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WASHINGTON: THUK81JAY, Weekly Natleavl Intelligencer. Br GALES 4c BEATON. JAMES O. W?IXI*Q. ASSOCIATE EDiTOK. The subscription prio?of this paper for a fear is Two Doluih, payable in advance. A redaction of 20 percent.(one-fifth of the full charge will be inade to any oue who shall order and pay lor, at one timq, ten copies of the Weekly paper ; and a reduction of 2 > per cent, (or one-fourth of the full charge) to any one who willorder and pay for, at one time, twenty or more copies. No actoun't being kept for this paper, it will not be aeut to any one unless paid for iu advance, nor any longerthan the time for which it is paid. THURSDAY, DECEMBH R 24, 1863. THE ENROLLMENT LAW. In lefcrring some days ago to the different sug gestions that have been made in regard to the ex pediency of amending the enrollment act passed by the last "ongress, and especially of repealing the " three hundred dollar commutation clause," we intimated that the Report of the Secretary ot War might, by its recommendation or its statistical data, fihed some Hghfcmrthe questions raised under this head. In that report the Seoretary refers to the subject in the followiog terms : " The operation of the act of Congress for enrolling and calling out the national forces is exhibited in the accom panying report of the Provost Marshal General. At the time that law was enacted it was known to be very im perfect, many intelligent persons considering ils execution wholly impracticably wnile few dared to hope for any important benefit. The law has been enforcea in twelve States. It has brought from these States fifty thousand soldiers, and has rai?? 1 v fund of over ten millions for pro curing substitutes. With all its imperfections it is demon strated that the act can be made an efficient means f.?r recruiting our armies and calling out the national forces The principal imperfections and the required amendments will be submitted to Congress through the appropriate committees. The most impoitant to be considered is what is called the three hundred dollar commutation. This feature of the act has been much discussed, and op posing opinions are nearly balanced as to the op-ration and effect of this piovision. While some cla;m t|r,.t it is oppressive upon poor men and favors the rich, others con tend that it places rich and poor on an equal footing, and enables the poor man to obtain exeo>ptiou from military duty for a sum within the teach of every one. Without undertaking to r< conciIe>or decide between these conflict ing opinions, it is certaia that this clause of exemption, as it stands, occasions delay in calling out the military force The drafted man is axempted, et the end of a long pro ceeding, by the payment of a sum of money. Supposing that sum to be adequate for procuring a substitute, con siderable time unavoidab'y elapses before a competent substitute can be procured The question whether this clause shall remain or be stricken out requires the early attention of Congress., The fund of ten millions raised by the act fcs commutation money is deposited with the United States Assistant Treasurers, and is being applied to procuring substitutes by the payment of bounties and premiums." The number of sdldiers obtained by the draft already had under the not amounts to "about 50,000 men." The cxact sum paid under the "commutation olause" was $10,518,000, repre senting 35,060 soldiers. Thus it appears that out of a draft oalling for 300,000 men, only 85,060 recruits were obtained in men, and in money repre senting men to be procured by the Government. It follows, therefore, on the supposition that the draft nad been exhaustively applied, that 364,940 men escaped its operations under other provisions of the aet than that above indicated. For, if fifty per cent, in addition to the number of men demanded had been every where drawn, the whole number of names aotually drawn would have numbered4 50,000. And, by subtracting from this sum the number of recruits obtained and the number who paid their commutation fee, we have a remainder of 364,940, representing the persons who were exempted under various olause* of the enrollment act. And while it is known thit in point of faot the draft was not " exhaustively applied," having been enforced in only twelvo States, it is none the less easy to dis oern, in the light of the faots revealed by these proximate statistics, that the great "teaks" in this law do not reside in the quarter wh.'ch is commonly indicated. Among the causes of exonv^00 *l'ow?d hy the act as it now stands are ali<*'*ge, unsuitableness of age, maintenance of dependant parents, non resident, physical a*d mental disability, and others. It is under^se heads, ooupled with the evasion of many r?o have shirked their obligation after beinp dra^n, that we must look for the souroo of the largo ?feficit in the results of the last draft nd ye lis"5 evety reason to believe that some of these 'n the law have bo?1i in a very con pidefa*"0 degreo stopped by the late regulations of ^c /royost Marshal General, allowing persons to an>oar before an appropriate board in advance of /he draft, and have their names stricken from the enrollment list for good and sufficient omse shown. In this way the lists are pruned of the redun dances which have heretofore impaired the effi oienoy of the Jaw; and we have every reason to ex pect that the next draft., even without any changc being made in the law as it nowstnnds, will yield a inifch larger (return than the last in both men and money. The Provost Marshal Gtncral states this fret in the following cxtraot from his recent report to the Secretary of War. IJe says : " The enrollment of the forces of the United States ne cersnrily it eluded aliens ?? d persons disqualified, for ?ari oi.s reasons, l?.r military duty, beeause the enrolling officer wan not author aed to omit nny oiiA between the ages of twenty and forty-five The draft waa made ?rom the lists thus composed; hence, many perrons drafted were ex rused, Ibus rendering the proportion of those who were held small ns compared with thosei eiempted. Tbis re sult would hare been avoided, and a larger prnjtortiri* of troops would hare been secured, if the law bad required the correcting of the enrollment previous to the dratt, but this would have delayed the draft " THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF OHIO. Y|ie official returns ot the October el?eii?n were can vassed at Columbus on Thursday last by the Governor and other authorized officials. Mr. Brough's majority on the home vote is fil,9i0; on the soldiers' vote 38 9B2 ; making his total official majority 100,882. The clerk of Brown county failed to return the soldi- rs' vote of that county. TJie vote stood 287 for Mr. Brough and 70 for Mr. Val landigham, which, if it had been returned, would have made the majority qI the former 101,099. The total vote Of the State stands as follows : Home Vote?Mr. Rrnugh 247,194 Mr. Vallnndigham .... 