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LATER FROM THE fTORTII.
We have received Northern papers of
Thursday, the 18th instant
THE PEACE RUMORS— BLAIR'S MISSION—
OTINION OP "A ITNION GRNERAL"-A
NEW COMMISSIONER.
The Yankee papers contain a good deal
of speculation about the mission of Blair
to Richmond. A dispatch from, Wash
ington, dated on Wednesday, says:
Information from tho Army of the
James, received here to-night, is that
Frank Blair, Sr., reached Richmond on
Monday evening and went quietly to the
Spotswood House. Considerable dis
cussion has been had among Democratic
members here as to the reason why Gen
eral Singleton, a celebrated Peace Demo
crat from Illinois, has had permission
granted him to go to Richmond. They
allege he has the promise of certain fa
vors from Jeff. Davis, who is willing to
make, terms with the Democratic party.
The New York Times gels up a special
peace arrangement on its own account
It has a special telegram from Wash
ington, with the following heading gor
geously displayed in large type. "Very
Important—More Rumors about Peace—
Reported Appointment of Fifteen Com
missioners by the Rebel Congress—Promi
nent Peace Men Selected—Alexander 11.
Stephens and Mr. Boyce, of South Caro
lina, Among Them—The Commissioners
to proceed North."
Washington, Wednesday, January 11.
It will be recollected that a proposition
was submitted to the rebel Congress,
some weeks ago, to appoint a commis
sion of fifteen to confer with an equal
number on our side upon the subject of
peace.
It now appears that the rebels have
adopted the proposition, and have ap
pointed fifteen commissioners, among
whom are Vice-President Stephens;
Judge White, of Georgia; Messrs. Boyce
and Orr, of South Carolina; Leech and
Gillmore, of North Carolina; Reeves, of
Virginia; and Smith and Singleton, of
Mississippi.
The same paper has a dispatch from
Washington purporting to give the sen
timents of " a distinguished Union gen.
oral." This distinguished person cannot
see peace so near, as the South, instead
of preparing for that event, is going to
war more fiercely than ever. lie up
braids his brethren out of the army with
desiring the continuation of the war in- j
stead of the "prompt suppression of the I
rebellion," and urges them, as the only i
means of finishing it, to go in them
. solve* instead of putting in " bounty
jumpers "as substitutes. Those in the
army are anxious for the end of the war
and the subjugation of the South; but
are also anxious to sec the " respectable "
classes at the North going into the ranks.
He has read something in the Southern
papers about General Lee, and thus trans
lates it:
*Lee is, by far, the most popular man
now before the Southern people; he has
their perfect respect and confidence; they
will look upon him, whom their soldiery
lovingly style " Uncle Robert," with* an
affection that will go far toward recon
i ciling them to his extreme supremacy, no
j matter by what name it may be called.
\ In such an hypothesis we can see no
* reason to hope for an early peace.. It
jis a measure looking rather to a more
energetic prosecution of a game upon
which the South has staked its all, and
will be played until human passion and
human folly shall have been exhausted
from the Southern heart. Continually
the declaration is reiterated that com
plete separation is the only and undying !
aim of the Southern people. Every hope
of foreign aid, however slight, has nassed
away, and they have manfully supported
the bitterness of their disappointment.
Every prospect of active sympathy from
Northern secessionists has faded from
the horizon; yet there is but little prac
tical evidence of despair, and, for all ma
terial purposes, tire South is just as reso
lute at this moment as on the day she
opened her guns upon Fort Sumter.
* * * •' * *
We earnestly submit, therefore, that, if
the people desire this war to terminate,
efery possible effort be made to get our
best citizens to fill this draft, and in the
full numbers called for by the President.
There is no other sure means of success.
