« O ICKWSIO\ AL. Second Kckmloii. Repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty. WASHINGTON, January 10. SFNATE. —The Chairman laid before the Senate a message from the President, .giving information as to an agreement be tween the United States and Great Brit ian. concerning the naval force on the lakes which waa ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson presented the petition of Airs. Jane Swisshelin, asking for an in- 1 crease of pay for female clerks, which was referred to the Finance Coninnnit tce. Mr. Trunbull, from the Judiciary Com- j mittec. to whom was referred a resolution | instructing that Committee to inquire if further legillation was necessary to au- j Vliorize the President to cull an extra ses- I * nion of Congress without giving sixty ' days' notice, reported and asked to be discharged. Mr. Trumbull said they could find no law requiriug the President to give sixtp ■lays' notice. No notice whatever was re- j quired by law. Mr?Powell, from the Judiciary Com ! initteee, reported back the petition of certain railroad companias, asking permis- j (■ion to build a railroad bridge across the ] Ohio River at Louisville. lie asked j that the petition he referred to the Com- j uiittee 011 Post-offices nd Post Roads, and it was so ordered. Mr. Doolittle called up a resolution in relation to the sale ol Indian lands, limi ting the price of the mime, which was paused. 011 motion of Mr. Sumner, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the res olution to repeal the reciprocary treaty. Mr. Howe took the floor in opposition to the repeal of the treaty atl;!>0 p. m. Mr. Grimes interrupted Mr. Howe, by asking that the Senate take a recess of ten minutes, to allow its members to pay their respects to Vice Admiral l'arragut, who was upon the floor. The recess was taken. On reassembling, Mr. Wilson offorcrcd the following which was adopted : Hesotvcit, That the Committee 011 the conducts of the War be directed to in quire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition to \\ iluiington, N. C.. to report back to the Senate. Mr. II owe resumed the floor on there- | ciproeity treaty. Mr. Morrill succeeded If. we, and ad-I rocated the repeal/>f the teraty. ' Mr. Chandler favored the repeal of the treaty. The Hoard of Trade of Detroit did uot represent the people of Michigan when they opposed its repeal. They rep resented only the intercuts of Merchants, but the farmers of Michigan were not iu favor of the treaty. The people of Cana da had been in sympathy with the rebel lion ever since it commenced, and this was another reason why the action recom mended by the committee on Foreign Re lations should ho taken. Mr. Foote could not see any occasion for prolonging it.debate on a question, on whic If there c mid hardly be a divided ■opinion in Congress or in the country. While the treaty had proved highly ben cficial to the interests of the peiv ie in ~ca(li of Edward Everett. Iv is always sad to learn of the death of a public banefactor, of one whose whole life has been spent in the. service of his i country and the edification —the moral . j and political enlightenment of his coun | trynien. It is doubly so at this time, ! when the country needs the united wis dom of all hor patriots. Mr. Everett died at liis residence in Boston, 011 Sunday morning the 15th inst of Apoplexy. Mr. Seward, by order of the President, directed the several Exe tive departments at home and abroad, to have appropriate honor rendered to the distinguished dead. The following no tice of his death, we find in the Pitts burgh Cumin rein! of Tuesday: The nation yesterday lost an emi nent statesman, an. accomplished scho lar and orator, a pure patriot and | good citizen. Edward Everett is j dead. The telegraph informs us that I kci died yesterday at his residence in | Boston, from apoplexy, in the seven ! ty-lirst year of his age. Mr. Everett i was born in Dorcostcr, Mass., April | lltli. 1794. At the age of thirteen he entered Harvard College, and j graduated in course in ISII, with the | highest honors. For some years af j tcr graduting he was employed in the j college as tutor, and pursued his ' studies iti divinity, the profession of his bore. In ISI3 he becaincpastor jof Brattle street Church, and won i admiration for the eloquence and ip iwerofhis discourses. In 1841 he was | chosen to till the chair of Greek liter | ature in Harvard College, previous S to assuming which he made an exten ded tour of Europe, remaining two years in the University of (Jotting | en. Mr. Everett's public life beg'in in j 1824, when he was nominated and ! elected to Cefogress, the nomination | being the result of a spontaneous | movement on the part of the young j men of his district, and without dis | tinction of party. Mr Everett serv j ed ten years in Congress, during the I whole of which period he was a mem | ber of the