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WHEELING, W. V., MONDAY MQRN|g6i, DECEMBER 26, 1864.
REGISTEI
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wheeling register.
"* MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 96, 1864.
Telefr.pH?c ***
vtensive fire occurred on &***
AU ncet. New York, last Friday night,
"^liimi ^ tbe destruction of property
val'oe'lat ?ne k-** "Ud Mty ,h0U" I
g?>?*">?? N",Kir">LXVoO
Mlv?npbya.orp?,lo.uMob.l?Bayon
,\.>tli No lives were lost.
Xtral Davideou'a raiding party has
,1 to Patagonia, La. It moved
prtiii" southern portioua of Louist
"rCiaaiPl'' ?"* A1?buma *nd
""I.,,! part of Florida, iufl.ct.ug an un
"1 noount of damage aud daatroy.ug
""Tvaluabte property. They let two
Si "gM ?<? ?4 fortyo^
tuvfil uiiiifiliasa rmnor of
T'" K" or Monday in South
nearGtad, spring, be
" b, bridge or Stoi.en.an and
tween Burbndg ^ ,atter waa
???" V rebo. -It works a,
SJTteRicblwd newspaper" ^barge^tbe
?r:r.^r--:
baa a report
rrssrett
i\T. . ?* on Mr. Lincoln's re-election.
The London J??? urges immediate ne
? a concerning tbe American war.
CXI? e, ba^mved o .
fcialadviccs from Savannah up to Dec.
which time all wa, reported well.
Gold, at the regular board in ew ,
.toed laat Saturday evening at P t
. telegraph operator who has just
.ayed from Richmond reports that mte
iJeuce of tbe fall of Savannah and the
rXof thirteen thousand troops
unilei Hardee, had been rece.i rf m th
r, Wilmington had been taken by Por
;:r!'r,ltth,w.,n.. -cable to
?> ?**??. ~r?toKichmSa.glo>
:;:trrc e?remfand that greet indig
Son ...... >*?intf the Confederate
jovernvnont.
* L\TEST
Secretary Stanton telegraph* to Gem
^??U?chesh?ve^nr?..v
tioiu Shennan, announcing the occup.
iinu of Savannah on tl.e 21st. '
with the main body of his army, . J?;
ag?l to make their esrapehawugblown
' te iron-clada in the Navy ?
, /??littured B0<? prisoners, 1?*'
Sherman captured i
mm* 130 locomotives, 1W cars, a b
iuiount of ainunition and oH.n.uouaof
war and about 33,000 bales ot cotton.
SotUing ia eaid of the present poa.t.on
?t Uaulee's army.
The rebel General Lyon's ?
three thousand strong, struck tbe
b?ins\ille and Nashville road nea I
Mb.,,* ..and inflicted some
Lagrange's brigade of McCook
divbiou is pressing closely in their ieai.
Another Outrage. ? Last Saturday
iiight, an Mr B. Devonport and wife
*eiv pacing aluug Monroe street, near
Maiket. ho was assaulted by a gang of
tidier* and knocked down. It is said
that they also attempted to rob him, but
tbis was prevented by his wife, who gave
tLe alarm and brought several persons to
assistance He was not seriously in
jJieil We'did not learn that any ar
were made.