18ft,2?4 Sotdiera' Vote?Mr. H ough 41 180 Mr, Vallandighain - . 2218 At(l*X 'te vote of the H'ate, 47ft i*3rt ; of the home vit*? 43 2,4tSr<, of the ??> iu is' i , 43,398. PROVISION FOB FREEDMEN. 1 he attention of our readers, in common with that of all humano persons iu the United States, has been repeatedly united to the destitute and suf fering condition ot tho freedmen within our mili tary lines in the South and Southwest It is well known to all that just so far as our armies advance and occupy the land, the relation of master and slave practically ceases to exist. The masters re treat to the South with a portion of their slaves, j the rest IIoe to our lines for shelter and pro tection, The plantations ccase to be cultivated, and, as has been well said, " all the machinery of life is thrown out of gear, if indeed civil eo oiety is not in a great measure broken up." Of the slaves who come to us, we take the able-bodied and convert them into soldiers and laborers, and then there remain the women and ohildren. These are slaves who, as a necessary result of our military policy in regard to the blacks, have been deprived of their masters, and among these unfortunates are wives and children whom we have deprived of their husbands and fathers. In viow of this military conscription of the able bodied blacks at the South, the New York Times justly argues a national responsibility for the safe keeping and sustenance of the black families thus left wit hout their natural guardians and supporters. To this tffect our contemporary says : " It mutt be remembered that for the peculiar misfor tunes olI these wretched families the uatiou ia not only re motely but proximately responsible. In the little compa nies of refugees which continually entered our line*, there were a Mifncieot number of able-bodied men to have sup ported both the ii firm and the children. But the military exigencies required the services of the men, and they were forced or received into the army. As a natural con sequence, their families were left dependent od public support. Still, even with this unfortunate result of our invasioo, there ueed have been no absolute pauperism or ?uttering bad there been any proper organization for the care and management of thece poor people. Tbey were left, however, to the chance mercies of the officers atd men of the armies, and the only directors placed over them, we believe, were certain chaplains, who, whatever their disposition, had, of course, no police or sanitary powers and no authority to organize labor. Gen. Grant, like a true soldier, has always shown himself most humane and considerate toward these unfortunate refugees: b?it what can a General, at the head of a hundred thousand men, in face of the enemy, do in the management and set tlement of some of the moot intricate social questions? that is, the proper treatment of poverty and the care of the myriads of these black caataways 1" Tho accounts given by army chaplains and others with regard to the sufferings of this depen dant class are of the most harrowing description. They represent that thousands upon thousands of slave women and children, together with infirm old men, are scattered about on the banks of the Mis sissippi, in rough camps, under no supervision, sufl'ering from sickness, exposure, and often hun ger, and dying in startling numbers. Their camps or settlements have no sanitary polioe; they are unprovided with proper clothing or medical atten dance) they depend for food on the charity of the army officers, and no maohinery for providing them with regular work has been oontrived. Among all the dreadful scenes which have accompanied this War, probably nooe have ezoeeded in pathos and suffering some of those displayed in the " freed men s camps' on tho banks of the Mississippi. The reader will find a moving appeal under this head in another part of to-day's paper, from the pen ot the Rev. Mr. Fiske, who speaks from per. sonal knowledge of the destitution and misery he seeks to relieve. Various plans have been suggested for the pro per organization of labor among the freed slaves as a means of making them self-sustaining. The Emancipation Commission have proposed a sys tem of local superintendents under a national superintendent, who shall have charge of the sani tary condition, moral welfare, and industry of all the freedmen of the oountry?the whole, we sup pose, to be responsible direotly to the Secretary of War. The details of this complicated plan were spread before our readers some months ago. Mean while the Secret# ry of War, in his recont Report, benevolently reoommends that they should be main tained as wards and pensioners of the Gavf.rn"* ,p , 1 .aiCDt. J o this effect he says : " The fortunes of war have brou?ht within our lines a Zi "r2 Z ?f0<,l0IXd Wrtn"D- children, and some aged re?t a solemn t?n*t ??