Moral forces are well; but the force of
arms is ail we have to do with now;
we can rely upon no other; and,
although we should be abundantly happy
to believe that Lee would play the rote
. ef General Monk, we can see not the
x* ! Jsfr faUi * t . c *° B * of self-congratulation in
Ifcse indications of his becoming dicta
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Jill The Tivm warns its readers against
k cherishing any hope that Blair's mission
m will reveal the tact that the Confederates
f are about to "back down." As for the
; views of President Davis, the writer
P thinks they will be the same as given to
Jacques. He will "either secure the
imtepst)rt#fHie of the South or perish in
ifa*) sjttejMiv*
It does not answer to assume that the
srHufttion oCthc rebel chief-is already so
jdesperate that he must be thinking of
submlssioru There are expedients he has
not yettrled. His organs are now boldly
canvassing them. They are of two
kinds—those calculated to strengthen
the rebellion at home, and those designed
to make stronger friends abroad.
It is proposed to increase the domestic
strength of the Confederacy by heavily
recruiting its armies from the slave popu
lation. It is proposed to increase its
strength-abroad by making an end of
slavery, which has been in Europe the
most unpopular feature of the Confede
racy ; by offering to enter into colonial
or other subordinate relations with Eng
land or France; or, in default of this, by
changing the Confederate Government
into a monarchy, so that all the dynasties
of Europe will feel the strongest possible
inducement to side with it, in order to
get clear ofthe popular institutions of
this continent, which are gradually sap
ping their life.
Now, i* is needless for us in the No th
to discuss what chances these various
methods would give to the Jeff. Davis
Government. lUs enough to know that
that Government finds hope in them, and
that it is even now making all haste to
put some of them to the test So long
as such expedients are in reserve, how
ever extreme we may deem them, the
rebel Government will not look toward
submission. It will try every desperate
measure sooner than face that.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says :
We certainly would not advise any one
to place any sanguine hopes of peace, or
of negotiations for peace, upon the pre
sent rumor or report. On any other con
dition than the Union, peace is out of
the category of things possible. The
likelihood is, that all these sweet whis
perings of peace will now very soon be
hushed by the rude blasts of most terri
ble war.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World telegraphs the follow
ing on the 11th instant:
The very air has been thick and heavy
with peace rumors to-day. A fresh im
petus has been given them by the de
velopment of the fact that the Demo
cratic politician alluded to in the morning
papers as having also gone to Richmond
on a peace mission, by permission of the
President, is no less a personage than
General, Singleton, of Illinois. He only
preceded Frank Blair by a day or two..
Coupled with this, it is said that, in se
cret session of the rebel Congress, Mr.
McMullen's resolutions, introduced some
time since, have been agreed to, and the
commissioners have been selected on the
part of the Confederacy to meet at Ge
neral GranVs headquarters. Their names
are said to be: Orr, of South Carolina;
Gilmer, of North Carolina, and Alexan
der 11. Stephens, the rebel Vice-Presi
dent. These arc the rumors. The facts
arc, that Frank Blair and General Single
ton have separately gone on missions de
voted to peace, though the former has
1 other business.
i Among the rumors prevailing here to-
I day was one to the effect that General
■ Grant had telegraphed that Alexander
| //. Stephens had solicited a pass through
j his lines to eisit Washington.
BUTLER'S REMOVAL—UK DIES HARD- HIS
FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Butler passed through New York on
Wednesday en route for Lowell. Ac
cording to a letter, only v a few per
sonal friends" saw him as he passed
through. He issued a farewell address
to his army, and had copies of it struck
off-and sent to the members of Congress
air Washington. The following is a copy :
Headquarters Department of )
Virginia and NoRTn Carolina, \
Army of TnE James, f
January 8, 1805. j
Soldiers of the Army of the James, —
Your commander,, relieved by order of
the President, tafces leave of you. Your
conduct in the field has extorted praises
from the unwilling.. You have endured
the privations of camps and inarches
without a murmur; you have never
failed to attack when ordered ; you have
stormed and carried works deemed im
pregnable Ly tho enemy; you have
shown them to be so by holding them
against his fiercest assaults in attempting
to retake them. Those skilled in war
have marvelled at the obstacles overcome
by your valor. Your line of works has
excited the wonder of officers of other
nations who have come to learn defensive
warfare, from the monuments of your
skilled labor. Your deeds have rendered
your name illustrious. In after times
your general's proudest memory will be
to say with ycu,' ** I, too, was of the
Army of the James."