Bordering on Tilt Marvelous. ? The
^nesville Conner relates tbe following
?ira&g< occurrence in that city. It toot
(W* in a house on South Sixth street,
-"joining the Baptist Church, and occu
lt liy a Mrs, Turner, her son-in-law,
h It bay, and two or three young per
" ' On Saturday evening, when the
. ame home for the night, he found
T?xL coal and stones piled up against
jMuor leading into the building. The
? says:
''ii hunday ev cuing about seven o'clock,
faring the absence of Doctor Day, the
TuuW*m the second story, front side
?nd rear part of the building, were bro
ken in hy stones. The alarm was given
tod tbe house was soon surrounded on all
?ides, by neighbors and people going to
?With, to the number of one hundred or
'ft- The polit e with the City Marshal
^ soon :it the scene of disturbance; tbe
??? could lie heard to jingle every time
* bit a window light, find in the
,4r than again in the trout, changing
* itiou back and forth. The Doc
kul in the meantime arrived,
^'i^itb a revolver and shot gun, both
"-as OU the look out; several shots
"|t" fired at imaginary persons without
. proceedings went on until a groat
*!, , i was broken out of the
story windows. A curiousfeature
^wrence, is the fact that no
^ere found inside of the rooms
Joe glass was broken, and none of
^ m-q in the windows, wc believe, were
No one could see from
, > the t-toues, if stones they wero,
^ ? owr could the police get the
*** as to who the perpetrators
^ebiuoud Enquirer, of Friday,
^ 15th, in a semi-official editorial
. ot aiming the slaves, contains
,0uowin,T
"H
supplicate European na
P' We mU8t be prepared to
I ^tifl ?'1 c.OIU^^ion8 which will be the
W slavery. If we are prepared
'^oto f ery' ** vr^ uo* be necessary
^ '? iliUr< Peau nat'ontJ f?r protection;
^ *ill u1 e us not only recognition,
^tioi! rccnou^ion with such in
secure nationality and
Dec. 15.? The subscrip
? n' forthe weektnd.
am??t9 to 129.658,.
L ?th?74)loan $5,334,000.
SHERMAN'S ARMY.
An Official War Bulletin.
CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH.
33, (MM Bale* af Cattaa Taken? Har
dee Escaped with Ike Maia Bady af
hi* Army.
Maior Gen. Dix :
A dispatch has been received thin even
ing by the President from Gen. Sherman.
It i?i dated Savannah, Thursday, Dec. 22,
and announces his occupation of the city
of Savannah, aud the capture of 150 guns,
plenty of ammunition, and about 25,000
bales of cotton. No other particulars are
given.
An official dispatch from Gen. Foster
to Gen. Grant, on the 22nd iuet., at 7
o'clock P. M., states that the city of Sa
vanuah was occupied by Sherman on the
morning of the 21st; and that on the pre
ceding afternoon and night, Hardee es
caped with the main body of his infantry
and light artiflery, blowing up the iron
clads in the navy yard. He enumerates
as captured, 800 prisoners, 150 guns, 130
locomotives in good order, 190 cars, and a
large amount of ammunition and materi
als of war; 3 steamers and 33,000 bales of
cotton. No mention is made of the pres
ent position of Hardee's arm v. which had
been estimated at 15,000. The dispatch
es of Gen'ls Sherman aud Foster, are as
follows:
To his Excellency President Lincoln:
I beg to present you as a Christmas
gift the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy
guns and plenty of ammnnition, aud al
so about 25,000 bales of cotton.
[Signed ] W. T. Sherman,
Major-Gencral.
Steamer Golden Mate, )
Savannah River, 7 p. m., Dec. 22. {
Lt.-Gen. Grant and Major Gen. Halleck:
I have the honor to report that I have
returned from Shermau's Headquarters
in Savannah. I send Major Gray, of my
staff, as bearer of dispatches from Gene
ral Sherman to you, and also a message
to the President. The city of Savannah
was occupied on the morning of the 21st.
General Hardee anticipating the contem
plated assault, escaped with the main
body of his infantry and light artillery,
on the morning of the 20th, by crossing
the river to an open cause-way opposite
the city.
The rebel iron clads were blowuup aud
the navy yard was burned. All the rest
of the city is intact and contains 20,000
citizens, quiet and well disposed, The
captures include 800 prisoners, 150 guns,
130 locomotives in good order, 190 cars, a
large supply of ammunition and mater
ial* of war, three stermers and 33,000
bales of cotton safely stored in ware
houses. Ail these valuable fruits of an
almost bloodless victory have been like
Atlanta, a city won. I opened commun
ications with the city with my steamer
to-day, taking up all the torpedoes we
could see, ana passing safely over others.