Committee on Foreign Af | fairs. Of the many delicate and im i portant trusts committed to the at i tention of Mr. Everett during this | period wo cannot at this time speak. | They were all discharged in a man | ner highly credible to the Govern in 'lit and with honor to himself. In j th? autumn of 1834 he declined a re ] c.'ectio'i to Congress, and was at the i ensuing election chosen to the guber ! natoriai chair Massachus tts, which i position ho filifcu four successive I terras, lie was appointed by Presi- I dent Harrison to rtprcse;;* tho coun try at the Court of St. James, at a | time our relations with Great Brn*'»n | were grave. Entering at once upon ; the discharge of his arduous and del icate duties he justified by his ability d screfion and tact, "the large confi dence which has been reposed in him. In the famous Ashburton Treaty, Mr | Everett had a most important part. In 1843, x r Everett was tendered the new mission to China, which lie declined, and returned to the l uited States, in 1845, he was elected President of llar j vard I uiversity. This position he held | three years and was compelled by deelin ; ing health to resign. Upon the death of ! the great statesman, Daniel Webster, in I Novomber, 1852, Mr. Everett was called : by President Fillmore to fill the vacant ; place of Secretary of State, which he j held during the last four months of Mr. ; Fillmore's Administration. Before leav ing the Department of State, Mr. Ever ett was elected by the Massachusetts Leg islature to the Senate of the United States, lie took his scat at the com mencement of the special Executive Ses sion in Washington in March, 1803, and made an able and elaborate speech on the Central Amcricau question. In Febru ary, 1854, be made a great speech in opposition to the passage of the Kansas : Nebraska bill, soon after which he re signed on account of failing health. In ls5G, Mr. Kverett delivered his great oration on the character of Washington, the proceeds from which were applied to the purchase of Mount Vernon, the bur ial place of Washington. Within a pe riod of three years the lecture was deliv ered in various parts of the country more than oue hundred and thirty times, and realized for the Mouut Vernon Fund up wards of SOU.OOO. In 1800. Mr. Everett was nominated for the Vice Presidency on the Constitu tional Uuiou ticket, which wus defeated. Since the commencement of the prcscn l nrtional trouble he has labored with voice and pen. earnestly and continual! , in bet , half of the Government, and upheld the authorities in every patriotic movement for the preservation of the Union. The death of'sucli a man is at all times to be deplored, and the news of Mr. Everett's demise at this time will be received with profound and unfeigned regret by every patriotic heart in the I'nion. Highly Interesting. NEW YORK, January 12. It is announced that General M'Clel lan leaves for his European tour on the first of February, lie has declined the offer of a private vessel, tendered by his friends, lie leaves in the steamer Chi na, and will be gone for two years. Nearly all the papers to-day contains eeitorials on the peace rumor?. The World says Mr. Lincoln has no authority under the Constitution, to offer amnesty by the abolition ol slavery, and Jeff. l'avis could not, under the Confede rate Constitution, accept such an offer.— Individual States alone have jurisdiction in the matter. The Times does not look for any good result from the movement, a'id thinks the whisperings of peace only inkicate a brief lull. The Post thinks the Rebel Commis sioners are on the way to A\ ashington. as reported, and says they will accomplish nothing. It thinks such a movement would be nothing less than a studied in sult to the United States Government. — If the Government should receive them it weuiJ equally insult the authorities of the border States. The Post claims to have information that Governor Brown, of Georgio. is fa vorably disposed, and would probably re ceive the agents from the 1 nited States. The ll i u.ltl thinks the conduct of .Mis souri, iu passing the emancipation act, wi.l soon be imitated by Arkansas, Ken tucky, Tennessee, and Pelewarc. The World says the passage of the or dinance was a wise step, resulting from a clearsighted perception of a tendency ol events, and thinks if the war were to end to-morrow, and the States to retain juris diction over the subject, all would follow the example of Missouri and Maryland. The Tribune is briefly exultant, but makes no comment. The / W points out the advantages pos sessed by laborers isnd manufacturers un der the new system. The Qummen-ial thinks the action of Missouri is an argument in favor of t}ic passage of the Constitutional amendment. Major General Hanks, in his sugges tions tft the Committee on Judiciary, says the condition of affairs in Louisiana was such that he did not assume, in his proc lamation for an election, whether slavery was or was not an institution recognized bylaw, lie Kays the canvass was spirit ed. and 1.140 votes were cast in parishes formerly giving I.LVi votes, ami thinks two-thirds of the voting population of (lie State participated iu the election. — He accounts for the diminished votes on the new Con ft it ut ion, on the ground that many failed to participate through the fear that Congress would not ratify it.