*?' ,nPPOrt. and protection W??t a solemn tiust Upon the Government. Their neoes sjtie,i have to some extent been supplied by the order of this Department, but a general and permanent system for their protection and ??pport should be speedily adopted by Confess Even if they are to be regarded .2 iT.Sme degree a burden upon the Government, they are a greater !iil# Every woman and cfcld, from nin* years old to sixty, has to the rebel planter a high market L h.m i T V the <,?tton Be,d ?? ? ""rce of pr, fit f?1?1? h i* not better that we should feed them than afa!n?t*us" '' 'UPP?rt th6 rebd mMU,r wh" '* in Rrm" The wholo subject is fraught with many embar rassments, but we must not forget that while men arc deliberating on the subjeot in Washington the negroes are dying by hundreds in Mississippi. All a^ree that something n^ust be done for their relief. It is not a question of party, but of humanity. It is idle to say that the negroes should not have been reduced to this forlorn condition. The past oannot be recalled, and the present honr haa its duties and responsibilities which all humane men are bound to meet, without distinction of party. Especially is the Government oalled to devise ways and means for coping with exigencies which it has oreated by its military policy. We are enabled to state, on reliable authority, that a letter published In the New York Tribune a day or two ago, purporting to bo a letter from President Lincoln to our Minister in England, Mr. Adams, was not written by the President. The letter being a fabrication, tho alleged conver sation of Mr. Adams with Eafl Russell is, of course, also a fabrication. The customary annual visit of the Justices of f ie Supreme Court of the United States was posV ponod on tho 7th instant on account of the ijlneis o t, ie I resident, but, upon a formal notice that he would be happy to soe them on Thursday, the Judge* of tho Court on that day paid thoir respects to liim, having Air that purpose projeeded in a b:>dy to the hxeoutive Mansion. CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. We published a few day* ago an extract purporting to be taken from a recent private letter addressed by Gen. Meade " to a friend in New Jersey." In thin extract Gen. Meade wrote like a true aoldier, Christian, and patriot. But, is he clearly ii.dictted a p.irpose to watte no blood iu fruitless enterprises merely to propitiate the favor of the surviving members of the " on to-Riehmond" party, it was natural that hia views, a* thus expressed, ahould stir the bile of the New York Tribune, which sup posed ite-lf to ditceru iu the wise military principles avowed by Gen. Meade a r?fl<ctio>i of "the procrasti nating policy and iuconai quential tactica" aacribed by it to Gen. McClellan. And, in order to clinch tbia presuuip tion in the minds of its readers, the Tribuue ventured to auf gt-st that the " friend iu New Jersey" who had received the private letter in question was none other than Gen. McClellan himself. Ergo, the letter waa a very bad letter, and Geo. Meade a very poor aort of General?as some peop.e count good Generals, that is Generals who make large butcher's bills. It came to pass, however, that our discreet contempo rary soon discovered that the said letter was not addressed to Gen. McClellan, but to a " leading Republican" in New Jersey, when, presto, the play changes, and we read the following amende honorable. We quote from yesterday's Tribune : ' We did injustice yesterday to Gen. Meade in presum ing a ^tler of his, quoted by The World, was written to , ? 8n* ? k? original letter?which was to a near relative in New Jersey, a gentleman well known as a lead ing Republican of the State and a very determined sup porter ot the war?has been shown to us. The passage in question, when torn from its context, may be coustrued as in accordance with tbe procrastinating poiicy and in consequential tactics of Gen. McClellan, and such un doubtedly was the malicious intent of The World. But when read as a part ouly of the familiar letter to which it belongs, no such construction can be put upon it." RECAPTURE OF THE CHESAPEAKE. The steamer Chesapeake, whose capture was announced yesterday, was taken on Thursday morning in Sambro Harbor, about twenty miles from Halifax, (N. S ) by the Ella and Annie, Lieutenant commanding J. F. Nickels It seems that her movements have been for some time known to the inhabitants and authorities in Nova Scotia, who, however, had no means of oom muni rati tig with tbe gun boats till the Ella and Annie came in for coal. She was informed of the whereabouts of the Chesapeake, followed her from one hiding place to another, and finally captured her. Only three of the piratical crew were taken, the remainder having fled to the woods at the sight of their pursuers. Lieut. Nickels, after the capture, took his pr'.ze in tow and started for an American port, but the United States steamer Daootah soon came up and ordered Lieut. Nickels and his prite into Halifax, to wait tbe sanction of the act by the Government The three vessels arrived there late in the evening ot Thursday. It is reported that the authorities of Nova Scotia have issued oideri for the arrest of the pirates, and tbat the officers entrusted with tbat duty had been resisted. CAVALRY. General Halleck's statement of the number of cavalry horses destroyed by our army will strike every body with astonishment. A remount for the whole service once in two months is the rate at which our horses are used up, by want of skill and oftefl culpable neglect of the animals. Four hundred and thirty five thousand horses will be need ed for the coming year if tbe evil remains unchecked. The enormous waste o( horses was one of the points which was urged quite early, we believe, by those who wished to see the volunteer cavalry force kept within narrow limits. The admirable service done by this force will out weigh its immense and needless expense io the opinion of the country. Tbe immense consumption of horses, how ever, is an evil which is felt outside the army or the Trea sury. The stock-breeders declare that if it goei on it will permanently injure tbe breed of horses in the country The horses of mature age are be'ng taken up by the Gov erument so fast that young horses are put to work ton early, tbe result of wh eh will ultimately be seen iu the diminution of the average site ? Boston Advertiser. VIRGINIA (LOYAL) LEGISLATURE. The Senate of Virginia, in qes ion at Alexandria, passed on Friday a bill to provide for tbe election of delegates by tbe people to a Convention to assemble in that city on the 25th of January, to Biter and amend the State Constitu tion, <tc., and to abolish slavery in the counties of Acco rnac, Northampton, Princess Ann, Elizabeth City, and York, including tbe cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The President'! proclamation of January last proclaims all the slaves io the remainder of tbe 8tato to be free The act sets forth as a reason for the change that without it the executive ai.d judicial officers of the State, in cuting the laws between master *???* into conflict " .. . 