Arrangements are made to clear the chan
nel of all obstructions.
Richmond papers of yesterday state
that on the 23d, twenty six vessels of the
Wilmington expedition had reappears,;
the dispatch is published in tne Rich
mond papers and is as follows:
Wilmington, Dec. 23. ? Twenty six
vessels of the Federal fleet reappeared
this morning. There has been no change
since the last dispatch.
This is the latest intelligence received
[ Press Dispatch.]
War Department,
Washington, Dec. 24.
i
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 2
Yours, &c.
J. G. Foster, Maj. General
from t"
FOREIGN NEWS.
Mr, Adams Congratulated.
London Timeson Negotiation.
Fi*e Dir* I<Wfr Wew# by ike Rn??iau
?The Liverpool Cotton Mnrkct.
St. Johns, Dec. 24. ? The steamer Rus
sian, from Liverpool on the 15th, via
Londonderry 16th, arrived oft" Cape Race
at three o'clocjc this evening. She was
boarded by the news boat of the Associated
Press, and a summary of her uews
obtained, which is five days later than
that by the Africa, at Boston.
The news by the Russian is of uo spe
cial importance.
The British Emancipation Society
had presented a congratulatory address
to Mr. Adams, the American Minister,
upon Mr. Linconln's re-election J American
advices, in view of Sherman's progress in
Georgia and Hood's operations in Ten
nessee, were regarded with the greatest
interest.
The Globe says since the beginning of
the war there was uever greater interest
at stake.
The London Times urges the opening
of negotiations iu regard to the American
war. saying it must come to this at last,
and the sooner it does come it will be
better for America aud the world at large.
Sales of cottou at the Liverpool market
for three days, 18,000 bales. Market
closing unchanged. Breadstuffs steady.
Provisions have a downward tendency.
Produce dull. Consols 891.
The London Timos sa^ys that war, un
lets ended by negotiation aud mutual
compromise, must go on until the South
is made a howling wildorness and the
North prostrated financially and com
mercially for years.
London Money Market.? Gold con
tinues to flow into the bank of Eugland,
but thercfare large withdrawals tor ex
ports to Egypt, which counteract the re
ceipt and a further immediate reduction
in the bank's rate of discount was made.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
Liverpool, 16, ? The cotton brokers'
circular reports the sales of the week at
42,000 bales. Cotton market easier, and
quotations barely maintained. Authori
zed quotations are, Orleans fair, 28d:
middling, 26fc Mobile fair, 27?d: middling
26?; uplands 27d.
Breadstuff's quiet and steady. Provi
sions, quiet ana steady.
From Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec 23.? Business is
at a standstill, owing to the roads being
blockaded by mud, and freight commu
nication across Sierra Nevada is pre
vented. The overland mail has arrived
with St. Louis dates aBd mails to Novem
ber 26th. The steamer Golden Age sailed
to-day with a small number of passen
gers and one million fifty thousand dol
lars in treasure, of which only $388,000
goes to New York. The remainder is for
England and Mexico.
The sailing of the next mail steamer
is postponed until the 4th of January, on
aooount of the holidays.
FROM LOUISIANA,
Davidson's Raiding Party.
Destruction of Rebel Properly.
Arrival *f the C?n?n4 at Paw#
gonla? The Capture* and Casual
ties.
[Press Dispatch.]
New York, Dec. 24. ? Geueral David
son and his division of Union cavalry,
some accounts of whose raidiug opera
tions in the lower parishes of Lousiana
were sometime ago republished froiu
rebel sources, have arrived safely at Pas
cagoula, Louisiana, from Baton Rouge,
which place they left on the 27th nit. ?
They moved through the Southern por
tions of Lousiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama and th# western portion of Florida,
meeting with little opposition and de
stroying large quantities of rebel army
supplies, occupying a number of towns,
tearing up railroad track, burning
bridges, capturing a number of prisoners
and two valuable mails, and inflicting
immense damage generally on the enemy.
