uportunity to speak in Englandin relation to our great strug gle. Mr. Thompson made an eloquent allusion to Washington, as the founder of American independence, and to :\ bra_ ham Lirroin, UP toe founder of Arheri ean• "Ifinoldtelsa eras enthusi astiely applauded. IiArTIMORE, Feb. 11.--. The Montgom ery ( Ala.) Daily Jail has the following siznificant announcement :—Rumors ol an evacuation of Richmond are gaininr . credo. There is a movement nil fool whith will create more eanstetnatton at Richmond than any-thing that has oc curred during the war. .)Ir. Shore, who Was yesterday expell t:d f4:om Ciep. Rpt.le.v's department as a correspondent of the New York World and Paidy News, states that he has writ ten but two letters for the World and one for the New, all of a strictly news character, and that no articles or letters im his pen have ever been copied into ;S: Z outhern,jonrnaL He was engaged by th , supers allnded to to forwatd Rich no poop as they arrived. W jinn orou, Fehruary 11.—In the Hous e a special bill was _passed appro retain twelve thousand dollars to re build President's' stuble deatroydd bj fire i s tight. Ommotion orlitr. C.hand: ler the tteernUlhe Ba rr 'hew - V.6.lf i x. • . viroi li tt t4 6, mstructed.to•en - • Gibe expedien. cy of ihrnitddag, t4ditit#o Siirotid fa cfflties for the traliapoirtatibt oT trobps between the two cities. IMMAS FOE THE POST, ftie7lT4l WAsinNeTall," Feb. 4 . 1..1rati14.--The House went. into Comtnitte,e on Alte,En rollment fill amendment to draftnper sons of African descent to coustittte a part of the national forces, Was discnSs ed, involving the question of compeosa ; lion to loyal owners. 'Miring the debate' Fernando Wood said the Confederate Congress was now debating propositions of peace, while we are legislating in vio lation of the constitution. I Mr. Cox favored peace propositions, and believed if Fernando Wood were sent on a mission to Richmond, peace would be restored in sixty days. Mr. Smith, of Ry., said he was the last man to treat with rebels who must lay down their arms and yield to the Gov ment unconditionally. The pending amendment on the en rollment bill was that of Mr. Stevens, of Pa., that all able-bodied ipale persons of African descent between the years of 20 and 45, whether citizens or not, resident in the United States, shall he enrolled arcordin‘ to the provisions of the act to which this bill Is a supplement, and form a part of tile national forces; and when a slave is drlifted and mustered into the s wive his master shall receive a certiq cze., thereof for pfte, and the draftee inn shall be free; provided that slaves of hiyal men only shall be paid for r. Davis, of Indiana, made a sugges , lion that the $BOO feature in the above he omitted, to which Mr. Stevens as sented. Mr. Davis also offered an amendment to the above amendment, as follows : The, Secretary of War shall appoint a emumission in each of the slave States represented in Congress, charged to a Ward a.just compensation, not exceed- ing the sum of POO, to each loyal owner of any slave who may volunteer into the• service of the United States, payable out of the commutation money upon the master freeing the slave Mr. Baldwin (Mass.) moved to shilie from the amendment the words : the owner of any slave — and to substitute the words '• persons to whom the i.alor cd volunteer owes service 3lr. Bahlra - in', amendment Wll9 agreed Mr. - Webster (_Md. t offered the follow ing- amendment " And the bounty of onr hundred dollar , - now payable by law for etich drafted man shall be paid to the perq'on to whom such drafted per son ow , s service or labor at the time of lii muster into the : , 4•1:\ ice of the United States on freeing the person.' Mr. Webster's amendment was agreed to—ayes (19, nays 27. Without final action the House ad jomned N w pil,ruary 11—Mexican which have ht rn rerelved hi re, state that the rumored abdication 01 Juarez rest: upon the statement of a correspondent of the L'..thrfet.t, , , ho writes that at a Cabinet meeting, liidansey, Ortega, and Doblado advised the step and even threatened if Juarez did not accede to the propcsition that they would depose him. It is also ru mored that these three chieti would .ro ver t the Fren It It app, ar- previous 1 , 1 lLr Fault` id Morelia, and its iipture hy the interven tionist=, that the capital of the State had been removed by a decree to Sonpan; so that the capture w.is not eon,plete surprise as has liecn The Afnrrluis de Munt holm, the Fr, n, miniarr, has arrived at the city of Mex!