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i THE BULINGETON FREE PRESS FR1IXy &ORNING-. FEBRUARY 12 1804. j Li:; ,ns HI .i tfltt Jm fms. CEO. W. t C. C. BENEDICT. Edltert And ProprtltorM. Rt'RLIMtTCM j , vliH.M.M. rEDRUAriY 12. lfc4 r wKKKi.t i kki: rituss ii published every triday morning, containing the news i.f the week fin.m all parts, interesting correspondence from the urny, and local and general intelligence. TERMS. Two Dollars per year. If paid absolutely in adTance, f 1 75. Single copies fiie cents. For rates of Advertising, &c inquire attLe Fan Press OrricE, No. 6 College St., Burling ton, Vt GEO. W. 0. G. BENEDICT, Editors & Proprietors For County Commissioner, E D JI U X D W II I T X E Y or williston". Tlie Confiscation Hesolution. The joint resolution which pa"ed thc I louse on Friday last, amends the joint resolution of July 17, 1602, by making it read that no punishment or proceedings under it shall be to construed as to work a forfeiture of the estate ol the offender, contrary to the Con stitution of the United States, provided that no other public warning 6r proclamation un der the act of July 17. lHC2,ehapter5.tce tion C, is or thai! be required, than the proc lamation of the President made and publish ed Iry him on the 25tb of July, 1S02, which proclamation, so made, shall iie received and held sufficient m all cases now pending, or which hereafter arise under said act. The joint resolution of July 17, 1S62, of which the above is amendatory, said in ex press terms : "nor shall any punishment or proceedings under said act t so construe! us to work a forfeiture of the real estate of the offender beyond his natural life." This, of course, fixed a particular meaning on the clause of the Constitution referred to. The amendment o( Friday last leaves the meaning o' the con-titutmiial clause to lie decided by t ic Oiurt. f my u Pfuwae. nrt .f it. . a lujve Tt IV ..--d. dv 41 6 A (eite. in the Herald -itc iuk wi : h totiiwrltt -niiitV'o v. - ddwdv. tivi t- - ' fS ul, I t d u Vtt, ' 'J fl li jaC w i ft4t 3KtuL y m i. mug, -ad an n . u ,f wi- en., and it-tired again -i . v.ivrt. W tt.e purpose ol the t .tmanding G.n.-ral war. i- not stated, but it i -i o'y.ci f ihe move was accompli- id; ii u w.i u.ithing mure than a rccoiiiii'i-unov inline. Gen. Jleade was not witli the army, ing it is stated sick in Philadelphia, bat w luid pi ohuMv gu to the front Tuesday, Gen. Sedgvv ick, we pre sume, was in command. At the same time with this inlantry move ment, the cavalry went down the river as far as Fredericksburg, finding only scattered par ties ol rebels. A divi-ion being sent west ward to Madison Court House, found the en emy in force, and after a skirmish retired. It is stated that but a small part of IjCc's ' army is left on the Rapidan, most of it hav ing been sent to reinforce Longstreet. It fs hardly probable that the reU'ls would leave Kichmondso uncoered. Despatches Tuesday night showed that a movement had been made up the Peninsula by a strong Union force and had driven in the rclwl pickets at Ilot tom bridge. If lice's army is sent any where it is likely that it has gone to resist this force. But all the army movements have been a little mysterious lately. A short time ago the Springfield RepuUi can said : " The War office has backed down from its absurd position as to exchanges, and so nude ridiculous the flunkey press's that have defend ed it." La-t week it ehanzed its tone. Having spoken of the obstinacy with which the rebel authorities adhere to their determina tion to make no exchange and that " there can be no reasonable he of a renewal of exchanges for months to come," it adds : " Having made Gen. Cutler the commissioner of exchanges, with a moral certainty that this would be the result, the government cannot of course recede, and must not allow itself to be suriiassed in obstinacy by the rebel leaders.' It strikes us that if there be any flunkrj ism in the case t .e Republican will hav. to take it to it-ell, t ii-. ti.be. Vernioit's Quota Tne Woodstock Standard say,senri-.i2ieial-v , l ml us &ovn as tae quota assigned to Ver io aa uiiuer ttie last order for draft is made ' m ' t Wr Department, it will be P .. re information of all concern- e hn Order No. S, from Adj. (jei. War- 'luini- "ffiee published in the Free Press Jan. 29 in will not be chang ed, so far as it -clan w Km quota assigned to the deficient towns therein named. How many men will tie wanted more than assign ed under that order cannot now bo stated. The Standard corrects an item about Ver mont's deficiency of 3S9 men.which is not one under the call for 300,000 volunteers, but under the previous draft ; and gives the fol lowing table of Vermont's standing on the 23d day of January last : Deficiency under the draft originally Quota of call for 300,000 Raised on last call Surplus, deducted from defi ciency under draft 1923 3330 4364 1034 Leaving as deficiency 889 The Brandon Vermont Record offers : "For the best miscellaneous collection of pub lished and unpublished Vermont anecdotes, a cash prize of Firrr Dollars. For the second bt collection, a cash prize of TwrxTT-rrvx Dollais." "Competitors for these prizes must insure the receipt of their collections at the I'crmont Re cord office in Brandon Vermont, on or before the 1st day of Jane next, 1664." For further particulars w e refer those who wish to go into the business, to the Vermont Record, of Feb. 5, a copy of which will bo sent gratis to those who apply. The persons, as judges, who will have to 1 A, ..... . , . ' -r implied at the meeting of Friday evening their bands for decision, under the above in- . v.,, , , . . . .b ... . . ... . , but ; but we do not need to particularize ntatioD, are to be pitied. , . ., f. . I them. We shall present the subject in only t one point of view. They had news in New York Monday of j Certain town officers have by law certain tho capture of Mobile, but it was a hoax, positive duties enjoined on them trith rerer wd the police seized all the copiea of the ence to the enforcement of the prohibitory spurious New York Herald Extra, giving law. Tbey may individually be wholly ne- parucuiars k COUNTY COHYEN TlOJf . The official report uf the Uountj Conven tion at Williston Tuesday, has not yet come to hand. From the report in Wednesday Time' we learn that the Convention was called to order by A. B. Halbert, Esq., of the County Committee, "lion. JI L. Bennett of Burlington was chosen Chairman, and Rev J. W. Hough of YTilliston, Secretary. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. D. Kings bury, of Winooski. Mr. Darwin G. Walker of Burlington nominated Hon. E. D. Mason of Richmond, as a candidate for County Commissioner, and wished the vote taken immediately, rica roce. Remarks were inaJe by Sam'l. Hunting ton, of Burlington, E. I). Mason of Rich mond, A.R. Duncan of Winooski, Commis sioner Miller, James Mitchell of Burlington and others. Judge Fay of Williston presented the name of Edmund Whitney of Williston, as a candidate for County Commissioner. The Convention then adjourned for dinner. Re-assembling at 1.30 P. jr., a motion to p cd to ballot for i candidate for Com missioner was unanimously adopted. After remarks by Jhal Davis of Burling ton, and Rev. 11. P. Cutting of WillUton, Rev. H. F. Austin of Stelbarne nominated Ezra Jleecli of Shelhurne. The ballot resulted as follows : Whole No. of votes, 12S Necessary to a choice, 05 Edmund Whitney, 02 E. I). JIason, 45 Ezra Jlceeli, 21 SECOJ.D BALLOT. Wlwlc Xo. of votes, Necessary to a choice, Edmund Whitney. E. I). JIason, Ezra Jleech, 141 71 75 52 14 Edmld Wmtsev of Williston, was there- lore declared the nominee of the Convention Jlr. Whitney, in response to a call, said tliat he liad the name among his friends of being a temperance man and a man of sximc Inekbonc, and he wa in favor of having the law fully carried out. Judge Wheeler of Charlotte moved that hercalter all conventions be called as dele gate conventions. This was discussed, and Jlr. Taft of Bur- iii.g: ii offered as a substitute for Jlr, YV ulriV motion a resolution instructing t uiii Committee to call mass or dele- ,1-tt conventions as the .ieeui most exped; tut, whicii was unanimously adopted. Jlr. Walker ot Burlington nominated as a County Committee lor the ensuing year : Carolus Noyce of Burlington, William Harmon of Shelhurne, and A. J. Crane of Huntington. Samuel Huntington of Burlington, Ezra Jleech of Shtlburne, and E. B. Andrews of Richmond, were also nominated. A motion was however adopted that the chair appoint a committee of five to report a County Committee. E. H. Wheeler of Cliarlotte, Henry Rolfc of Burlington. C. A. L. Spraguo of Willis ton, Rev. C. E. Ferriu of Ilinesburgh, and A. R. Duncan of Colchester, were appointed such nominating commitU-e,and they report ed the names of Samuel Huntington of Bur lington, Ezra Jleech of Shelburne.and E. B. Andrews of Richmond, who were elected. A series of resolutions was then read by the Secretary, after which the 'convention adjourned. Total Aksti.ne.nce Societt. At the meet ing held Jlonday evcning,pursuant to notice, in the 1st Calv. Cong. Church,Judge Itennett called the Assembly to order, and the meet ing was organized by the election of Rev. James Buckham, Chairman, and John II. Converse, Secretary, pro tern. After prayer by the Chairman, Jlr. J. S. Adams stated the object of the meeting, and called for the report of the committee ap jointed to prepare and present a Constitution. Hon. Jlilo L. Bennett, for the committee, reiiorted a Constitution and Pledge, which, after debate, was accepted and adopted. A committee, consisting of Jlessrs. J. S. Adams, A. K. Ballard, and Henry Rolfe, was appointed to nominate officers of the So ciety ; who reported the following nomina tijn : President, JIilo L. Ukn.natt ; Vice Presi dents, Rev. N. P. Foster. L. G. Bicelow: Secretary, Joux H. Converse ; Treasurer, James .Mitiuell; Efcvtire Committee, E. A. Filler, A. rvmuvLL j X "Rat, L. JI. Haoar, C. A. SUH.tt The r poll was accepted, and the gentle men Ukmcd elected. Jlr. L. G. Bigelow, on his own request, was exceed hum sejving as one of the Vice Presidents, a.ul A. A. Harrington elected in bis place. Jlr. J. S. A: i.iio t r:. uiade i-mir earnest and ltrcible rt-uj i t iti-cm-ity and teuefit of such .in tutc.piii-c ; and titt, meet ing adjourned alter singi.-.g and benediction. The pledge, which pruvides lor total ab stinence from all intoxicating drink u a bev erage, was circulated during the meeting, and some two hundred and twelve names, including both ladies and gentlemen, secured. Referring to the Jleeting of the'Tetnper ance League on Friday evening last, the Times of Jlonday morning sayB r The speeches of Messrs. Adams and Huntinz- ton are reported to us as being exceedingly rich and forcible, especially that cf the former gen tleman, who urged that the "members ot the League should tie on hand earlu. March .Veetina and that tkty must see that only those represent ing the tieu-s of the league should ie elected to vieojneet o; Selectmen and Town Grand Ju rors. In this connection Mr. Atlam nimnl Judge Bennett as a fit candidate for Grand Ju ror. Uoth gentlemen gave Mr. Hi Chittenden, the present Town Aeenfrarticular fits irnre- senting that he sold "drink" illegally. Mr. Chittenden, who is a member of the League, made "nary response" to these charse. The speech of Jlr. Adams i the firt mkb intimation that we have had of the determination of the "Lcacaers" to attenmt tn mnlrnl ttu coming election of town officers. It is but justice to say that we are informed that several earnest prohibitionists, members of the League, do not agree with Jlr. Adams in dragging the temper ance question into politics. Of course this move ment cannot fail to lead to a counter one on the part of independent citizens, and the JIarch Jleeting will be apt to be a "musical af fair." The tone of the Times' remarks indicate plainly enough that the writer has no sym pathy with any earnest attempt to have the prohibitory law faithfully enforced in thi town. There are several inaccuracies in the statement of the TSmeas to what was said l glectful of their own dutiea in this respect, , and easy disfavor the performance of the du tks prescribed for others. Neither the re mrks of Mr. Adams nor those f any other person went further tbsa to urge on all friends of Temperance and good order whether members of the League -or fcot to d all in their power to bavc elected at JIarch Jleeting officers whv will both do their own duty and encourage others to do theirs. This is no more dragging the temperance question into politics, in the common sense of the terms, than it would be to insist that Koad Commissioners should be elected who will perform the duties required of them by law, and Selectmen should be elected who will not be slack in teeing that they do it faithfully and so of all other officials in the service of the community. The simple ques tion is shall the voters of this Town elect at JIarch Jleeting officers who will faithfully and heartily .o their official duties the en forcement of the prohibitory law, among the rest or officers who from unw illingness or indolence will refuso or neglect to perform an important part of them ? The " indepen dent citizens," of whom the Tinifj speaks as likely to go counter to such a movement, will be those who wish to 1 left free to act " indrendent"' of the laics of the State, and that is the whole of it. From the Burlington 7Vibm Kditor of the Times : Dear Sir : Alio me to correct, in your col umns, one or two statements of the article in this luvrmiig's Times, in reference to the meeting of the League on Friday evening last: as that arti cle, without erhais any intention on the part of the writer, may give rise to unfair and injurious inference, unless corrected. It was not urged, as stated, that only those re presenting the views of the League should be el ected to the offices of Selectmen and Town Grand Jurors." It was urged that men who would faithfully and iearlessly perform their duty in the procecution of offenses against the prohibi tory law, as against all other laws, without refer ence to parly, should be elected to the offices of Town Grand Jurors and Constables. The Bur liiigton Times, under your direction, will never g-iinsay that proposition, I know. Nothing was said of the election of Selectmen m the next March meeting, and for three suffi cient reasons, 1st, The Selectmen now havenoth iug to do in the enforcement of the prohibitory la, -d, No objection ha4, to the knowledge of the speaker, ever been made to the official action of the present board of Selectmen. 