Their operations caused great consterna
tion among the rebels in the conutry
through wuich they passed. Their en
tire casualties were two killed, eight
wounded and forty captured.
The rebel guerrillas and bushwhackers
continue their depredations on the plan
tations along tho Mississippi river above
New Orleans, but they have nearly
ceased firing ou unarmed transports.
m ? ? -
Reported Engagement between Breck
inridge and Bnrbridgc? Richmoud
Editor* on Jeff Darin.
New York, Dec. 24. ? The Richmoud
Exainiuer of the 21st has an indefinite
report that the rebel Breckiuridge had
two engagements with the national forces
under Burbridge or Stouemau, on last
Sunday aud Monday, near Glade Sj>riug,
in Southwestern Virginia, aud defeated
them and compelled them to retreat pre
cipitately toward East Tennessee. The
rebel salt works at Saltville were re
Ijorted to be still safe, though it is be
ieved the lead works at Marion are de
stroyed.
The rebel Colonel Leatt, iu an order
dated at Clinton, La., directs that all
prisoners caught going in directions of
CJniou lines with cottou to sell to the
Yankees, shall be punished with one
hundred lashes each.
Some of the Richmoud editors, writh
ing and smarting under the late succes
sion of disasters to their armies, abuse
Jeff. Davis in severe language, charging
his meddling in military matters as the
cause of all misfortunes.
The Richmond Sentinel of the 21st says
it is reported that the Yankees have
evacuated Plymouth, North Carolina.
They have not occupied Washington.
Fortress Monroe, Dec. 22? Rebel
papers conttin the following:
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 14. ? Passengers
by the western train to-night report a
raid on the Virginia and Westernrailroad
at Bristol, Tenn. The enemy are sup
posed to be a portion of Burbridge's
command. From Bear Station they ad
vanced rapidly aud entered the town at
5 o'clock in the morning, destroying a
considerable amount of government,
stores, and an engine and train on the
East Tennessee railroad, between Bristol
and Abingtou. No reliable intelligence
of the enemy's numbers are received, but
they are supposed to have between 5,000
or 6,000. A body of the enemy returning
towards Bear Station encountered our
forces at Zollicofter, a station on the East
Tennessee railroad, two miles west of
Bristol, where a fight was reported to be
progressing at last accounts.
Washington Ileum.
New York, Dec. 25? The Commercial's
Washington special says the weather is
moderating and the prospect is that navi
gation will soon be resumed on the Poto
mac.
The Post's Washington special sayst lie
latest advices from Canada rentier it cer
tain that there will be no trouble be
tween our government aud the author
ities of that province.
The receipts at the internal revenue
bureau during the month of December,
amount to twenty million dollars. The
Commissioners of Internal Revneuehave
decided that scrap iron, heretofore taxed,
is subject to tax under the internal rev
enue laws. The tax upon it is the one
having already been paid.
The President has granted an uncon
ditional pardon to William Tuckennan,
who was convicted of robbing the mails
between New York aud Boston about
eight years ago. He was sentenced for
twenty years. Since his imprisonment
his conduct is said to have been such as
to gain the sympathy of all connected
with tli? prison.
Au ordinance was passed by the Board
of Alderman to day prohibiting the
sprinkling of streets with salt for the
purpose of melting snow, under a penal
ty
Win. Curtis Noyes, a distinguished
lawyer, has had a dangerous paraletic
attack.
The leader of the Port Kervisgang of
counterfeiters has been sentenced to hard
labor in the State prisou, for five years.
? ?
Gunboat Blown up in N obilr Ha?.
Cairo, Dec. '24. ? The iron steamer Ni
agara, from New Orleans, the 17th, ar
rived last evening. The Star, from New
York, arrived also. The Cromwell, for
New York, left on the 17th. The prize
steamer Julia, of Nassau, with an as
sorted cargo, captured of Brazos river
by the United States steamer Deer on
the 5th has arrived at New Orleans. ?