To share such companionship is a
pleasure; to participate in such acts is
honor; to have command of such an
army is glory. No one could yield it
without regret, knowing your willing
obedience to orders, witnessing your
ready devotion of your blood in your
country's cause. I have been chary of
thojarocious charge confided to me. I
have refused to order a useless sacrifice
of lives of such soldiers, ai d I am re
lieved from your command/ The wasted
blood of my men does not stain my gar
ments. For my action, lam responsible
to God and my country.
To the colored troops of the Army of
the James: In this* army you have been
treated not as laborers but as soldiers;—
You have shown yourselves worthy of
the uniforms you wear. The best offi
cers of the Union seek to command you.
Your bravery has won the admiration
even of those who would be your mas
i tars. Your patriotism, fidelity and cou
rege bevt illustrated the haft qualities oi
manhood. With the bayonet you have
unlocked the iron-barred gates of preju
dice, opening new Qelds of freedom, lib
erty and equality and of rights to your
selves, ji! . _
Comrades of the Army of the James,
I bid you farewell.
Benjamin F. Butler,
* Major-Genera).
, A letter from the Army of the James
gives an interesting account of his de
parture from that command:
The order was received at Butler's
headquarters about half-past .11 o'clock
A. M. yesterday. The only person pre
sent who did not appear to be at all sur
prised was the General himself. Whether
he knew that it was coming, or whether
he has the faculty of viewing the most
unexpected events calmly, is more than
I can determine; but certainly the Gene*
ral was not at all disturbed. Immedi
ately on its reception his orders were
issued clearly and decisively, and before
3 o'clock he was ready to vacate his com
mand at the front.
Adopting the theory that General But
ler was removed on account of the Wil
mington expedition not meeting with the
expected success, only one question re
mained to puzzle curious military men.
They could not imagine why the General
had not been removed some days ago.
This question, however, received a final
solution when General Ord was assigned
to the command. The hero of Fort Har
rison was away on leave of absence, and
the authorities only waited for his return
to remove General Butler.
General Ord returned yesterday, and
at once proceeded to the headquarters of
his command, the Twenty-fourth army
corps. He had hardly arrived before he
received notification of the removal of
General Butler and his own assignment
to the command of the Army of the
James.
Immediately on the promulgation of
the order relieving General Butler and
replacing him by General Ord, the staff
of the Army of the James assembled
around the quarters of their late com
mander, reinforced by numerous other
officers of the command. Numerous
would hardly convey and idea of the
number of officers present to bid him fare
well. The General was deeply affected,
and expressed his regrets at parting with
an army which, under his command, had
achieved so much. But any expres
sions of sorrow were cut short by the
rapidity of the General's arrangements.
He had received his orders to report, at
Lowell at the earliest moment, and before
3 -o'clock P. ML he announced that he
was ready to leave. The order directing
this change instructed General Butler to
proceed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and
report from thence to the adjutant-general
of the army. •
Before 3 P. M. the General started for
the North. He was accompanied by
General Ord, General Devins, General
Turner, General Ludlow, Captain Bruce,
Captain Clard, Captain DeKay, Lieu
tenant Merrill, Medical Director Suckley,
Mnjor Davis and Captain Wheaton.—
Never had an order been more promptly
obeyed. All of the above-named officers
accompanied the General to Aiken's
landing, where he went on board his
iiagboat, the River Queen. General
Butler was accempanied by Captains De-
Kay and Clark, of his personal staff,
while the remaining officers turned their
horses' heads homeward. General Ord
also accompanied General Butler as far as
City Point, where he stopped to see the
Lieutenant-General, and returned late last
night.
FROM GENERAL HOOD.
A telegram from Cairo, dated the 11th,
has the following intelligence about Ge
neral Hood:
The remnant of Hood's army is re
ported to be fortifying at Corinth, with a
view of going into winter quarters at that
place. They are also reported to be re
pairing the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
TIIE LATE RAID INTO MISSISSIPPI.