- cn. Baron MrOgre, the French com manding General in the city of Mexico, addressed a lent er to the Arch Bishop, complaining that incendiary proclama tions had been nit entitled to inflame the populace against the army of oreupatimr, The Baron urgos the Arch Bishop to tile his influence to counteract these in cendiary proclarnation4. The capture of Camprey raises the blockades there. By the articles of ca pitulation e,llgoods and property passes over to the French commander, and the eity is pocketed and occupied by the Frew h :Clines Personal liberty and set urity,without destruction,are guaran ty, ,1 ky the French to all citizens. Per. sons who wish to leave the city will be -afely conducted out of the State by- French troops The Gareta Offirial publishes the man ifesto of General Almonte, dated :faun ary 2,1, 1564, in favor of the regency, and announcing his intention to suspend from the'eireecisc of their functions all those magistrates of the supreme tribu nal who refuse to give in their adhesion to the interventionists. He concludes by saying that the Mexican nation was on the verge of utter national ruin, from tt hich Itcould only be saved by the string hand of the Emperor Napoleon. ST. Louis,Feb 11.—A dispatch from F,.rt Smith, Arkansas, sa;.: a large meet ing of level citizens and soldiere was held there list night to welcome Gen. Curtis. 'Fears are entertained for the safety of the Indian brigade, which hart been moved South from Fort Gibson to North Fork, a town on the Canadian river. They were fighting a largely»u -1 lion II tinder Stanwaiw at last ar elmnts. The correspondent of the Chicago r,..,1 says: The largest and most for midable fleet yet seen on the Mississippi river i , oqw being, titted oat by Admiral- Porter. The greatest activity prevails at all the naval depots and yards on the Mb. and Missi , sippi, the workmen be ing employed both day and night, to Ir ivy the vessels ready at the appointed time. The fleet will probably t'ewies vous at Cairo and s. 'The same correspondent thinks Lecrman's expedi tion into Mississippi is*:to flank John s,.n'a and Hardee' , forces in Alabama and Georgia, rather than to attack Mobile LEAYENWORTIT, Felizaacy It).-=-At a wetting ;,f the Union League last night, resolutions were adopted denouncing ark election of / U. S. Senator by the present legislature as an infamous fraud upon the people of Kansas, and expelling all members of the Legislature belonging to the League who voted fur a joint resolu tion td go into an election. A, meeting .1" the citizens is called for to-night to !ski' action en this 'natter, and similar meetings are to be held throughout the State. Shere was no candidate against Carney. There were thirty-one yotes cast, but all were blaz,k er against fraud. The minority and a portion of the State officers' issued a protest against the Viet' tion. CINCINNATI, Feb. 11.—The Gazette' s specials say: Cen. Curtis arrived at Fort : , ;rnith yesterday, and the army of the frontier will be reorganized for offensiVe operations. Persons from Knoxville, Ito arrived at Nashville yesterday i . re ort (ouununication with Cumberland Gap cut off. Nearly all of East Tennes see is in possession or the rebels. Amall PRx prevails to 4n alarming extent In Knoxville. The army of The Cumber land is in splendid condition. The troops now draw full rations. SYRACUSE, N. Y., February 11.—T4 Onondaiga County Peniter4taei. to.k Ore in the workshop to-day. • The main building was entirely consumed, 'fb,e prifioliets' wing ras,:y its %Ted, but it is not probable, The loss amounted to if 86,000 or $40,000, upon which there is a small insurance. The prisoners were all taken to the Court House. BAX4I4x, S.„ 33 l ehmarg 11.—U the teshniriatyl, enurt yeaterda- . : i :Jsage -1 4.614, decked' Ma_ t the *J. and tter Cargo should be rettr.