The gunboat Narcissus was blown up in
Mobile Bay on the tfth by a torpedo. No
lives were lost, but several persons were
scalded; all her material was saved. The
boat will probably be raised.
Cotton in good request at #1 18a 1 20.
Sugar and Molasses tinner at 20a24$c. ?
Flour ? receipts mostly for forwardiug.
Dr?truclirr Fire in Hfe w York.
New York. Dec. 24? An extensive lire
occurred in Beekman street last night. ?
Loss $150, 000. The sufferers are . las. E.
Halsey & Co., hardware auctioneers. $10,
000; L. Giant & Bros, hardware, $15,000;
Foster & Tower, hardware, $8,000; Bas
sett & Mace, John H. Scott, Edward
Barnes &. Co., Samson & Goodenow. and
Endicott & Co., losses unknown.
The Gold Market.
New York, Dec. 24.? Gold weak aud
lower. The adjournment of business un
til Tuesday produced indisposition to
buy, and transactions are nominal at
221a22H- An interesting discovery has
been made that some of the gold bags
transferred in sales have been tampered
with, and instead of contain^ all gold,
have been mixed with the com, stones,
old iron and new pennies, to make
iraight.
MILITARY NEWS^ ,
Fort Fisher BeportedF^n.
Late Richmond Newspapers
Burbridge and Breckinridge.
A Telegraph Operator Gwapc* (Vwh
Richarad, aad Girn latclligeaee af
the 4'apiarr af Aaraaaah, wfth the
Farce* llader Hardee? Fart Fisher
Maid ta he Captared.
[Press Di*paUJi.[
Baltimore, Dec. 25 ? The Associated
Press letter from Fortress Monroe, flfrlcd
?n the afternoon of the the
najl steamer Thofhas Collierhas just ar
rived. A telegraph operator named Ba
ier, belonging to one of the chief offices
n Richmond, escaped night before last,
ind having succeeded in eluding the vigi
ance of the rel>el pickets, made his es
cape successfully into our linos yesterday
jvening. He was subjected to a severe
)xaiuinatiou by Gen. Grant, and stated
:liat intelligence of the fall of Savannah
ind the capture of the entire forces, 13,
J00 in number, commanded by Gen. Har
lee, had reached Richmond a few hours
before he made his escape.
There was a report prevailing at the
iame time that Fort Fisher, commanding
the entrance to Wilmington, had also
fallen, through a combined attack by
Sen. Butler's and Admiral Porter's forces;
but this could not be traced to any relia
able source.
The spirits of the citizens of Richmond
be describes in a very much depressed
state, and it was with difficulty tliat the
authorities could exercise any indue ace
whatever over the press ayd citizens,
such were their manifestations of con
tempt for the action of the rebel govern
ment.
General Griffin is a passenger in the
Thomas Collins, and places the utmost
confidence in the statement flf this opera
tor, and is of the opinion that the report
of the capture of Fort Fisher is true; the
extensive preparations made by Butler
on the sailing of the expedition, warrants
its early surrender.
Gen. Hoke's rebel division left its posi
tion in front of the Army of the James,
and is supposed to have gone to assist in
the defences of Wilmington.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 23d says
a division of Union infantry, under Gen.
Palmer has occupied Bower Hill, eight
miles east of Portsmouth, Virginia, For
the purpose, it is supposed, to operate
against Weldon, North Carolina.
General Custarof Sheridan's cavalry,
on Thursday made an attack on tlio rebel
cavalry under Rosscr, nine miles north
of Harrissonburg, in the Shenandoah
Valley.
The Richmond Examiuer of '23d says
Sheridan's infantry has come up the val
ley to a point between Harrisonburg, and
New Market. This advance it is sup
posed, is intended as a diversion in the
tavor of a cavalry movement on this side
of the mountains. Early has inarched
out to meet him. The mounted force
which crossed the mountains is 45,000 in
number, they were yesterday at Madison
The Commercial's Washington special'
of the 24th says: Richmond papers of
the 24th contain official dispatches of
Friday afternoon, from Wilmington. At
that time 2(5 Union vessels appeared oft'
that place. No attempt had been made
to land troops or attack the forts, in con
sequence ol storms.