7 ?.ave, will be brought a, t. a milltary authorities ot the United States. A bill for a similar purpose is pending In tbe House of Delegates. From these two bill, there wiU be framed by a committee of conference an act which is ex pected to be immediately passed by both Houses. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN CHURCH. An extraordinary scene occurred at the Park street Methodist church in Cincinnati on Sunday last. While the Pastor was opening tbe services with prayer the con gregation were startled by a series of vociferous and, for the time, most unseemly excamations from a female accompanied by the Bound* of blows and of a soufN v Kising to their feet tbe congregation discovered that a personal difficulty" of the most unusual character was in progress right among them. The Commercial thus report* the sfl.ur: . f?r " 'm* tim* there h?? been activ. hostilities in the church between Mack R Ban.itt a book publisher on Fourth str^t, and Mrs Nelli* Jacobs, both members of the church. Some months ago Mr Barnitzore Mr" J*cob"' ttnd 'here was a good deal of trouble in the church about it Barnitz was superintendent of tbe Sabbath achool, and used hi< influence to have Mrs. Jacobs driven from her posit on as a teacher of one of the classes. It is said that Barnitt made the iss^e that if she waa not expelled from the school he would resign the superintend*ncy, and she was, there foie, voted out. She preferred chargea against Mr Bar " of conduct unbecoming * christian gentleman but was unable to press them to a trial. The difficulty he tween the two was a source of annoyance to the church members generally, and they did not w?nt any thine more to say or do about it. But there ia no calm Kft,n.,nfU/iat^ wom*n ! an<1 ?" no one yesterday P,,M,bll,ty of such a scene as came to pass " During the first prayer Mr. Barnitr. who I, ads the singing in the church, and lias a prominent pew which he occupies w.th his family was kneeling and bowed in devo tion, Mrs. Jacobs glided along the aisle, and, drawing a cowskin which ahe had concealed in her skirts g?ve him a vehement whack directly over the head, and followed it up hot and heavy, giving him a really tremendous larruping about the ears before those iu the vicinity could collect their scattered senses enough to interfere. 8be accom panied tbe blows with hysterical cries of ? Oh, you v.llam,' rbere you traduc, r !' 'Slander a woman, will you,' Ac. Dr. Hitchcock paused m the prayer, overwhelmed with rrrnt 11^?? of the church ma ie haate to que I the dreadful outbreak, when Mrs Jacobs drew a handful of cayenne pepper and plunged it in Mr. Barnits s face, and then dashed it right and left, almost suffocating two or three elderly gentlemen who had inUr fered She was at length removed from the church and the services were proceeded with. "A" p^t ?it ^,,o?r ??>* ? i am n?.t satisfied She has been for several years a member of the church, and alleges tbat sh? has been slandered and persecuted by Bsrnii, and bas been unable to obtain ttS k\ .! to?k?tb* """binary application that befell him pretty coolly, and attended church in the atteinoon. It is riot probable that Mrs. Jacobs will fre quent that church much hereafter." THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Thursday, December 17, 1863 IN SENATK. CONDITION op the kheedmen. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before tbe Senate ? message from the President of tbe Uuited States, at follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives : Herewith I lay before you a letter addrenwd to myself by a comiuiitee of gentlemen representing tlio Freed man's Aid Sodeiies in Boston, New York, i'liiladalphi*, and Cincinnati. Tbe subject of the letter, as indicated abo e, is one of great magnitude and importance, hud one which the^e gentlemen, of known ability tuid high character, ?em to have consid ered with tfr?*at c<irf. Not having tbe time to form a mature judgnoeut of uty own as to wbe'her the plan they suggest is the best, I submit the whole euhject to Congress deeming that their attention thsreto is almost imperatively demanded. Abraham Lincoln. Mr. SUMNER moved that Ibe message be printed and laid on the table. He said he made the suggestion be cause it seemed to him that there should be a special com mittee constituted to take into consideration tbe wbole subject. He, however, made no auob proposition. Tbe motion was agreed to. Rt:TIRIN(l JUDGES OP THE SUPREMB COURT. Mr. HARLAN introduced a bill for the relief of jus tines of the .Supreme Court of the Uuited States in cases th?rc% described ; which was read twice. This bill proposes to provide that whenever the chief justice or any numciate jnstic* of the Supreme Court of tire United States shall have attained tbe age of seventy )ears, and shall signify to the President of tbe United States his (ie*ue, on account of physical infirmity, to re tire from bis office, the President may plica his name on a retired list ot justices of the Hupreme Court ol the United States A judge thus retired is to receive com p^iisation, to be paid in the manner now provided for the payment of tbe salaries of justices of the Supreme Court, to the end of his natural life, namely: if it shall appettr that he has, at the date of his retirement, served as chief or a-sociate justice for a period not exceediug fifteen years, $4 000 per annum; if for a period greater than fifteen Hud not exceeding twenty years, $4,500 per annum ; if for a period greater than twenty and not exceeding twenty-five yeais, $5 C00 per annum; if for a period ^renter than twenty five and not exceeding thirty years, $5,500 ; and if lor a period greater than thirty year.