The Vicksburg Herald (Yankee) has a
full account of General Grierson's recent
raid in Mississippi. The expedition left
Memphis on the 21st ultimo, three thou
sand strong, consisting of the Second
New Jersey, Fourth Missouri, Seventh
Indiana cavalry, First Mississippi mount
ed riiies, Third and Fourth lowa, Tenth
Missouri, Second Wisconsin, Fourth and
Eleventh Illinois and Third United States
colored. At Egypt, on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, a considerable force of the
enemy was encountered and a sharp fight
ensued, in which quite a number of the
enemy were killed and wounded and five
hundred prisoners'taken. The rebel
Brigadier-General Holcomb was among
the killed.
From Egypt the command struck west
ward, crossing the Mississippi Central
railroad below Grenada, destroying thir
ty mills. Several locomotives and fifty
cars were destroyed. At Grenada they
destroyed extensive cloth and shoe fac
tories. At Bankston the expedition
brought in a few horses and mules and
some contrabands. Among the prison
ers captured are one colonel, one lieuten
ant-colonel and twenty-five line officers,
and a number of our men, who, to escape
the treatment of our prisoners at Ander
sonville, had joined the rebel army.
SHERMAN AT NEW ORLEANS.
The New York papers publish the fol
lowing telegram. Of the truth of Sher
man being at New Orleans, we think
there is considerable doubt:
Cairo, January 9.—The steamer Ma
genta, from New Oceans, brings the an
nouncement of the arrival of the steam
ship Morning Star, with General Thomas
W. Sherman and staff.
The gunboat Rattler drifted ashore in
ft tote storm, between. Vfckrtmrg and
Natches, and was fired by a gang of
guerrillas and burned to the water's edge*
A.%oer from Mobile to a citizen of
New: Orleans says that fighting was
going on in that vicinity on the 31st, ul
timo. : : .
' The rebels were burning cotton a short
distance from Natches on the 9th ul
timo.
ATTACK ON TITE YANKEE PICKET LINE ON
- T THE SOUTH SIDE. *
A dispatch from the headquarters of
the Army of tne Potomac, on the 19tb,
says: "
The rebels made another attack on the
picket line this morning, just before day
light, and captured a few videttes on the
right of the Second division oT the Sixth
corps. »m •
The morning" was very dark, and the
attacking party approached cautiously
behind an old abattis until they were al
most'at our line ere the piefcts were
aware of their coming. The men fired
their pieces and ran back toward the re
serves, but the rebels were so close to
them, and being dressed in our uniform,
could not be distinguished from our own
men, and consequently were not fired
on as they otherwise would have been.
Not more than two shots were heard
during the attack; and they retreated,
taking nine men with them and wound
ing one of the Forty-ninth New York.
Their object seemed to be to obtain
food and clothing, a3 they at once de
manded tho soldiers' knapsacks and
blankets, few of which they got, how
ever, as our men go on picket for twenty
four hours, and only carry one day's ra
tions with them, taking no knapsacks or
blan,kets. They got a few haversacks
this morning, and to-day one of them
was held up by a rebel to show our troops
what they had gained. Some of our sol
diers swear vengeance against the raid
ers; and are waiting an opportunity to
pay them back with double fury.
THE SLAVERY DISCUSSION IN TIIE FEDE-
RAL CONGRESS.
Tn the Yankee House, on Wednesday,
the amendment to the Constitution abo
lishing slavery was up. Mr. Townsend,
of New York, opposed it, and during his
speech had the famous M Crittenden reso
lutions " read by the Clerk.
Mr. Holman (Indiana) said this amend
ment could not be adopted without being
followed by more radical measures. If,
in the judgment of our fathers, slavery
was inconsistent with a republican form
of government, they would have abo
lished it. The Democratic party were
opposed to the amendment because they
want the Constitution preserved as it is.