— Hellenics all the charges of interference with the election by military authority, lie claims that the actual vgrte was more than one third as much as the average vote of the Statw before the war. IK' claims that the population has been re duced from various causes, fioln to 45u.0D'J. General Banks refers to tlx* significant Mexican movements ol Napoleon, and c!a uis that he would upon a convenient pretext, plant the French flag upon the western banks of the Mississippi, hence the greater importance of supporting the Unised States Government in Louisiana by every possible means. The Richmond Dispatch says the new policy of Gen. Sherman is all mildness and conciliation, iu order to justify harsh measures here liter. It thinks some de sign is consealcd in the appcarent mild ness. It says Sherman formerly declared that the lcbcls had no rights whatever, and refers to his responce to the appeal of the people of Yieksburg, and to his orders at Atlanta, thinks his present conduct is designed to deceive the people of Georgia. It tbuses the Mayor of Savannwh and the paople who attends the meeting when the resolutions were passed. The Georgians arc praised as highly patriotic and the ut most confidenco is expressed that none ol them, except the Mayor and seventeen citizens of Savannah' would prove disloy al tf> the South. A Mobile dispatch of the 7th says : The Gaines Gaines prisoners have been exchang ed a'.nd ar e now iu Mobile. The Jtiehniond H'/nV/ learns from the Lynchburg' Republican that a large hum ber of hands i. -! »ve been employed on the Tennessee Railroad, repair the dama ges caused by St.;'>eman'.s raid. The work will be pushed forward with energy, and it is hoped the repu.'rs will be com pleted within six weeks ortv.'O months. From Mexico. NEW YORK, Jac. 10. Late advices from Mexico state that Maximilian lias issued a manifesto direct ing the revising by his ministry, of the titles and claims under which ecclesias tical property has been forsonietimc held, and in effect declaring that it belongs to the tatc. and that it is the province of the Government to exercise superior con trol over it. It appears he opened nego tiations with the Pope while in Rome, on the subject, but to his great surprise finds the nuncia. justurrived in Mexico, with out instructions in the matter, ilo there fore boldly adopts his own policy, and it is said it was read with enthusiasm. Five thousand of the lielgian legation had reached Mexico, and more were coming. Nothing later from San Domingo. LITTLE THINGS. —Mind the little things! A work, a look, a frown, are little things, yet powerful for {food or evil. Acts deemed unimpor tant may he the foundation of invet erate and powerful habits. Great things compel attention, but little matters are too easily over, looked. —Hon. J. 8. ILildemen has been elect ed, unanimously, President of the llar risburg National Bank, in place of Win. 31. Kerr, Esq., deceased. Const itiitloniil Amendment. I WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The debate on the Constitutional amend ment eoutinuesto crowd the spaciousgal leries of the House, and the public in terest seems to increase as the debate progresses. The developments of Dem ocratic dissension to-day, coupled with the irrepressible desire of members to make speeches, led to a further postpone ment ol the vote. Little Mr. Satnilel Cox, in reply to Pendleton's argument of yesterday, con clusively established the right of Congress to pass the amendment, and then after having come so near the I'liion ground, turned around and declared he should vote against it. Jealousy of Pendleton thus led him to lurnish the Unionists an admission of complete power in the prem ises, which becomes from its origin, one of its strongest arguments in favor of the passage of the nuicudineut. Contrary to his usual custom, his speech was care fully written out, and read fiom the man uscript. The statement made in some quarters, that it was delivered in obedience to the wishes ot a caucus of the Democracy held last night, after Pendleton's speech, is ol course utterly unfounded. Many Democrats took the courage togo as far as Pendleton did. but they are all loud in their admiration of his efforts, while Cox was listened too with scowling faces by some and utterly neglected by oth ers. Y ice-Admiral Farragut's reception in Congress to-day was unexceptional in its heartiness. 