-, he shall receive $6 ,000 per annum It is also provided that whenever a vacancy shall thus occur in the office of the chief justice or associate justice of the Hupreme Court of the United Stites it ahall be filled as provided by the Constitution and laws of the United btates in case of a vacancy from other causes The bill was referred to the Committee ou the Judiciary. THE HOLYDAYS?MILITARY NECESSITIES. Cons iderable discussion took place on the propriety of an adjournment from the 23d instant to tbe &th of January, as proposed in a resolution from the House of Representa tives. A concurrence iu this resolution of the House at this time was opposed mainly on the ground that Congress ought first to decide upon the amendments proposed to the enrollment act, in order that tbe executive huthorities miwht proceed promptly with the mprnding draft, which is appointed for the 5th of January next Mr. WILSoN, chairman of tbe Committee on Military Affairs, stated during the debate that the Q >vernment has called for three hundred thousand men, and has offered bounties of $400 for veterana and $300 for other persons. Tbe money tbat has already been puid to person* who have eulitted under this call has come out of the sum of about twelve million dollars that was raised from persons who paid tb?f commutation when dratted. That sum, be said, is exhausted ; and there are persons already enlisted under this call who are entitled to\receive tbeir bounty, but there is no money to pay them, and Congress must before adjourning phss an act to appropriate a ?um ot mo ney to pay the bouniy. Then (be further said) there are calls for changing the enro lment act; and it is proposed to make a few modifications of that act tbat experience has proved to be neoessary, and it will take a short time to do that Mr. Wilson proceeded fo ssj: Nearly all thin business is prepared now, I think, and so piepared as to be saiis factory generally, but not quite so. I hope, therefore, that we thai! not fix a time to adj< urn until, at any rate, a day or two hence, until wa see the condition of affairs ; for it is certain tbat whatever we do in regard to tbe en rollment set must be done before the holydaya, because, under the call for troops, tbe 5th of January it fixed for drafting. I hope, therefore, that we ah ill not agree to this adjournment for a day or two yet I think we can pans these bills between now &nd Monday next. The debate re ulted in a decision of tbe Senste by which the further consideration qf tbe question ol adjourning for tbe holydajs was postponed to Tuesday n> xt. A proposition to adjourn over to l^onday was also re jected, and then the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The SPEAKER laid before the Rome the memorial of John W Crixfirld, protesting against the interfert nee of tbe military forces of the l)nit?d State* with the elec tion in the tir?t Congrosaioaal- district of Maryland, and conb'stirg the right of Jloa. J. A. J. Creswell to a neat in the House a* a member thereof from said diatrlet, with accompanying document* ; which were referred to the Committee of Mention*. Mr. 8TEVEN8, from tbe Committee on Way* and Means, reported a bill making appropriations for the di plomatic and Tonsillar service for the year ei ding June .'30, lb65; which wax referred to the Committee of the *n nole on the *tate of tbe Union THANKS TO CAPT. JOHN RODOER9. Mr. RICE, of Massachusetts, from tb? Committee on Naval Adair*, reported a joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Capt. John Rodger* for eminent skill and zeal in the performance of duty ; which was read lhr*e times and parsed unanimously. 'diplomatic correspondence. Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, from the Committee on For eign Affairs, repotted tbe following resolution, which, under the rule*, was referred to the Committee on Print ing : Rf$o)rr<l, Tl :*t. ten tboasand additional copies of paper* on Mie subject of foreign affairs, which accompany the Presi dent s annual roewume, be primed for the nse of this Honse. Mr. WII'vON offered a resolution, which wa? agreed to, instructing th- Committee on Invalid Pensions to in quire and report what legislation is necessary to secure to ihn widow* and legal representative* of persons who hare died or may die in the military service from disability or wounds received in the line of duty tbe same pensions al lowed to others. SUSPENSION Of THE HABEAS CORPUS. Mr. KDGERTON offered tbe following resolution, and demanded the previous question on its adoption: Wl ere:<s th? pr<>c<a:pH>i -is of ihe President of January 1, 186:1, and l>ecem' or 8, 1883, in relaoon to emanoii ation imp< *e condition* ol' ptiruon an-, amnesty to the i er on* who have participated in the exis*in? >ehe lion, a* well a* eon dt'ons prec?o?nt to ih? eniMb'i*hmrnt and recognition of Stati government* in the Stitee t> which said n oclamati>n ap;>ly, wliich, in the jndvmentof a 'arge numbe- of faiihtol citizen*, have ? t- nden sy t > give to the re' e li >n ?' the advan ta?e of * changed issue," and "to leinvl.orate the other wise declining insnr action in tbe South," sad to prolong the war; and whete s this Honse cannot but regard with arxi ty tl e unprecedented mid extraordinary claims and as umptioii of high prerogat ve by the President in said proclamations, especially in view of the fact that the President in his in HUK"ral address of the 1.h day of Mareb, 18 ?!, declared, " I have no porp< se dirtctly or indirectly to interfere with tbe insti ntioa of >lavery in th- State where it exists; I believe I have no right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so : ' Ther fora, Rnohrd Astb* judgmsnt of th^s Hon e that the main tenance Inviolate of the conrtituti nal power* <-f Congress, and the tiyhis of the Htatt-s, and >n ecialljr the right ol ea< li State t<> order and contiol its own domestic in*titoti >n* nccord ing to its own judgment exclusive y, is ersenti >1 to the balance of power on which the perfection an i endurance of onr politi cal fabric of Federal nni< n d. pei.ds; and we denounce, a* amot-g the gravest of ouni s, the invasion or occopat on, by armed force, of any Slate under the pretext or for tbe pur I'osn of coercing the people thereof to modify or abrogate any of their laws or domestio institutions that are cousisient with tl e Constitution of the Uni.ed Suite*. snd we atlirm the principle deolared in this reeo fion to be a taw alike to the President and tie people of the Uuited States. Mr. GRINNELL movi d to lay the resolution on the table; which motion was decided in tbe affirmative, *? follow* s YF.AA?Memr*. Alley, Allison, A mas, Anderson, Arnold, Ashley, John D. Baldwin, Beamsn, Blaine, Mow, HoutweO, Boyd, liranil.-^e., Hi -.mull William (i. Brown, Ambrose W Clark, Krreman Clarke, Cobb, Cola, Oraaswell Henry Wliner l>avia, Thomas T liaiis, Hik ^, Demlng, Ditnn, Drlftg*, Dumont, Eliot, Farnsirortb, Penton, Prsnk, Gsrfleld, Ooeeh, Grinned, Hale, Hiirliy, Houprr, llotchklss, AhhIhI \V Hubbard, John II. Hubbard, Hnlburd, Julian, Kaasnn, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, Loan, Longysar, Lov.