He denied that because, of slavery our
country had become a hissing and re
proach. In consequence of slavery, on
the contrary, it had grown in population
and wealth," and commanded the respect
of the world ; nor had its destinies been
unduly controlled by Southern men.—
The Constitution has been the source of
the nation's prosperity, and it is the only
ark of our safet)\
Mr. Cravens (Indiana) believed that
"slavery will finally die if gentlemen but
address themselves to putting down the
rebellion. He believed the war would
have been over before now if they had
said nothing about slavery. He thought
this was not the proper time to make so
radical an amendment, and he was
posed to it on the ground of policy, ex
pediency and justice.
Mr. Bromall (Pennsylvania) contended
that this question had been passed upon
by the people during the late Presiden
tial election; they had given their ver
dict, and he held'that it must be carried
out, if not by this, at least by the next
Congress. He answered the arguments
which had been advanced against the
amendment, and contended that the ob
ject of the Constitution, as declared in its
preamble, was to preserve the liberties'
of the people.
Mr. Pendleton (Ohio) maintained that
the right of amendment is limited to two
ways; first, by the letter of the Consti
tution itself, and next, by the spirit, in
tent and scope of that instrument, and
this idea underlies tho foundation. It
was not an abstract question, but a <jmc;-
tion of compact. A change could not he
made subverting the Constitution and en
couraging a monarchy, because republi
canism is at the of our system, and
to overthrow it is not to amend, but to
subvert the Constitution. If three-fourths
of the States pass such an amendment,
and they find that Rhode Island should
be tho one dissenting State, she would
have the right, and it would be her duty,
to resisthy force, and her cause would
become sacred in the eyes of just men
and sanctified by God. Such an amend
ment would not be binding on moral law,
and therefore is illegal and void, and it
could be enforced only by those who have
the power of the sword. In further argu
ment he maintained that it was not in the
power of three-fourths of the States to
determine the character of the institutions
of the other fourth.
We cannot contravene the letter and
spirit of the Constitution. We cannot
subvert Republicanism, and destroy li
berty, and decide the status of the citi
* zens of the States. If this is imposed
by force it will become the right to re
sist by force, and to array all the power
which may make resistance effective.—
He would stand by the Constitution
through good and evil report He would
stand by it as he understood it to the
end. He loved his whole country* North
and South, and it was because he loved
it he would do no act to retard the re
storation of peace and the reconstruction
of the Union.
Mr. Jenckes (Rhode Island) said he
understood the gentleman to remark that,
in the future, the cause of rebellion
would bt trtood to oibtfi than thou now
in arras. He would ask the gentleman to
say at whoso door the sin lies, and bjr
whom committed. .J,
Mr. Pendleton replied that he was not
surprise* 1 the gentleman we* somewhat
touched by what lie had said. It might
l>e the gentleman misunderstood ™ c
exact force of his language, but there
possibly might have been in the neigh
borhood of the gentleman, and in his own
State, and in all the free States, those
who would infract the Constitution. He
(Mr. Pendleton) had said let gentlemen
beware how they push their doctrine,
lest it would be found that the compact
of confederation had first been broken
elsewhere thanjn the South. In conclu
sion, he declared that he was not influ
enced by any sectional or partisan feeling,
but solely by a regard for the character
and perpetuity of our free institutions.
Mr. Jenckes (Rhode Island) expressed
his astonishment that Mr. Pendleton
called this a compact of confederation,
and asked, if we are not one nation, what
are we? He called upon the gentleman
and all of his school to frame an indict
ment on the charge that had her n made
that Northern men had infracted the Con
stitution.
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JER
SEY—A COPPERHEAD DOCUMENT.
Governor Parker, of New Jersey, sent
in his message to the Legislature of that
State oh Wednesday. It is not as
" loyal" as it might be to the Washington
Government:
The Governor thinks there would be a
much better state of feeling among the
eighteen hundred thousand voters of Che
loyal States, who expressed their dissent
from the policy of the National Admin
istration, if it was generally understood
that they could oppose theppolicy of an
administration and still be Srm friends of
the Government and steadfast supporters
of the Union.