3d, The speaker referred to believes that the town never had a more efficient board of Seietmeu than those now in office. It is true that, as an illustration of the diffi culty of enforcing the law with officers hotiIe to it, reference was made to the well kuown fact that when, under the old law towns were liable for the costs of prosecution, the law was render ed partially inoperative by the refusal of the Selectmen to allow sufficient fees to the execu tive officers. No nomination of Town Grand Juror was made, as is stated. The frequent failure of moral and good men to carry out their principles at the ballot tax was alluded to, and it was said that if as unexceptionable a man as Judge Bennett was nominated as Town Grand Juror, he would be defeated in March meeting, unless the public mind was stirred up by discussion, and voters friendly to the enforcement of the law were ready LU UU IUCU UUU &l IUC UU1I3. Mr. Adams made no reference whatever to the Town Agent, and Jlr. Huntington simply stated, as a fact, that when the keeper of a billiard sa loon in Burlington recently declined to furnish whiskey to certain young gentlemen, they pro cured a bottle at the Town Agency, and did rather pointedly intimate a doubt whether the playing of billiards was a "mechanical" pursuit for which Town Agents, under the law, are ex pected to furnish whiskey. If an effort to secure the re-election of our pre sent 1st and 2d constables, already threatened for their faithfulness as police officers, and the election of two good and reliable men as Town Grand Jurors, without reference to what party they may belong to, is an effort " to control the election of town officers," or to " drag the tem perance question in politics," then whom has the League offended? It cannot be that the Times, which has so fre quently and forcibly contended that the apathy of the friends of temperance in regard to the en forcement of the prohibitory law, and the non enforcement of that law, were convincing argu ments in favor of its repeal, can reasonaUely ob ject to an earnest and fair effort to show that the law can be enforced, and that a majority of the citizens ol Burlington wish it to be enforced. Please insert the above and oblige Yours, truly, J. S. Adam. Burlington, Feb, 8, 181. For the Free Tress. "Strengthening Hitters." Occasional evasions of prohibitory law, and of temperance professions, and of temperance pledges are, no doubt, still to be expected, in spite of" Leagues." There is, ho ever, yet one one wide break in the defences which the friends of humauity are attempting, for the protection of the poor inebriate, which needs looking after. When all other sources of supply fail, the thirsty tippler finds ea'y access to the Drug-shop and the Drug-shop never fails to furnish the bottle of miserable rum or whiskey, with its modicum of i something to disguise it and lo! its all right , The bad rum is transmuted, and become a bona J fide medicament, " Strengthening Bitters." It is very lawful and very profitable to sell it When will our advertising newspapers, espe cially our religious papers all of them of course, fast friends of temperance when will they re linquish the profits of their complicity with this and its legion of pestilent and confederate humbugs ? Delieicji Tremens. Burlington, Feb. 8th, '64. Quite possibly some of the medicines to which our correspondent refers may be little more than rum in disguise. Our correspond ent, from bis professional position, has Utter opportunity for judging than we have, who never purchased or tasted of any of them in our lives. Jledicines, like many other useful articles made for sale, sornetimes may be used dishonestly by those disnonestly disposed. It is for those who know of such dishonest uses to detect and expose them. Analyzing medi cines does not fall within the province of the publishers of newspapers. Correspondence of the Free Press. Letter from Washington. Washisotos, Feb. 6, 1864. JJsar Free Press ; A prominent topic of conversation and con gratulation among Vermonters in this city last night, was the high credit done to himself and to his State by Hon. Feed's E. Woodbbidge, of Vermont, in his maiden speech upon the floor of the House. He spoke upon the import ant and difficult subject of confiscat ion, now oc cupying so much of the attention of Congress. You know what a sort of Babel the National House of Representatives is, members talking to each other here and there, writing away in their desks, clapping for the pages, reading the papers, &c, and as a general rule rarely inter mitting these occupations, though some worthy member may be beating the air, and shouting forth a labored and as he doubts not a most im portant speech. It must be something much more than ordinarily interestinir or able, which seizes the universal attention of the Hoase. It was especially gratifying consequently. yesterday, to see, as Jlr. Woodbridge opened his subject. the members dropping their writing and reading conversation, their faces turning towards th Peller &nd " HoUse becoming hashed to silent attention. It is the highest compliment that can be paid to a speaker on the ioor, and it was paid to Mr. Woodbridge in a degree not as yet equalled, as I am assured, this session. I will not attempt a report ot Mr. Wood- bridge s speech. The papers and the Globe win give you that, and I presume you wiU find portions well worth transferring to your col- vur. I may indicate its nurnort. however. h a saying that the ker corabatted earnestly the view "recently advanced 'by tfeaideus Stevens of Pennsylvanut, vlzt Viat the rebels are "alien enemies" anA to be treated accordirgly. He showed that under that aspect of the case there was no ground for a Confiscation act, the only law applicable to the case being the Law of Na tions. He argued that there is no right of se cession and consequently no taking of a State out of the Union; that inhabitants of those States are simply rebels ; that the duty of alle giance on the part of the citizen and the duty of protection of his property on the part of the Government are co-relative, and that the for feiture of such protection and rights of proper ty properly follow from the abandonment of al legiance. He urged the propriety of the confis cition of the estates of the rebels in fee simple, and found no prohibition of such confiscation in the Constitution. He argued that the clause in the Constitution forbidding any punishment of treason to work corruption of blood, or forfeit ure, beyond the life of the offender, must have had reference to entailed estates, in which the occupant had tnly a life interest. The framers of the Constitution could not have intended to limit the forfeiture of real estate to the short j riod which might elapse between the conviction of the traitor and his execution on the gal lows: nor, when granting to Congress the power to punish by imposing a fine which should ab sorb his whole e-Lite, could they forbid the for feiture of his estate directly. They restricted the punishment to the actual personal interest of the offender, and they intended it should reach his whole interest. He was not moved, he Mid, by the crocodile tears or the members of the other side of the House, over the anticipated ruin of the wives and children of traitors. He reminded them that by the high authority of Jehovah the jealous God who visits the sins of fithers upon the children the consequences of guilt may fall upon the off-pring of the guilty. Attending in a sentence or two, to the case of each of the lending speakers on the Opposition side' of the house, lie' hurled Kick their sneers at New England, with full interest of scorn and invective. Each got a broadside, individually, while as a class tbey were whistled down he wind as the " Bourbons of our day, who learn nothing and forget nothing." He closed wilh a glowing peroration, in whicii he vindicated the patriotism of New England. Jlr. AVoudbridce was warmly congratulate!, at the close of his speech.by many of the members, and his constituent may be congratulated on the mark thus early mode by their represeiitv live. I have left myelf little room to speak of other matters of interest. Senator Foot of Vermont addressed one of the regular public mcetincs of the National Loyal League of this city, in their Hall Wednesday evening. He was very warmly received, for be is well known and deservedly popular here, and raide a hearty and excellent speech, recounting the progress of our arms, the mightier progress of public sentiment, and de picting the approaching downfall of the rebellion. and triumph of the cause of Freedom and the I jj,, .Yours. G. Vermont Items. Elcazar Jewett of St. Albans was killed on Satnrday, while Masting logs, by a prema ture explo-ion. His brother assisting him was seriously injured. II. E. Bradford of Bennington while pouring muriatic acid from a carboy was bad ly burned by the acid's taking fire from his lamp, the Bennington Banner says. More likely the fluid in bis lamp exploded, for muriatic acid will not take Ere, at all. On the 21th alt. .Mrs. Wilder of Ludlow an old lady of 7b, fell part way down the cellar stairs, brui-ing her severely and cutting her head oj.n, but she will probably get over it. Joseph Falarde, w hibt at work with a cir cular saw slitting ioels. in Wrgeniws some time since, was knocked down and hi- head badly cut. A jein.1 was aoeidciitally moved so as to be caught by tbc saw and tho other end flew up into Jlr. Falarde's face. Lewis Dipper of Vergennes had a leg bro ken, last week, by a fall while scuflling. Jlise Bell of Swanton, a young lady of 17, inhaled laughing gas at an Exhibition in that place some time since. On the 3d inst. she died.it i said from the effects of the gas. Mic had been apparently in good health. On tbc 21th of Jan., Jlr. Dexter, mer chant at Wait River, having emptied a bar rel of kerosene oil, put a candle to tho bung, when the barrel blew up, knocking Dexter over the counter ami doing him serious in jury. The vajwr of iinproierly refined ker osene is quite inflammable As Z. C. Ellis of Fairhaven, and Jlrs. Hannah Dyer of Rutland, were riding in a covered carnage from the depot last week Friday, the horse a blind one became un manageable and ran off the end of a bridge ten feet into the water below. A bvstander named Lama rushed In and seizing the horse's head turned him towards shore, so that all parties wero saved. A. J. Fullam, of Springfield, has invented a machine for shearing sheep by steam, and is very sanguine of success. C. E. Welling, of the firm of Thatcher A Welling, has been appointed Postmaster at North Bennington. The Manchester Journal of tho 2d inst., says that many of the farmers tapped a few maple trees last week and made small quan tities of syrup and sugar. S. S. Rockwell of Cornwall, gold a lamb some time since to Dexter Ewing of Alden, N. Y., for $700, and Jlr. Ewing afterwards refused a hundred dollars for his bargain. The newly discovered copper mines near Corinth Center have lately been sold to Winslow S. Kyle, Esq., of Boston, for six teen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The Windsor Journal says a company of Boston gentlemen will commence developing the mines early in the spring. On the 29th ult. the house of Benj. Han cock of Glover, was entered by burglars and $1000 stolen lrom bis pantaloons. The Bellows Falls Time says : " Tho amount of sickness and fatality in some neighborhoods in this countv h.m Irmnw .... , , . . . ,, 1 quite alarming, and much anxiety naturally ( prevails. The disease is a new one, or per- haps an old one re-appeared, called tbc spot- 1 ted or black fever, and takes its victims very I suddenly." ! ' A Temperance League was organized at in Waterbury on Friday last, with a constitu tion similar to that adopted here. James Green was clioscn President. At Rutland Jlonday morning, there was an alarm of fire, at the Gas'works. A plug bad been accidentally left out, and the stream of gas took fire when it reached a light, across the room. The gas was imme diately shut off, and one of tho workmen ruslnng in plugged the hole, burning his bands badlv in so doing. No serious damage was done' William R. Joslyn has liecn ordained as Consfrei-atinnal i.rmcl.er. n.l inat-ilbvl ..f.. the Society in Berlin. . ... r ,,t , J 1 T t 1,1, I , , - ,in , -,i,fi at the advanced ago of 99 years. G months. 0 .lava II id ennmspd to liave UCCn the'last Revolutionary pensioner living in Vermont. Retort or SoLniERs Am Societt, for the months of Dec., Jan., and FeK Articles made and sent to N. E- W. A. A., 22 Summer St., Boston, for Sanitary Commission : Woollen Shirts, " Drawers, " Socks, Bed Quilts, Slippers, 1 Dressing Gown, 2 Bottles Wine, 1 Package Dried Plums, 1 Cotton Shirt 133 65 175 9 21 Thirty-Kighth Congress- rirt Session. WASurxoTOK, Feb. 3. Se.vate. On motion of Mr. Carlisle, the re port of thc Committee on the Judiciary in the I lale case was adopted, and the committee dis charged from its further consideration. On motion of .Mr. Fesenden, the Senate took up the House revenue bill as reported from the Finance Committee with amendments. The Senate adopted an amendment to the Revenue bill, levying a tax of sixty cents on all spirits sold or distilled and removed for con sumption or s de previous to thc first of July next. The further consideration of the revenue bill whs postponed until to-morruw, on motion of Mr. ffeudricks. The bill repealing acts allowing foreign gouds to be imported into Canada through the United States, or exjiorted from Canada through the United States, was referred to the Foreign Com mittee. The bill establishing a uniform ambulance system was pa-sed. A resolution was introduced, equalising thc frty of soldiers. A communication was receive" 1 from the Post master General relative to the failure of mails between Washington aud New York. Referred. Hoi"sc The House resumed the consideration of the resolution amendatory of the contVscation bill. The bill for the construction 'vf a ship canal around Niagara Falls in New York, was referred. The House went into committee on the Amendatory Enrollment bill. After the debate closed the committee ro ceeded to vote on the amendments. The amendment,to strike out the Slflft clause was airreed to. thus leaving it at s3IU The folloTting clau-e was struck out of the bill : "And if any drafted man shall pay money for procuration of substitute, such payment "shall operate only to relieve such persons from oraft in filling out that quota, and his name shall be retainol on rolls in rilling future quotas." Without further action the committee ruse. W ashisgtos, Feb. 4. Senate. Various petitions and memorials were presented. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the joint resolution equalizing the pay of soldiers in the I . S. army m lis taken up. Mr. Wilson explained at length the grievances sunertsl by the colored troops. The debate was coulinutd at considerable length. tin motion of Mr. Fes-enden the reenue bill was taken up. Mr. Hendricks moved at. autendoient insert ing forty cents per gallon instead of eveoty cents cn liquors distilled and sold or removed tor consumption or sale after July 1st, lMVI. and forty instead of eighty cents after Jan. 1st, 165. He supported his amendment at length. Mr. Hendricks' a meal meet was rejected. Mr. lA-oliule moved to recommit the bill with instructions to report proviso taxine liquor on hand prior to July 1st, 21) cents per gallon; re jected, 14 against 2. The bill as amended by the finance committee wis then passed. The Senate adjournol till .Monday. Hocse. Jlr. Stevens reported a hill making appropriations tor the construction, preservation and remir tst ftwfiflrfttintiM nml ttefrnraa ftkr th year ending June 1366. Mr. kasson introduced a bill relating to the capture of ootton and the aisptaitioa thereof; refrmd to committee on ways and mews. ! The printing committee reported in tavor of j printing ten inouMnu copies ot toe toragn cor- i resilience of the State lXrtH.t. Ifesolution -tdopted calling on the Secretary of the Navy for the report of the Advisory ItMrdof lHi2, withallaeeompinyingdoeumeuts, instruc tions, testimony, memorials and protrsls connect ed therewith. On motion of Mr. Noble the committee on pensions were instructed to consider the proprie ty of giving bounty lauds to all -oldwrs of the present war. The House resumed the Consideration of the amendatory coo fi .cation bill. Mr. Woudbndge argued in favor of restraining the jiersons of rebels anil confiscating their prop erty. Jlr. Cox of Ohio, moved to lay the resolution on the table; motion disagreed to by 71 against b8. Iieusiion and fillibustering motions, evident ly designed to prevent action on the coaftseation resolutions, oaeupied more tbin an hour, votes being taken by yeas awl nays. At a quarter of 5 adjourned. Wasuinotox, Feb. 5. Senate net in session. Hoc'E. The cw-ideratiott of the joint reso lution explanatory of the joint resolution of July 17, 1S62, relating to the Confiscation Act, was resumed. ' After much debate the resolution wit adopted by a vote of b2 a gaunt 74; awl the House ad journed till Monday. Washi.votox, Feb. S. Senate. Jlr. Trumbull presented a memorial asking the establishment of a Western Naval De pot at Cairo; referred. Mr. Sumner presented a memorial of the colored j men of Philadelphia, asking the privileges of the . elective franchise; referred to the committee on I freedmcn and slavery. j .Mr. bumner introduced a joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States, so I of Bacon's Philosophical works which wero that all persons shall be equal under the law, I written by him m Latin. It will be welcome wlaether white or colored; and no person shall , . hereafter be held under bondage; referred to the I to many studtnts, who are not sufficiently judioiary committee. familiar with the language in which they Jlr. Anthony moved to repeal the joint resolu-' .. . . . .u . r .l tiontoamendtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates, "cre "nttKa t0 "-ter , in that form, the approved JIarch 2, 1861. Referred to the judi- I thoughts of tho author clearly and with case, ciary committee. This amendment would give , Tlie translations contained in this volume, power to Congress to abolish slavery throughout I , , , . . the country. arc those of the Great Instauration , The Jlr. Davis presented a petition of citizens of New Organon ; Tho Preparative towards a rebel "netiWloSf1 Cmp4Mtioa for bJ j Natural and Exrriinental History;, and Jlr, Pomeroy presented a memorial from thc t Books 2d and 3d of Thc Dignity and Ad Kansas Legislature, to indemnify citizens of that ' v.iiK-ement of Leurnin" State for losses by guerrilla raids; referred to , , military committee. I A,ro mare volumes, the (lib. and lOtli. will Jlr. Wilson presented a petition of volunteers .complete thc work the 11th to the 15th of 1862, praying : for'a bounty of 25 dollars; re- , in,i.,;r-. i: ,u ,!' s.,ki..i., ferred to the militarv committee. Jlr. Sumner introduced a bill repealing all laws-for the rendition of fugitive slaves. Enabling bills to organize Territories of Nevada and Colorado were referred to the Territorial Committee. A Jlessage was received from tho President, declining to transmit the correspondence relative to the reciprocity treaty between the United States and the Sandwich Islands. Hocse. Jlr. Spalding, of Ohio, introduced a bill for the repeal of the fugitive slave law. Re ferred to the judiciary Committee. Jlr. Cobb introduced a resolution, which was passed, tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen. W. T. Sherman and the officers and men under his command. Thc House then went into Committee of the Whole on the enrollment bill, which was debated until adjournment WAsnixoTox, Feb. 9. Sexate. Jlr. Sumner presented petitions of ' 17,776 ladies of New York, 15,380 It Illinois. and 11,611 of JIass. and a duplicate number of Ptil,S for ,hc entire abolishment of The introduction of the petition caused a spicy I and interesting debate between Jlessrs Sauls- ! burr. Sumner. Wilson. Johnson anrt fYnnp i which the action of the Senate on the Critten- j aen compromise was discussed at length. jir. snerman inirtxluced a mil. which was referred to the finance committee, prohibiting speculations in gold, silver and foreign exchange. ano tor oiner purposes. Mr I'nwrll mimlnml bin .m.-ii-- .t. ... - - . b "'v Constitution so as to provideanew method of, electing the President of the United states. .air. ilson reported back the bill in.Kraueoi.iet. oenerai wita amenaments 1 -a-. ... . SrSSS: ? ryofGen. Grant for the position. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of ' the bill for the promotion of enlistments, which ' was discussed by Jlessrs. Doolittle and ltichard- son. ' IIocse, Jlr. Hotchkiss of N. Y. introduced! i ,Tc!n.?'J.7"Vn,h? fm 111 WH ,ll1.l tin tin. Louisiana Concrce-;! sional election case. JIf mi u , fiTor of his t0 . scat! from that Slate . i o- ..ilrf 1 f ..1..I.1 IU iwvl ine HOUSe oy CI BgauiSk mwijmu ; i -rcsrucifc uiwi.i w.itwj.1.1 , , .v w . v.. - u , " lution reported from the ouimittee on elections, , , D Secretary-J . E. FitzGcrald ; I force .vlAt from the Army ..f tin- Pot,,..,., that Air. Field is not entitled to a scat frora ' Itlil tl' mnsHfemblK eHniurfm.lii.x t,n Louisiana. ' Treasurer Josejih JIcLaughlin. i am at irtuV Ford .. the lUpn!..o. .. The House went into committee on the enroll- , .iibern;an Society propose to vibrate i mg the day, and at 5o'rl-k in theatt. , mentbiU. , - ,f- v , , . I musketry begun, ami wnlinuod until di Mr Kern an of N. Y. offered an amendment, j the coming St. IMtnck's rijy, larch,Ii . by t -exempting from Redraft clergymen who are not I n ;on in thc rorenoon, with music, i Private inf..-iiMlin, direct lr..in t cnzured in trade or secular business. . 1 . 1 , nooga, is to th effect that s-vrni' After deUto Jlr. Keman's amendment .was J. passing through thc principal etrccw, anu a , thouj;h jj, , n forar Daiow : rejected. The committee disagreed to n j nupjicr in the evening- The ladies of St. j body uf the- rebel army vvn at K :a . amendment that in assigning the quota of f Koman Catholic! church in this 1 un4rr JonnstMr VI titter tact is . . troops credit should be given to States and , XJ Oonian tutbolic; cnurcn m counties from which men nave ennsiea in voe , military organizations ot other aiaies. Fernando Wood offered an amendment ex empting from the draft all who from conscien tious disbelief in the humanity, necessity, or eventual success of tilts war are opposed to its further prosecution, ic. The committee rejected this, 23 against 103, and refused to strike out the cliuse, which pro poses to consolidate the two classes, 45 against 09. The committee rose without concluding ac tion on thc bill, and the House adjourned. New 1'uMicntinn. Habter's New .Monthly JIagazine, for Feb ruary, Has an attractive table of contents. Thc leading article, Simon Kenton, is a memoir of one of those daring adventurers, of whom the early history or the Western States has so much to say. Episodic Fanning is a lively narrative, by a little Frenchman of the city, of his experience in fanning. Jlehitable Rogers' Cranberry Swamp is a Cape Cod story, tho stirring part of it being thc sca experience of two brothers. Trollope's Small house at Allington is continued. Thc Jlonthly Record of Events, Editor's Drawer, ic. accord with tho times. For salo by Fuller. Daring and Sufeerivg. A History of the Great Railroad Adventure By Lieut. W. Pittenger, one of the Adventurer. Phil adelphia : J. W. Daugbaday. In the fore part of Ajril, 1302, twenty two persons, all but one or two in thc United States Military Sorvioe, were detailed from the Union forces, at JIurircebro', Tcnn., who, undtr the charge of one who had exj. ricnoe in the secret service, penetrated to I the c nine ( thc Rebel Confederacy, tbeir object l-ing, by adroitness or force to seize ' the engine, tender and fwggage-cars of train at or near Atlanta, in (joorgia, and to make their way rapidly thenee to Chattanoo ga and beyond, burning tho bridges on their flv ing route, and thus to swer effectually the connect ioohet ween tne East and Beauregard's forced at Corinth, am thus ta laake the re gum clear for an important movement of the tM I'uiou turces in Eaat Tenuec-w. Tlie ent. i prizi- sioccetded so far as the soiaure of the train was concerned, and with tbeir prut th'- daring adienturers, sped their way li irtnwani, rutting tlie telegraph wires tipic'.cut communication from being sent alieid of tliem. Unexpectedly, however. tbev bad soon to uicet an unusual number i of freight trains, by whicii tbey were so de layed that the accomplishment of their main 1 purjjw was frustrated. On the point of j being overtaken by a puisuing train, tbey i had, after a run of about 12 Bailee, tu seek : safety by a scattered llight intu the wuods lint the country was soon thoroughly arous ed all around tlstui, and thev all were ue- cersrrely eaiitured, after severe safTeriDg' from hunger awl e3isure. A subjection to gro i,rfi;.Ditiw and abuse, aud confinement . , . , 1(1 loathsome dungeons (where they found loyal Tennesseans long immured for the r r.. :. . i . . i . , Cnm of rafu?,nS to tra,Wr ""Mutely followed. Boatcn and starved by tbc inhu man rebels wbo liad them in their po-sci-.ion. eight of them ere long underwent the mock ery of a trial, and were barbnrouiy hung. A like fate awaited thc otkers, though the form of a trial had not ln gone through with. In a boh! attempt o e-cape certain death, eight ol them succeeded ; the other six were retaken and sent to Richmond; and finally, after eleven months of unexampled suffering and outrage, they were exchanged and restored to their friends, who had long supposed them dead. The book before ua was written by one of the survivors, and is a vivid narrative of their daring, their suf ferings and their endurance. It will lie read with inten-e interest, ami will give fresh views or the atrocious character of the men engagod in the rebellion against the rightlul guierninent of tbeir country. For sale by Huntington The Woik.9 or Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, 4c., Vol. VIII Boston: Tag gakd .t I'HOvrso.N. 1?63. We have sjsikcn so many times of the Ixnuty and excellence of this edition of Lord Bacon's Works, edited by Jlessrs. Studding. Ellis Heath, that we have no need to re jjcat our former praise. This volume is oc cupied with translations in English of some All the volumes printed arc obtainable of Fuller. Severe Aitlictiox. ffn. R Rouse, of Saltille, Nebraska, fo.merly of Hincsburgh, Vt., writes that on the 5th of December ho awoke in the night and found his houe on fire His family, which were eiok at tho time, his children with scarlet fever, and his wife having a babe only two days old, he got into an open wagon and drove to his neigh bors, twelve miles, where he got them in for a few days. On tho 10th ol December his oldest daughter died, aged about 12 years, and on the 13th a boy of 8 years, and on the 25th another girl aged 5 years also died. When he returned to his place to get his cattle, he found his oxen dead, and his son, who accompanied him, froze himself so bad ly as to be unable to walk Ile SAVS thnt bin nrnviftinna V, T . ,l , r, , . v.uhiiiu ti.iv household stuff were all burnt. Sentinel. Thc World's New Orleans letter of the oOtli ult., says . I have just had an inter view with a person who left the Lalt Pontsh- I artrain expedition the day liefure yesterday. I He reports the u umber now there at eight 1 thousand, and says they have not yet gone as far as Covington. Ho s.iy further, that the troops aro busy i throwin" un intrenchments. ami that tb. ..:.!:..:.. ,i.. .' r j ' ..... n.'