-Joy, Marvin, McBride, McClurg, Mclndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Aiuos Myers. L> .muni Myers. Norton, Cbas O'Nell, Ortli, Patterson, lVrhani, Pike. Poniwroy, Price, William II Randall, Alexander II. Rice. John H Alee, Edward U Rollins, Scliem k, Seolleld Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Sniithers, Spaulding, Ste \eua, Thayer, Tracy, Van Valkenburgh. Klihu B. Waihburno, WU lirfui B. Washburn, Whaley, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Wiudom, und Wondbridge?w). NAYS?Mossr*. Jaunts C. Allen. Aucona Augustus C. Baldwin, Bllu, Brooks, James 3. Brown, Cox, Cravens, Dawson. Dennlson, Eden, l ii^i-rton, Eldudge, Kirnk, Uanson. Under. Uriswold, Hall, Harding, Harrington. C'h alius M. Mann. Herriclt, Hoi man. William Johnson, Kernau. King, Kiim|>|i, Law, Lazeuf, Lo lilond, l-ou^. Mal lory, Marry, McDowell, McKinney, Middletou, William II. Miller. James K. Morris, Morrison. Nelson, Noble, Jehn O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Radford, Samu?l J. Randall, Robinson, Rogers, .lames S. Rol lins, Hon*. Scott. John B. Steele, William 0. Steele, Stiles, Strousc. Stuart, Sweat, Voorhees, Wadswortu. Ward, Wheeler Chilton S. White, Joseph W. White, Winfiold, Ferusndo Wood, and Yeamsn?06. AH KITH Alt Y AKKEHTN. Mr. HARRINGTON olTeml the loll .wing resolution*, and demanded the preiinus question <>u th**ir adoption: Whereas the Constitution of the United State-* (article one. section nine) ptovidee, "the privilege ol the writ of h.iheas corpus ahull not be suspended un'ess when in rases of rebel lion or i ivafcion the public s.ifety nay require it," and whereas such r revision i' contained in the po'tion of the Constitution defining legislative powers, and not in the pro visioua defining executive powers; and whereas the (Jousti tmion (article four of amendm nts) firther provides, "the sight of ihe people to be secure in th>-ir persons, houses, pa pers, and ( fl'e<'ta, against unreasonable ^eaiohes and teizureK aha'l not be violated," &c.; and whereas ibe Thirtv Seventh < ongreca di 1 by act claim to confer upon the Fres dent <f the United States ihe power at, hi* will an i pleasure to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas co-pus throughout the United States, without limitation or conditions; and wh rea? the President, of the United Statew, by | rochimation, has hs mimid to Hiisp* nd >n h privileges of ?.' ? citizen in the lo>al Staies; atd whereas the peop'e of such States have te n subj cted to artiitnuy arrests without process of law, and to ume isonabln search and stizures, and have been denied the right t? a speedy trial aud ii.ve -tivation, and have langui he in prisons at ihe aihitrary plea ure of the Chief Executive and his military subordinates: Now, therefore Retsolred by the House of Re jrre tentative t of the United State*, 1 hat uo power is delegated by the Coneti'intion of the Unit< d States, eit.li. r to the legislative or executive pow er. to impend the privileges of tlie wiit of habeas c >rj u* in anv State loyal to the Coustitu'ion and Government, not in vaded, a.id in which the civil aud judicial powers are in full oper.iti u '2 liesolve I That Congress has no power uti'ler the Con stitution to delegate to the President of llie United Sta'es ihe au'hority to eu p> nd the privi'ege of the writ, of bab as cor pus, and impris n at hi< pleasure, without process of law or trial, the cittzeiiS of the loyal States. 3 Ret lived. That the assumption of the right by the Ex? cutive of the I n t d Maies to deprive the citizens of such b yal States of the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus. ao<i to imprison them at. his nleaaure, without proi ecs ol law, is unworthy the pFogitss of the age, is consistent oniv wiih a deapoiic power uulimited by coi stitutional obligations, a d ij wholly subversive of the element irv p inciplea of ireedom upon which the Govt rnmeut of the l/nited .states and of the several ?>tut<-B is b.iscd 4. Reiolved, That the Judi' iary Committee be instructed to prepare a> d repot t a bill n this Hon-e protect ntr 'he righto of the citizens in the Una' States, in strict accordance with the foregoing provisions of the Coustitution of the United States Mr. FENTON moved to lay the resolutions on the table Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, begged that gentlemen would allow a direct vote on the resolutions and reject tbrm. so as to get doue with this work of laying resolutions ou the table. Mr. FEN TON withdrew the motion to lay on the tab'e The previous question was seconded, and the questu n on the adoption of the resolutions was decided in the nega tive, as tollows: YEAS?Messrs. Jiuue.i C. Allen, Wm. J. Alleu, Ancoua, Augustus C. Baldwin. Ulitts, Brooks, James 8. Brown, (.'hauler Cotrroth, Cox, Craven*, Dawson,Dennison,Men. Edp.rton, Kidridge English, Finck, Oanpon.'Qrider, Hall. Harding. Harrington, Bcnj. W Harris, lierrick, Holman. William Johnson. Kernau. King, Kuapp, Ijiw. 1st) Blond* Long, Mallow, Marcy, McAllister. McDowell, McKinney, Middlcton, William H. Miller, James H. Morris. Morrison. Nelson, Noble, Ddell, Johu O'Neill l'endleton, IVrry. Kadt'ord, Samuel J Hamlsll, Hohiti> son, Rogers. Ross. Scott, John B. 8t'-ele, William O. Steele. Stiles, Stiouse Sweat, Voorhi-es Wadsworth, Wuid. Wheeler. Chilton A. White. Joseph W. White, Winfleld, and Fernando Wood?67. NAYS?Messrs. Alley. AlHson, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John I>. Baldwin, Beuuian, Blaiue, Blow, Boutwell. Brandegee. Uroomall, Wm. <i. brown. Ambroae W. Clark, Freeman Clark, Clay, Cobb, Cole. Cres. well, Henry Winter Darin Thomas T Davis, Dawes, Dixon. Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Keklev, Eliot. Karnsworth, Fenton. Frank, Oarflsld, Oo<M-h. Grin nell. Hale. Iligby. Hooper. Hatch kiss, Asabel W. Hnbbaril, John H. Hubbard. Htillnird, Jeuckes. Julian. Knsson Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg. Uilando Kellogg. Loan. Longyear, I,ovejoy. Marvin, Ve Bride, MoClarg, Mc Indue, Samuel F. Miller, Moor head Morrill, Daniel E. Morris, Aniot Myers. Leonard Mvws, Norton, Charles O'Neill, Orth, I'erliam, Pike, I'omeroy, Mw, William II Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Kiee, Edw. H. Rollins, Bchenek, SalioAeid, Shan non, Sloan, .vinitli. Stnithers, fpauldiua, Stevens. Tliayer, Tracy, Van ValkeiiburR. Klihu B Wasbl.urne, William B. Washbur^, Wha. Icy, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, V indom, and Woodbrld^e?90. PROVISIONAL MILITARY GOVKflNMKNTU. Mr. ASHLE Y naked the unanimous consent of the Hou<e to enable hiin to introduce a bill to provide for u e ? stablshinent of provisional military governments over the district of country declared hy the President'* proclama tton to be iu rebellion agaiust the Government of the Uni ted Htates, mi l to authority the loyal citif^n* thereof t" organ ze Mate Governments, republican in form, and for other purposes. Mr. HULMAN having called for tfce reading of the bill Mr ASHLEY said, if there he objection, I withdraw my lequrst; and the bill was not then introiluced. TRANSPORTATION OF TROOPS, ETC. Mr HOLM AN submitted the following resolution: Re?o vid, That the Secretary of War lie directed t > inform the iloime whether any payments have been made to either ot the follow ng named railroad companies. namely. The lili iioii* Cential Railroad Comiv. iy, the Hurlin ton %ua Mi-souri Railroad Company, or the Mireipsippi uud Missouri Railroad Comptny, f*>r transporting proftttr or troop* of the United 8tates Btuce >he yftth i i Pebtuary. i8f>^, and if any mcb pay me its have Veen ma le, the amount paid to e?i;b con pany ar.d also (tie amount paid to each of i>a)d ioiU|<a'ii<>* piior to ihe at ove date, and the baaja Uu which "aid p'tymsnts have been made ; aud ll>at lie also uform tlie House w'hr ptyraentft have be-n u>a?Vt to raid ivrapantes in dtme?iHid of n e r obli gatiou to iraaaport property aii.I troops of the United States ? fri e of toll or ether i Lorge whatsoever." Mr. LOVE JOY. That resolution goes over under the rules. Mr. HOLM AW It goes over if the gentleman objec.'s. I hi pe that be will tiot object, as the reryjution only asfca for information Mr. LOV E.JOY did object, and Mr HOLM AN then withdrew the resolution. THE PENSION BILL. On motion of Mr. STEVENS, the House resolved it self into a Committee of the Whole. (Mr. Waxhri.rnE. of III not*, i ? the e>iair,)snd proceeded to the consideration of the bill making appropriations for invalid and other pen mi r>* for the year ending June 30, Th'S bill was passed in Committee of the Whole, after which the committee rose and reported it to the House, where it also parsed. REFUNDING OF IIOUNTIES. Mr. ROGERS gave notice of a bill to increase the pay of privnt?*s and non-commi-Momd officers of the army. Also, ot a joint resolution t? refund lo the States, coun ties, townships. w?r<1<, ci'ie-i, and municipal corporations all moneys paid by tbein rwsjiectively for bounties to volun teers in the Union army. x WAR resolutions. Mr SMITH submifted the following resolutions, upon which he deman led the previous question: I. Ketolrrd. That, ns < ur eoun ry, and ths very exigence of the best Oov?-rnai''Dt ever instituted by man, are im perilled by ihe moat rausele-s and w>cke<l rebellion tha'. the world hm ceeu . and bcli? \ ing, us we do, that the only hope of saving tlili country ai,d pre. ervii g this Government isby the powrr of the sword, we #re for the most, vigorous prose ration of the war until the Constitution mid laws shall l>e enforced and obf*y- d in all part* of ihe United State" ; and to that eud weopp??a??ny uiqttstl e, or intervention, or media tioti, or proposi'iou for peace, from any quarter, so I ng as there shall b? found a rebel in arirs against the (? ivernment; Mud we ignore ell par y t ames lines, and Itiuts, and iecog nise but two par. i?a m this war patriot* wnd trai ore Retolrra, Thai we hold it to be the duly of Congress to pa*? all necessaiy bi Is to supply men ai.d money, and the ituiy of the pe .(de to render evrry aid in th ir power to the rotiftiiu'ed iiuthorities of th<< Government in the clashing out of the r< he.lioti, and ill btin.ing the le.tdera thereof ti c ndign piinishniom.. 3. K tuhrd, '1 but our thanks are tendered to nir soldiers in the Held mr th?*ir gallantry in de ending aud uphcldif v the flag of the Uuion, and defending the great principles dear to every Americmn pa riot. The previous question was seconded, and a division of the resolutions called for. A motion was then made to lay them on the table, which m m rrj? cted?yea* (SO, nays HM). The question was then taken on the adoption of ti e fitst resolution, and resulted as follows -. YEAS?Messrs. Alley Allison, Am<n, Arnold, Ashley, Bally, John D. Baldwin, Busman, Blaine, hlow, U nit well. Ho,v?l, Mranilegrr, Rro>Bn*ll, Ambrose W.Clark, Oohh, Oole, t'rea*w<-ll, Henry Winnr Davis, Tliomni T. Dnvls, Dnwrt. D niimc. l>lxon, IKmiii'lly, I>ri(m^, Uninont, Kt'kley. Eliot, Ftrnsworth. Ki-nton. frank, (larlifld, tlooct, Qrlniiell, Hnl?. H icl>v, Hoojwr, lloti likis<?, A?iUi< I W. Hubbard, John II Hubbard. Hnlkartt, Joaeaes, Kas?>n. Krllejr, Kisn i? W K<Llloor( Orlando Krllo^g, bwn, l/ongjeur, Lovqjoy, Martin, McAllister, Mt 84U"U,>I ' Miller, Moorboa.1, Morrill, Danie I Orth P?tUn?n p'llk wu ^f0"1 NortoD- ' barlea C.Neill, Alexaudir L I oineroy. Pr.co, William II Baudull, ??IU II. Hollins. .Schen,-kSco Ti mj'v v... ii it* ^ ?Suutlierr*. ilnauldliiir. Steven* Thaver WlmfcV-WUli^WUda/wir" W"1,'juru8-" '"'??>' ? Wa*bburn,' man V3. ' Uaou, Windom, Hood bridge, and Yoa tuij c/Baldlm'lji'^Kr^ ^llllanl J Allen. Ancona, Augua ?OP. Deun son EW v!?lV.: ChB"l?'-.? "troth Co*. Craven-, haw Orlder, Uriswoid Mali n Jf-Vii i?" iwi'rld?e> ?dK|,?,? Finck. Gannon, rli., H.rrtck, I utchln. W& a- ""ris, Charles V. Har Blond, iXy 'Mar'r Mr^i?n'\,KJ\UUD' ^nnPP' *+*> H. Miller Jiune* H WnnT ii _, ;, ycKlnnejr. Middtton, W w. fo the first resolution was adopted. The queatiou then recurred ou the eecond resolution (tir to"? rTtj,a loi. ..uy 1. (Mr is^iij^imiD O FItirris ) The qu<-ati<>n then recurred ou th? third resolution. which hI?o pMMM.'d in n,? affirm Uive?yeas 166, na> l! [(Mr H'-ijiujiuO Harris) The House Hdjourutxl until Monday next. OBJECT OF THE WAR. Mr. ROLLINS, of Mimouri, offered on Wednesday the ita * m"Ved thn P,ev"'u? question on Rrno'ved by the Houte of Representative of the Co -irreta ;om?K Ik. retail!..., ?..d ln Meu i?r? r".