He thinks the mode of reconstruction
by a tithe of the people in very small
parts of some of ttte States in rebellion,
and elections for President of the United
States in them, an act of great injustice
to the loyal States, destroying that
equality of representation in the Elec
toral College and Congress which is the
foundation of republican government. He
argues upon this point at length, and
says, if we believe the war is not ex
haustive in men and money, we shall not
be in a frame of mind to consider the
question of ->eace. He proceeds to argue
that the war is a national calamity,
bringing innumerable evils and a crush
ing weight of debt. He thinks the war
ought to cease whenever the rebels lay
down their arms and return to their al
legiance, but that subjugation and con
quest will lead to an endless war. AVc
should not only seek to overthrow the
rebel Government by force, but also to
conciliate the masses over whom it exer
cises despotic control.
The Governor thinks that the condi
tion of the rebel army is such as to favor
peace on the basis he suggests. Sudden
and forcible emancipation would produce
incalculable misery. It should be gra
duated, and with the consent of the peo
ple where slavery exists, to be a blessing.
Whatever differences of opinion exist, we
should be united in the determination to
maintain the Union of the States.
A "FIRST-RATB NOTICE" FROM THE i'EO-
TLB OF SAVANNAH.
The New York Chamber of Commerce,
in discussing the application of Colom 1
Julian for relief for the people Captured
in Savannah by Sherman, used such
language that even the applicant, Yankee
as he was, indignantly withdrew his ap
plication from the consideration of that
body. The Philadelphia Inquirer com
ments upon this in language which leads
us seriously to consider whether life is a
boon while purchased by assuming a
position in which a people may be thus
spoken of:
Taking umbrage at remarks made in
debate by members of the committee ap
pointed by the Chamber Commerce,
he withdraws his application to that
body, and suggests that if the Chamber
desires to act independently of him, it
can do so by sending its contributions to
General Geary. The case seems to be
this: The citizens of Savannah are too
proud to beg, and yet will accept charity.
They do not wish to starve, and we are
able to buy wjiat they wani, althous-w* it
will be at the sacrifice of one description
of needful food for others. Perhaps
Colonel Allen is somewhat "high strung"
in his sentiments, (t is almost time for
him to get over that, and to cease to be
sensitive as. to what is said about his
44 mission." For the sake of the needy
people whom he represents it would be
well for him to recollect that he is not
now the representative of Southern
pride but of Southern want. The easiest
way by which he can effect bis purpose
will be by a dignity which is free from
tetchncss.
THE WEED-OPIiYKE SUIT.
A New York letter, of Wednesday,
says:
As everything in this world must some
time or other have an end, so in, obedi
ence to the universal law, the public have
heard the last of the famous Weed-
Opdyke libel suit It has ended like the
story of Rasselas, with a conclusion in
which nothing is concluded. In other
words, the jury have failed to agree, and
though the plaintiff can undoubtedly
have a new trial, if he so elect, yet his
friends say there is no probability-that
he will deem it advisable to avail him
self of that privilege, the scene when
the jury came inte court this morning
was • lively one, Mr. Weed wis in
court, iurrouodtd. \>j feii Mends, but not
Mr. Opdyke. ft is said that, first of all,
the jurors stood seven to fire for sub
stantial damages, but afterwards the pro
portion was nine to three. But Weed's
friends contradict that, and say three
were for nominal damages and six for
acquittal. •
ANOTHER GREAT NAVAL.AND MILITARY
EXPEDITION ABOUT TO START.
A letter from New York, dated the
11th instant, says:
We have some very exciting rumors in
Wall street this afternoon relative to
another great naval and military expedi
tion. These rumors are of a very spe
cific and circumstantial character ; but
though it is probable that some of our
city journals, with their usual unscrupu-
KHisncss, will give currency to them to
morrow morning, your correspondent re
frains from giving publicity to them here.
Gold, you will perceive, has fallen seve
ral per cent, and that locks as if some
body had heard " good news."
M I«CELLAX EOUS.