.r niiwijn ..mi. any iorwaru move- . ment will 1 attempted. There is a lar . body of conrederaie cavalry, some fou'r rrtrhu1a,L.r --- ti... ' l auwurmiu, urj licttin, iui: IlTtr. .JUL IlPIIflPr Xfcy'EZ ieen to witnoraw uie troiips lrom tlw vices a ,. dLcaoa' of tue " ' promote re- cnI'stm"'t- , n . , ,. Tin; dietary ol ar will this week i-sue nu order to raise the cavalry and infantry regiments to ih. men each Iiycnnsj.Iidation. j ... been formed rnwer tins name in Burlington, . - . Tl 7 i T t. I piace. wo unuersutnu, mieuu uiptm" with n, handsome Irish banner, and an invi- tation has been sent to Gen. T. F. JloagUr to deliver an addretw on tbc eosaion. The Society already numbers about a bun- I dred and will of coarse; be largely increased. St. Patrick's day will bo a gnat day with out doubt, and the exercises will attract many from the neighboring towns. Tuk JIaldeni Jlt'EOER. Tho murder of Frank E. Converse in the Bank at JIaldcn, JIass., which excited so much attention wmc timc since, it has bcvti ascertained was com mitted by thc Postmaster vf the place, E. W. Green. Detecting Iiave been following his movements for svrae time, ami he was anest ed on Sunday. He confessed the murder and told wlwre most of the stolen money was con cealed. He stated that on the morning of the mnrder he made two visits to the Bank. On his first visit be (band a conductor theres -who left a pair of skates. The second visit was at lljo clock, upon entenng the Evuk this time he passed into the Director's Itoom and findiag no one theredrew a six-barrelled Smith & Wesson revolver, placed tlie muzzle withinz about a foot ol Converse's head and fired. Con verse was standing with his back to him at the time, and the ball passed into his head bock of the ear. He said Converse reeled and fell to the floor, whereupon he discharged a second barrel at him, the shot taking effect in the temple. He says he purchased the revolver at Mr. Reed's store in Boston, purchasing ammanition at the same time. He loaded it, and two days before the murder put it in his pocket and earned it constantly ahont his person. After committing the murder he loaded the two dis charged barrels and threw the remainder of thc ammunition away. lireeu was brought to ltustou and pfciccu j in the Tombs. He is a man of small stature, be-i ing about five feet high, ami is 27 years of age. llefaas a wife and an infant child but three or 1 four months old. The agony of his wife upon ! becoming acquainted with the arrest of her bus- j band for the murder, was of the most heart-ren- ' ding description. From the first. Green manifested the greatest ' indiuVrence, and ufton being locked up for the night coolly inquired the time of otfieer Heath, ; saying that his watch had run doWn, e et his watch and was then locked up. Hb appear- anoe does not exhibit any signs of the cool vil lain that he has been proved to be. He was , bii in much esteem in Maiden, as the respoesi- i We position that he heM will testify. ' He had no suspicion whatever that the officers j were upon hvs track. Jleteorologicnl Table, January !tr4. bt pRor. jic'k. rtriT. Locality University of Ywraoat Lat 4127 Long. 73 W ; Hmtjoaafeva tide-water 37 feet abave Like ChampWa 277 fret llocas or Ossebvatmv t A. M., S P. Jt. P. 31. i'MCaaoMCTER n lABOM' ETRR. niRECVIOlV AND force or wnaa. s 7j..Jr..9 p.m. farm.) HiBiRpuv SocnrrV.-'-An awocbtioriwias ' SWI s SW3I 7 SW2 2 SWI 2 SKI 9 SW3 9 SWI 3 S1I0 SW3 6 MS 3 m SW3 10 MV4 10 SWI 7 SWI 1 I SWi 10 ! SKI 3 bW3 6 S W2 10 , SWi 8 8W2 3 SV4 I MV2 4 i . i" SW2 - SWI 10 SW3 1 SW2 0 SI 17 SI 10 Averaza temperature of the month 21 35. Greatest cold 20c below zero. Ran? of thermometer 20 to 41 equal to 62. Average of January 1663, 233.91. " " " foriUyoara pait,20 J3. Amount of water for January 1564, 1.43 Inches. Fall of snow, 16 Inches. Avenge height of the Barometer,29Js6 fnches. Range of Barometer, 30.141 to 29.990. The Hartford Fire. The loss bv the burning of Colt's Pistol factory at Hartford is estimated at nearly a million and a half of dollars. The ad'snninn buildinc. the rifle- factory, was saved. In the office, which was also buriieu. was irorrtv valued at atlkl - 1 000, consisting of finished rifles. pitol, and . materials. At least 300.000 worth of this ! property was destroyed. Near 100,000 wortn oi tnis naa been removed from the ar- 1 morv. In it wen vnlnnhlo ilnvinmi wIiiaI. . 11 win w uiuitksb imjiossioie to replace. The safe was found with contents unin jured. In it arc valuable papers. There is I an inventory which proves that eight bund- red thousand dollars worth of znaehinrrv alone is destroyed, and half as much more of I uu. u.-u tiyifc. , A thousand lathes and milling maehins are among the machinery lost. A nuuurwl original and peculiar machines ' used nowhere else weie destroyed. I Thc coinranv's stock is in si 00 chares 1 -I 37 3t , !.' Ss.06 SJW3 NWI a i 3 ",6i ywa NWl 3 I 13 II ".70 MVI SW 4 13 14 i.NWl NWJ i 7 I'Z 3 "J8.N.VJ SEl 6 10 20 4 "- SWi SW'J 7 -20 -2 -7 1A.06 SKI SEl S. 2 10 9 sa SI SI li 19 s ".ifi;si bWi l la Is 17 -.ft SAV3 SW3 II 17 l 23 J6 S.W2 SWJ I 32 27 "J6 STO SKi U US 31 29 "J bWi SW2 II 29 3 21 "J6 !WI S.WI li 3 , 33 33 ".44 MVI SW2 It It 19 13 ".78 NW2 .NWl IT 20 ' 34 30 " .SB SW3 SW3 IS. 32 1 31 31 .71 SjW2 (i ' 19 27 i X 27 ".10 MV3 JiW2 2 19 , 19 17 ".60 SEl NWJ 21 IS 22 H 30.01 SI SI 22 22 . 31 i 32 29.71 MV3 8W2 SO 32 3S 33 J5.sK sws 21 33 42 4i ".19 SWI SWI 35 38 3B 34 " .21 NW2 J1W2 SS 34 ' 22 IS ".31 SW2 SW2 27 27 3S 32 "St! SE3 SWI 24 23 i 42 40 ".67 SWI SWI 2 3) 20 16 , 30.02 NW3 SW2 y 14 19 24 29.96 SW2 Ml 31 23 IS 2S ".99 SEl SI and it has been in demand, but not ready 1 umns. The loss ot too euruiy in pri-rn-procurable. Quoted at -S300. it reallv tnanded a still higher price. Tho company . navo now anoul sjl.uw.liou at command, and their capital is in shape to enable thcin to rebuild whenever IKcv choose. The insurance on alt the buildings was about. $660,000, of which nbout 60 percent, wilt have to be paiit. How thc fire originated is not certainly stated, It7 coroinfjnccd near an elevator, and the floors being SAvKd with oil, it spread with sucli rapidity that many workmen barely escaped. Hut one man is known to have perished. A dispatch dated Washington, Jlonday, 833-8 : Capt Kolla Gleason, Provost JIarshal in the Id District of Vermont, and lie. J. r. rh.n.llsr Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment in the same district, have been suspended from duty, and are now awaiting examination, for enlisting into the service of the United States men physically disqualified for military duty. , ttlNDOU X.XPRISSIONS. "I'm tired " I had not a wink of sleep ajl night." ! Tenn., will be open to Knoxville in 5 days And yet your bed fellow heard you snore 1 Keports of a wide spread mutiny in the rebel several times. army are afloat. ,,, ,, . . , Deserters from the rebels still keep coming I would not do itor the world." And . i. The Railroad Depot at Chattanooga yet you have done many things equally bad i containing Quartermaster's store., wa toratritlc. I burned on Saturday. Ua- $100,000. "We were untinur knrva in m.i v.. ' Gen. Logan's cxiimlltion has returned to know verr-well th dirt n i shoes. ' A fellow was recently arrested at CImium ch'"'gcd with getting up a swindling circular , announcing a "Grand Gift Iiti.'"' r... k - r 1.- . , ... "-"" v " ron. uuu wounueu soldiers, un- dcr the ratronagc ofthe Ladien of fThiV. The circular announced. 60,000 tickets for' Ub Oa w l.ir.UfU Li) ttn lfli tW Iwart. fit r H.m m;.. 