*.V^T t '?TS Jtn*l vi iiirii may not tsubxtftntiai'v infYi IA .? /?* .?* , ' ?.d Wnd 10 uu, ,|,.J d ir?d, ii]X'birunu!"''M *?-?taX"w. uvn W*| IIH I eeu lor, ed U; on ih? country by the d.suon >,t* now in rev -It Hgaintt the tou<titotional Governm n ; ,h it n the ]iroi<rt)ttaof I Lib war C'o?K'e?, ba-lshi'.^ all fenlin^ <if wTcHon;rrtrr'nt-wm r#co,|?* *ni? **? ????*th? i.ii y : 'th" war 1 DOt w**61 0,1 ?nr pirt n any spirit ot oppression, nor lor any purpose of onqoMt o. Kuif ? UKHii n, nor pnrpofwol overth-owing o inierle 1,,* with the r?htH or earaliliahed institution. of ?hoa<r *bnT.o de i.reir? Jh FT -f ' e Co.. tituilon, and to r ? ihe Lnion wi h all li e .ii^oity, e'lUiliiy, and riirhtu lr?^ "Ti h i4?8 ? imp "rud; thRt its e0oH ^ thw? oljerla ?ire acv- mpliahed the war <!Qi<h'. o ceuae J Mr WASHBURNE, ot IUiuoia. I propone to de ate thtC reoolniion. rulHl'e ^ ^AKER. Then it will lie over, undrr the Mr. ROLL IN 8, of Missouri. I have moved the ore vmu? question ' Mr WA8HHURNE, of Illinois If the pr^viou.q,,.. debate 7 8eo'"jd',d' Wl11 ?"1 reaolutio.. g.? over for The 8PUAKER It, will. encit L,0Vl''J01f- I# lt iu order ^ muve Its refer ^ he SPEAKh R. It ia not. Mr KOLLINS, of Missouri. I he'd the floor, and ex presaly moved the previou* question. The SPEAKER. The Cbur did not hear the gentleman move th?? previous quratinu ' .i 1',"?^ d,'u""d"i t*Ue" ??'?"??''?? "? p' ,nd?""t' noe^So"0""0 d,Vided; &Ud lh,J U>n>'" ^'"ted-aye. 64, 2^tr*/w7i!?tqUe.,|ion w"8 not "coded. .P? it "It ' ^ '"-1 M?' 'Kmiw?" thr4/ c"1" foc th? J'*'19 *nl af,y i j. Nti of IIiiimii. I he II ua-? Imvno refused to aeeood th?d. mand for the previ ua ques i..n ihe ZXZrmI'0? ?""r uh ">morrow'h,ld? uot ???b he! b.f 8^KaKEB- 1 PfitJt of order ia n?t well takeo, bee u?e it no K-tuleman roa ? to tebtte the resolute, ihe IKuse would fooa and vote upon it. The object 0, ' ^revmus quea. -on is to cut off I ha nRht to deh%le 1 hre XXrt' "f ^ 1 ? tiltbate it. *? ?!%,, .?. 141 proper time .K /'ku t 1 t,ll"k ^ r?^lut?on ought to g > t,> the mS." * ,'eoe?"i,?,1 dement, but I withdraw Mr YVaDaW' 'Rl'H 1 renew tbo im.tion to lay lh* reaction on the table, and I call for the yl. I ** yeas and uaya were ordered, and the qu^ation bei a taken on the notion to lay th? re^d-.tiou ou toe uble it ?as dead d iu th-- negative, aa follow*: *.ti. i, W KelloirK, t 'an. lAinirvoar l..r.w? ? "'7' *rancji NAV&eirsT 7 AHern~ Annm, Kai. Hr'fk.tUJ Baidn'n' J?^D- ,Uldwlu- attBr'SS: Brooks, James 8. ilrown, Chanler, Ambrow W. Cl?rk. Clav ( cbh. r^r froth, tot, Cra??in?, Creswell, Honry winter Da?U. Dowta Dhwhob Dtniog, l)enuii?on> Kd^u. Kdywton, Kldridirr1 Kni/lifih l< Kenton finck, frank, Uans^i^uTiiwoTd. ^ HajTtngton. Benjamin O. Harrle, Charl.i M. Harrb., Uerrick lli?hf' IIolmHii. A^ahol W. Hubbartl, liutchi'^ I'liilin Tohnvm Vc- ir Johnson, Kaaaon, Orlando KelloK. kernan. Kinj(^ knaun u"''^ roar, U Blond, Lon?. Mallorr, Marcr, Marvin sfrAll^.r . WcDohtH, McKiniify, XUdletos, Hiimuol F. Miiler W illiam'H Merrill, Daniel Morris, James K Morris, Morrison V.-lkonvHwI' t).lell,.lolln(i,.Vel]l. I'atteraon, I'cndleton. 1'erry Fikr lUlfiml's^m i' J. KanOklL, William M. Randall. Al.vx;.D.lei 11 Ki<>. V b^ T! o ' | Wward U. Hollins, James 9. Boiling hZ, " dmlth. Stniibers, SteliMns. John B. Steele, MV!l^m U xt'Ju , ' rttronse, Stnart. >we?t, Tbavar, Traev V,mrh?.i u . i. S! Whifi BW>T'"htvi7,<(i Wu**ler' ' hilton A. W|,iu-" loMplTw' White. WUaon, M luflHd, F.rusnd., H ood, Wo.sjbudge, and ySKwl Messrs Bkown, of West V.rgioia, and Williams, n- t uavi.'B been w. h.n the bar *he? their name, were cdled, severally asked I ave to Tote. ' <>hj ?ction M,aa made. h?:S?S2iL! m0,elU"l"! b. "f 1 '""i1"" "> M1l*ofv'kKKR Ik ,,Ter' "Oder the rulea. <. COX. 1 demand the yens and riaia on the refer ence nf the re?<du ion. The NPkaKEK. That will be in order when it ia oalled up. Mr UOX. When will that be 7 I de Si'KAKKK 'I'he Chair cannot tell. The aubatance of the above important resolution and a statement of the vote upon itw? re mentioned in the Intel ligencer of Thursday. The foreg- iug lull report of tho proceedings is derived from the official report, since oub liahed. K THE REBEL CONGRESS. In the Houae, <>n ttiH 11th in?tant, Mr. Ork. of foutb Carolina, ottered the following: " That tli? Ci n niltfe of Finance b* instructed U? inquire whether the count ruc tion givt-n by the Hecretary of the Treasury to the act Auppl>*iiieiiiiry to an kc; to provide for fh.? funding and fuither ia?ue of Treasury uoten, m authorial *d by said act " Mr. OUR said the Government purchna?*d cotton in 'he morning at forty rent*, an I aoll the aaiue in th- evening at twelve md-a half c^nt*. an wu *tiO*n by thw acti n of ?h>? Secretary of ihe Tieaaury, and he r<-iwi th* pnbl a"e^ ?olvert laement of that offl.-er a* proof of thm KMertion. He regarded I he con?truction p i need on the a t of On gronn in regard to thin matter by the Secretary of the I'reanuiy a* wrong, and waa con fid nt lhat it w< ud even tually pr??e ruinous to the fl.uitiiiy. Mr. JoHK>'>N, of Arkaii'aa. offered a bill rektii f "t?? the tranater of ?k>-lt<tou regum-nta f r recruitment acroa* th>? Mmniaaippi river, and the trannler of coiupmies to the regiments ot their own MlUf, I d to consolidation and dinbandtuent" He and: Men troin the ot^ier nidr> of the Mismssippi would r.-it come on thm i ide for the purpose of joining the nrmy to fight here He waa glad of it, and hop?l another man would n- t croan the Mia>iamppi ao l<>ng an th Government adtiered t<> ita pren>u n> ju?t poli cy m regard to hia section. H* moved thtt the bill bo ulened to the Committee on Military AfFtira; which waa igroed to. The treatment of Union priaonera in rebel priaona waa hy resolution brought before th ? House. Its reforeioe to a committee waa nrgntived. Th- question of arbitrary ituprrsiments wu referred to ihe Military C< inmitke. Wal'er Lenox, Knq , fornerly Mayor of Washington, who haa remded in Richmond ?inc? the beginning of th* war, wan arretted on Thuraday in Baltimore by the military kuhnritiea. The wiio'-grotAera of Ohio will meet In convention on tho f>th ot .)*> uary to eoufrr ou matters cooaected with li? wool interest. A wilty doctor aay* that tight lacing ia a public benefit, ina? 11 it h aa it kills ? AT nil the f ?"li>h girla, ,iud I avea ttf wise oni ? lo grow up to he women.