Rebel papers also contain'news that Sa
vannah and urobably Charleston had
been evacuated.
A rebel dispatch from Wilmigton ou
the 20th says: The enemy's fleet, num
bering thirty odd steamers, appeared off
the inlet this morning,
The Examiner of the 23d says: Tele
graph communication is intercepted by
the storm at all points. We had very
little to fear from the land forces. Bragg
is in command.
The Richmond Examiner of the 22d
says: Our iron clads cannot be moved
up the river so as to prevent the shelling
of Savannah
The Richmond Examiner of the 22d,
says there has been no confirmation of
the report that Breckinridge bad beaten
Stoneman or Burbridge's raiders, near
Glade Springs. An unofficial dispatch
says the damage done wan slight and will
be speedily repaired.
The Richmond Examiner of the 22d
has official information that a column
of the enemy numbering 5,000, were on
the Ohio and Mobile railroad north of its
crossing of the Mississippi railroad.
The Examiner also says it has no ad
vices from Hood, but fears he is in a bad
fix.
The Whig of the 22d has an article on
the dark days of the Confederacy. It
says Hood has been badly defeated, but
he can learn a lesson of endurance from
Early. If his defeat proves worse than
it is represented, it will be the first in
stance of the kind during this war.
Late rebel papers give additional ac
counts of General Davidson's work from
Baton Rouge across the southern portion
of the Southern States. Among other
works, portions of the Mobile and Ohio
and Mobile and Great Northern railroads
were destroyed.
The rebel City Marshal of Atlanta re
cently returned to .that town, and is oc
cupied in lamentation over the disaster
fallen upon the arms of the Confede
racy.
The Rebel Army in Tenne<t?ee? John
?on lo bo il? Rrdrrmrr.
New York, Dec. 24? The Richmond
Examiner of the '21st says its army in
Tennessee has b?xeu terribly misused, and
has suffered awful injury, but it may be
returned to full efficiency by the hand
that did it after Missionary Ridge. (John
son.)
The Richmond Fxaminer of the 2Uth,
a&JB the government has received official
dispatcher from Savannah, to the 19th,
saving all was well.
? ?
Arrival from Harnon.(
New York, Dec. 24, ? Tlie steamer Cor
sica, from Havana, via of Nassau, arrived
this morning. Nassau papers contain
ridiculous accounts of Shcrmau's army
being cut up and divided, and of their
being 50,000 troops in Savannah to meet
him, and the probability of his escape
was doubtful.
Wm. Bawson, the new Governor of
Bahama Islands, arrived at Nassau, and
General Lee is reported by the Nassau
Guardian to have left there on the 15th
inst. in the steamer Darien, for Bermuda.
Mawkf Dead Again.
New York, Dec. 24? A special to the
Tribune from Washington Kills Moseby,
again, by a report from Piedmont.
? ? - -
London? Consol, for ? money $1 87a
1 Bullion in the Bank of England
has increased The bank -minimum rates
of interest hare been reduced to 6 per
cent.
REBEL CONGRESS.
Bold Discussion of Peace.
Abdut Peace Commissioners
. ^ j
Startling Speech of H. S. Foote.