'J he Senate took a ten min ute's recess, that Senators might have an opportunity to pay their respects to him. 11 is entrance in the House proved the signal for a general rush of members to the lobby where he stood, and an utter neglect of the Constitutional Amendment debate. On behalf of General Butler, Senator" Wilson today carried through a resolu tion instructing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to investigate the cause of tho Wilmington expedition. Mcu:itiu,e everybody is awaiting the bulletins of tho new effort that is to de cide (Jen. Butler's ease more effectually than can any investigation. The statement is now specifically made, professedly by authority, that on the Oth instant, Lieut, (ien. Grant indicated to the President his earnest desire that Maj. Gen. Butler be forthwith relieved of his command, giving his reasons therefor. Deferring to tho opinion and wishes of tho General-in-Chief of t{ie Armies of the Cnitoil States in matters purely mili tary. After consultation with Acting Sectary of War Daua, and Maj. Gen. lialieek, the Secretary of War being absent, the President, on tho 7th inst., authorized the issue of General Order No. 1. The order required him to proceed to Lowell. Mass., the place of his residence, and after his arrival thereto report by letter to the Adjutant General. General Grant thereupon, issued a special order assigning Ord to the vacant com mand. It thus appears that the order for But lers's being relieved came from tin- \\ ar Department. The explanation sought t > be generally circulated on beliaJl ol' the authorities here, is that this cyder wa in pursuance of a request Irom Geueral Grant. '1 he system of bonnty paying, with its demoralization of the service, as well as of patriotism at home, is ably discussed in a memorial of some of, t(Jie most influ ential citizens of Philadelphia, which is presented to the House by Kelley.— I'iUs. Cum. Itailroail Act-ldcnt. A very serious collision occurred on the Northern Centra. Kailway on Saturday morning. The Erie Express train which left Baltimore on Friday night at eight o'clock, and the Pittsburgh express train, which followed two hours after, weic de tained at I'arkton by the derangemeut of the freight trains near that place until Saturday morning at six o'clock, when the Pittsburg express train, W. 11. Har rison Gould, conductor, was ordered to proceed in advance of the Erie express, followed by the latter. At 7:2U, when about two utiles south of \ '>rk, at a place called Hyde Station, the engineer or con ductor Gould's train discovered the local freight train coming down the track.— He at once gave tho signal lor putting down the brakes, but a collision was una voidable, and the two engines collided with a terrible crash. They are describ ed as having been completely locked to gethcr. The baggage and mail ears were de molished, but the passenger cars sustain ed but little damage. The most serious part of the accident was the killing oi .Mr. Thomas Garbill, baggage-master,and two saldicrs, whose names were not as certained. and tho injury of W. 11. Har rison Gould, conductor of the express train, and Wm. G. Holbrook and Robert Lamb, two of adams Express messengers, j.'ud a number of others. It is asserted that tho local freight train had been start ed front York out of time, which #as the cause of the accident. The track of the road was considerably torn up, but a large force of workmen were promptly set to work, and the trains ran as usual on Sat urday afternoon. At tho time ol the collision, the three men who were killed were in the baggrpe car; Grabill was in stantly killed, his body being mangled in a shocking manner; Mr. Holbrook receiv ed internal injuries, but they are pronounc ed not of a serious character; Mr. Lamb had one of his feet crushed, and received other painful injuries; Mr.Could had his face and head considerably cut, but was not dangerously injured. The stove in th» baggage car commu nicated fire to tlu. mail pouches, some of which, together with their contents, were en ire ly consumed. Thirty six mail pouch es were taken to York and delivered to the postmaster. -Mr. Alexander Frey.who carefully hail the contents, letters and newspapers, dried, as a very violent snow and rain storm prevailed at the time of the collision, and which had completely saturated a portion of the mail matter. — About twenty five of the pouches were sound, with the locks untouched. Lut the remander were ina horrid condition, hav ing been partially burned and thoroughly soaked with water, so that the letters and pipers were scattered loosely around the scene of the aci he - y . were > 10W : erer gathered up. "fA. aft f er . ieln f, dne P of destination of each. S!l ' d 'bat. with the exception of a fex " P^ C ' IPS '" r J'ennsylvetiia and more norti ' State?, the great hulk of the mail wa„ x <*'*9tin«» for Western cities. I. ato .