One hundred sailors wore selected at
Portsmouth, New llamp;!tire, to be sent
to~Bultiniore on Saturday in the steamer
De Soto. Upon being searched, most of
them were found to bo dressed in citizen's
clothing under their outer dress, and
were armed—with the intention, proba
bly, of making their escape upon a con~
venicnt opportunity. Many of them are
desperate characters. They were sent
into the hold of* the United States ship
Vandalia, and the hatches fastened down.
General Grant, on hearing that the
citizens of Ohio were preparing a suitable
testimonial for General Sherman, ordered
the sum of live hundred dollars to be
subscribed for him toward that object
That ferocious she guerrilla, Sue
Mundy, with a band, on the night of the
sth instant, killed five members of the
Fifteenth Kentucky infantry, near Leba
non, Kentucky. The guerrillas, after com
mitting the deed, turned their attention to
the destruction of the rolling stock of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. A
number of box-cars, which were sta
tioned on the side track, were Ret on fire
and nearly consumed.
The publication of the incomes in Chi
cago has begun. The list of those whose
incomes are over $3,000 is quite large.
The following are the names of those
whose income exceeds $100,000 : Potter
Palmer, $333,483; John V. Farwell,
$U,>7,152; Peter Schujlter, $108,731.
Those whose income is ewlr $50,000, and
less than $100,000, number nine; over
£40,000, and less than $50,000, three;
over $30,000, and less than $40,000, six
teen ; over $20,000, and less than $30,
--000, fifty-one; over $10,000, and less
than $20,000, one hundred and thirty
one; under $10,000, and over $3,0.00,
five hundred and ninety-one.
A correspondent of a Boston paper
writes from this city that General Mr-
Clellan leaves for his European tour the
first week in.February. He has declined
the offer of the private vessel tendered
by his friends, lie leaves in the Steamer
China, and will be gone a couple of yearsj
He is made perfectly easy in pecuniary
matters. He will make a thorough study
of the military science in Europe.
A telegraph message was sent, a few
days since, from City Point to Chatta
nooga, with but a single repetition, and
that at Pittsburg. The distance is about
two thousand miles.
The Kentucky Legislature has adopted
resolutions in favor of emancipation, the
consent of the owners being obtained,
and compensation made.
On Tuesday, the Union State Conven
tion of Tennessee met in the capitol at
Nashville, and organized by electing the
Hon. Samuel It. Uodgers, of Knox coun
ty, president. Messrs. Mercer, Myers
and Cone were chosen vice-presidents.
The Missouri State Convention, on the
11th, passed the following "ordinance by
a vote of sixty to four: ü ße it ordained
by the people of the State of Missouri,
in convention assembled, that hereafter
in this State there shall be neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude, except in pun
ishment of crime, whereof tho party shall
hive been duly convicted, and all per
sons held to sendee or labor as slaves
are hereby declared free.
James Guthrie has been elected United
States Seriator from Kentucky, in place
of Lazarus L. Powell—General Rousseau
came in teu votes of getting it.
William Pitt Fessenden has been
elected U nil id States Senator from Main*.
On Sunday, a scouting party from
Clarksville, Tennessee, captured south
of the Cumberland river the guerrilla
leader, Jake Sly. Sly and four of his
men were executed on the spot.
The Gait House, at Louisville, Ken
tucky, was destroyed by fire on Wednes
day night. Two guests were burnt to
death.
General Price's army is reported at
Beggy depot, on Red river.
Gold was quoted in New York en
Wednesday night at 219.
STILL LA TERtROM THE NORM-
We have received copies of New York
papers of Friday, the Uith. They con
tain nothing of importance. Gold was
quoted at 220 1 -8. The Timea'e Wash
ington correspondent telegraphs the re
turn to that city, on Thursday, of F. P«
Blair, which, of course, was a mistake.
BUTLER'S REMO VA L REQUESTED h V OBAST.
Butler is to be summoned to Washing
ton to testify about the Wilmington
failure.' The Washington National lie
publican, of the 10th, say a in reference
to the removal of General Butler:
la the last edition of the Republican
yesterday, we announced thee Major
Genual Butter wee relieved as cW