1 .a,::;: T in pri UCwas taking ' a nne imngot it. - . , V "'"'I'b Journal sav, "There is said to be a couple in JctrersoriTille who have l engaged to bo marncd for tbi rt fie yean., but no time occurred within tW iVews ol (lie War. Infjrmatidn 1ms reached Wfilmi-'am. t ! r.ii nliin!:iV fflffrmAtr A hnitin.n.. forceyl w .,, to R0.1M. f,r aiveyan. fupplies w t prevent desertion S.IKX) awl ,0()l men bavins tunw- n,r , liucDsinee thchatlknt Jlission Bulge, f. is nu such alarm at Chattanooga al.lt . svtfcty of our trooi in tin? nehrbborn., .) Kn-Jtville as sceui to prevail el-ewherc nianv of tlie published accounts to tfmt. are characterized as exaggerations lb ier hue between Chattanonra and Knux was uninterrupted. A largo f'twvo itks crossed Tennt-se-rr . I LarkoisVille, Ala. It is rumored that will attack Home, Ga. Forty-nine regiment liave left Jleinj f ,. ; r some point south. Two corps have man . out froni Vicksburg towards Jack"..n heavy cavalry rajtdition has started ! .r : interior of Jlis-issippi, Georgia and AI ' m It is rumored that oil these movement- t- to one result. The N. Y. yttntry asterta that fvbrrui.:ii -expedition comprised tho 13th and 17th U j, wilh 15,IK0 negro troops from Fort Hud. , ana that it is moving on Jackson and JI... , gomery or Jlobile. The combined force wi. reach 70,000 men. A dispatch from Rear Admiral Lee, datt ! Xewjiort News, Feb. 0. says the Soesacu Lt. Commander line, and the Florida, Con, mander Crosby, have destroyed the new aisi fast blockade runner Wild Dayrell. near Topsail Inlet, where she had got ashore an di-cbarged most of her cargo. A private letter Iron Charlotte Harb.r Fla., Jan. 26th-, says A number of trow -under Gen. Woodbury bad arrived at F-a : Kosn. the object lieing to cut off the larta supply of beeves the rebels are taking fmn. Flori.Li. which are at the rate of fifteen hun dred ptr week. The expedition is guided by Lieut. Crane, who was a commissary in the U. S. army during the Florida war, ami who resided there until the rebellion bp ike out, when he was obliged to have on acciut "t bis Cnion sentiment, l.icut. Crane -ass ts intends to take possession f r'ort Myr " the Coluoealiutehie river and ...iln- it t!.e ral lying mint for Union men as w b a g I base of operations From Kanawba we learn thc partic. . of the capture of Gen. Scaium n and staff . the burning of the steamer l-vi Th- I was lying at Winht-ld. on the wst i the nver, when thirty live guerrillas 1 Wednesday nnthl appeared n the shiV. 13 of wtaoiu crossed in a skili ; lissession of th hunt, captnring mon and lrty soldiers and offi. -whom were aideep. lirtr to-. nu-t-wards burned the boat. All on Imi . e roled except General Scaujuio an t other officers. The prisoner were i,".i and sent off into I be ialerior. ur ; -started in pursuit. The Richmond Examtter of F. t .' . ' i the following news : Cha HUSTON, Feb. '2. The sunnier In-: , Capt. Hirrey, from Nassau, Jan. 20th. in atuuptir.g to run in ahou: tvvu o'clock ii i Bnirning. ot ashore t,tf rsuliivan s 1-! .i. 1 and remains immovabie. Most of the cero which is on government account, will saved in good cooditioo. The enemy opemd a htaavy tire on the steamer at dayiigbt and continued it all day. It is believed that the vessel will he a total wreck. The eneruv have discontinued firing on Sumter. One hundred and thirty-six shots have been fired on the city from 5 o'clock yesterday tu morning. Orv.noe t'otat Howf, Feb. 2. Reports! retvived here this evening from several sources state that Gen. Early has captured a furce of Yankee at Petersburg, Hardy coun ty. Va.. estimated at frOO. The Richmond Eiatmntr of the 6th ha- the lollowing .. . . . . - . Une nunilrwl ana twenty lanKee prison-ii from Newbern arrived yesterday. (Prof .5 tne crew f gunboat Underwriter ) - 1 There is great probability that all the news- i P'P1'" ,D ne tonleueracy, except a lew gov- .Mubili. Feb. 4. Our forces occupy Cor- -inth and Jackson. Nothing bad been des troyed there, but everything was carried off. The z'ankee cavalry in strong force crossed the Big Black yesterday anil were met by the Jackson cavalry. A lively fight took place. Charleston', Feb. 5. Thc enemy keep up an occasional fire on Sumter. Six shots were fired yesterday morning, and through last night 30 shots were fired at the city. The enemy's batteries and monitors kept up a slow tire on the wreck of the Presto. JIorhistowx, Feb. 5. Trains are now running to Rogersvillc Junction. There is nothing new from the front. A large force of Yankees, supposed to number about SOiiO, have crossed the Tennessee river near Ger mansv'ille, the object of thc raid being no doubt the destruction of the iron works m Cherokee County. The Sentinel says : Our pickets retireil to wards Kinstofi, N. C. alter the tight .1' Batchelor's Creek. The following are later despatches aix.ut the movement of the artnv ot" the P iijiuai on Saturdav. At f A. JI. Saturdav the 3d cor- 1 ' t th Persian "Un.! .w,.;, ... -. eistanoi ot the enemy crossed, dru.ng t pnemv. and rnntiirinr- inanv ltriMtntls. '. 4 P. JI. thn '2nd irm hariiur crossed i oi.. i the 3d corps, and tho advance wis.vntm... 1 the enema still resisting but in win. 1 fouirht two hours deiratelv. but wer- 1. KL. ,.-.1-... .,,1 ,irt,.Mi,. . suit of this movement is satistactorv a.. 1 other important movements will follow. I Parties arrived from the front Jfmiiav !.' ' noon stated that when our troops passed .- cross at Germania ford tbey tound nit- rei . rifle-pits in that immediate viciniiy occupu I i by 2o pictets. who threw dwn :Lir anus j and surrendered, slating that there was no r I li.il fm within ten miles of their position Immediately there upon our forces pushed a hoad in the direction of Orange Court House, but bad hardly progressed two miles before they were opened on with artillery. Thev attacked the rebel forces working and sup porting these guns. We drove them from their position with considerable loss in killed and wounded and prisoners, our loss in tl.e atfiiir 1 ting 35. The mass of our infantry then rc-croed the Rapidan, leaving a force to Iwld the rifle-pits until the oiorntioiis of our cavalry that had moved by a different route bad terminated, Heavy firing is said to have been beard Sun (ky anJ it Mletd about Culpepper that our cavalry was then engaged with the 1 enemv. Iluntersville without encountering the ene- tuy. The rebel anuy is encamped around Tunnel bill, Dalton and Rome. 105 rebel deserters were regi-tered at Provost Jlar- shal'e office during January. 110 deserters came into our lines on thc 2nd inst. .... . . .... The Richmond Iwimrer savs that totn- . nL . , , - , . ..i iu'.-oner Ould has declartal exchanged all Sf 5?- T -r ,0n"U.7rTt . - . .11 ,r- titr Foint Wiore Jan. lot, nna an omcer- "iZ lor lev! for dutv at Enterprise, JIis., prior to Nov. 12th, 1S63. TheRicliiuind F.vamiucr ol Jlonday tvn tains thc tolluwing : JIOBtLt, Feb. (.. The enemy crossed tl Hig Black yesteribv. His fonaJ consisUd ot six regiments of infantry, two of eavai.y and two t,,, e at the Itailroad bridge a rush armt tsj iafi mi aar uien nn men and IfltEUr titer i bat. were fenoc guar tash he J iten ith ith i th 10 as i Th ent d . clo ere ara M ,rm re i-n icir val no, iert . ai the) ou; de IS 11 lb en Ua ari tV a as; n s -nt ng d t s t ti t e A irg. 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