\cw«. In forwarding to the Itepartment the reports of liens. ISutler, Weitzel and Ai ies, General Grant accompauicd it with the following indorsement : OENERAI. BUTLER. [lndorsement.] Hi Ang us. ARMIES OF THE I'. 5.,) CITY POINT, Jan. 7th, 1805. } llcspectfully forwarded. To avoid publicity of the time of sailing, and des tination of the expedition against Fort Fisher, my orders to Gen. Butler to pie parO it were given verbally, and the in structions to the commanding officers of the expedition were made by him and übuiitteJ to me. 1 apprehend ty there port a cojjy of Gen. Butler's instruc tions to en. Weitzel, together with eoj - ies of my dispatches, and instructions to Butler relative to the expedition. It will be seen that it was never contemplated that Gen. Untlor would accompany the expedition, but that Maj. 'ien. Weitzel was especially named as the commander of it. My hopes of success rested entire ly on our ability to capture Fort Fisher, and 1 had even a hope of getting Wil -111 in ton before the euqmy could get troops there to oppose us. I knew that the enemy had taken nearly the entire garri son of Wilmington and its dependencies to oppose Sherman. 1 atu inclined to ascribe the delay which has cost us so dearly to an experiment. I refer to the explosion of gunpowder in the open air. My dispatches to Gen. Butler will show his report to bo in error where he states that lie returned, after having effected a lauding, in obedience to my instructions. On the contrary, these instructions con templated no withdrawal, or a failure, af ter a lauding was made. U. S. Grant, Lcut. Gen. (lEN. (IRANI l HOES HASTE. HEADQ'RS ARM ITS OF THE U. S.,| CITY POINT, No*;, ill', 1804. j Mtij'ir- (jcueral liutlt r : 1 have files of Savannah arid Augusta papers, by Colonel Mulford, from which 1 gather that Bragg iias gone to Georgia, taking with him, i judge to be, most of the forces from about Wilmington. It is therefore important that Weitzel should get iff during his absence, and il success lui in effecting a lauding, he may, by a bold dash, succeed in capturing A\ il mingtoii. Make ail the arrangements for bis departure, so that the navy will not be detained one moment for lk<• aruiy. I'id you order Palmer to make the move proposed yesterday? It is important that he should do so without delay. I.S. GRANT, Lieut.-General. Official: 'l'. S. BOWERS, A. A. G. ANXIETI TO SEE THE EXPEDITION OFF. lItMIIQ 118 AII MI EH L'NITKKSTATES, 1 CITY POINT, Va., Dec. 4, 18G4. J Major General butler: 1 feel great anxiety to see the Wil mington Exp dition oft', both on nt count of tlve present fine weather, which we can expect no great contii.- uance of, and because Sherman may now be expected to strike the sea const any day, leaving Bragg free to return. I think it advisable for yon to notify Admiral porter, and get ofl without delay, with or without your powder-boat. (Signed) U. S. Grant Lieut. Gen. W HERE TUE TRCOL'S SHOULD EMBARK. IIEADQ'KS ARMIES UNITED STATES, I CITV POINT, Va., Dec. 15. 18GL. / To Maj. Gen. It. F. Butler, com manding A rw tj of the James : 1 had sent vuu a cypher dispatch before receiving your instructions to Gen. Weitzel. 1 think it advisable that all embarkation should take place at Bermuda. The number of intrenching tools, I think should be increased three or four times. U. S. GRANT, (Official) Lieut. General. S. T. BOWERS, A. A. G. \ i!Y\ KTikms. The Auditor's l'eport# shows that the State of Ohio has furnished two hundred and elevon thousand soldiers and marines —live hundred died in service, and six teen thousund and five hundred woro dis abled. Ileport says rJiere are rumors that the rebels iu the yiienandoah \ alley have moved down to lUrasburg, but not in suf ficient force to aortoy Gen. Sheridan. The Richmond Examiner says that id would not be safe to exhibit che feast on. willingness to reconstruct in Virginia, arid recommends the hanging 'jl tlie first that shows any sign of submission. Report has it that the rebel Congress, in secret session, adopted a resolution to appoint peace coin miss,'oners. Gen. Burbridge has ordered the Ken tucky State troops to lie Clustered eut„ and recruiting to stop. The order caused considerable excitement in Frankuirt. A meeting of prominent citizens of Ohio was held at Columbus, to take meas ures to present General Sherman a testi monial of 8100,000 in I nited States stocks. A letter was read from General tirant. who heads the list with SSOO. The Tennessee Convention is unani mous for the immediate abolition of sla very, and Parson Browulow for Govern or. A portion of (hep pulationof Canada are iu great fear of the Fenian Brother hood. Fifteen hundred Fenians are said to be already organized, and bauds are or ganized in all directions. The people goto bed armed iu many locali ties. —Maj. (icneral Ord has assumed com mand of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, now a part of the Army o the James