The proceedings of the Confederate
Congress on Saturday* are highly impor
tant. In the House of Representative*,
on the resolution of Mr. Turner, of North
Carolina, audthe substitute of Mr. Barks
dale, of Mississippi, concerning negotia
tions looking to peace. M. Mullen,
of Virginia, having the door, offered the
followiug substitute for both propositions:
Whereas, According to the Declara
tion of Independence of the United
.States, and the Constitution of the Con
federate States, the people of each of
said states, in their liigneHt sovereign
capacity, have a right to alter, amend,
or abolish the government under which
they live, and establish such other as
they may deem most expedient; and
whereas," the people of the several Con
federate States have thought proper to
sever their political connection with the
people aud government in the United
States, for reasons which it is not need of
here to state; and whtrcan, the people of
the Confederate States have organized a
distinct government for themselves; and
whereas, because the people of the Con
federate States havo thus exercised their
undoubted right in this respect, the peo
ple and governmrut of the united States
have thought proper to make war upon
them; aud irhrrean, there seems to be a
difference of opinion on the part of the
respective governments and people as to
which of th? contending parties is re
sponsible for the common cement of the
present war, therefore,
Resolved, That while it is inexpedient,
and would be incompatible with the dig
nity of tho Confederate States to send
commissioners to Washington city for 1 he
purpose of securing a cessation of hos
tilities, yet it would bo. in the judgment
of this body, eminoutly proper that the
House of Representatives of the Confed
erate States should dispatch without de
lay to sonio convenient point, a body of
commissioners, thirteen in number, com
posed of one representative from each of
tho said states, to meet and confer with
such individuals as may be appointed by
the government of the United States, in
regard to all outstanding questions of
difference between the two governments,
and to agree, if possible, upon terms of
a lasting aud honorable peace, subject to
the ratilication of the respective govern
ments and of tho sovoreigu states re
spectively represented therein.
In the course of a speech made ou this
question Mr. Million said:
Mr. Speaker: I have given this sub
ject much reflection. I have prepared
a preamble aud resolution much more ac
ceptable to myself than any yet offered
to this House, and I bespeak from gen
tlemen a clear and dispassionate consid
eration of them. I hope, sir, that I am
oorvf the last ften in this House to do
anything to reflect discredit upon the
Confederate government ? upon the proud
old commonwealth of Virginia, or on the
district I have tho honor to represent. ?
Mr. Speaker, the gentlemau from North
Carolina proposes to take some action in
relation to our patriotic soldiers now in
carcerated in northern prisons and dun
geons, and I ask the members if this is
not a subject worthy of their considera
tion aud action. I think it is. But, sir,
I am opposed to vending commissioners
to Washington city, as proposed by his
resolution. The resolutions of the gen
tleman from Mississippi contemplate no
actiou, and I desire action upon them. ?
I admit, too, that we havo said to the
government of the United States, time
aud again, that weare ready to negotiate
with them for peace, by President Davis,
in his different messages, and by the late
congressional manifesto. But here is a
proposition emanating directly from the
people through their representatives,
fresh from the people
Here Mr. Adkins, of Tennessee, asked
him if ho believed Mr. Lincoln would en
tertain terms of negotiation unless upon
the terms indicated by himself.
Mr. Speaker, I thank my honorable
friend from Tennessee for having asked
uie the question. I will say to that gen
tleinun, that I understand from my
friend on the right, Mr Foote, that Gen
eral Graut has expressed a willingness to
Bishop Day, that he would receive any
gentleman or set of commissioners, anil
would invite a like number from his
government to meet ours at some point
to be agreed upon, to endeavor to settle
our difficulties. But, sir, let Mr. Lincoln
reject the proposition if he pleases, we
shall loose nothing by the effort. But,
sir, it may be said that I am departing
from tho constitutional mode of settling
I such questions.
Here Mr. Barksdale interrupted, aud
asked the question ? if his is not the on
ly constitutional mode.
Mr. Speaker, I think so much of the
gentleman from Mississippi, that I will
always allow him to ask me a question.
I tell that gentleman that whilst his plan
is constitutional, there are other plans
which are not unconstitutional. I claim
that the gentleman and myself have the
right, as individuals, to go: and if re
ceived by General Grant, we could take
the initiative steps; or that any numtarof
gentlemen might do so; aud that each of
the State legislatures can do so. Yes, sir,
the Virginia legislature, now in settsion,
may, if they see fit, commence to nego
tiate, and so of any aud all the .States. ?
But, sir, I hold that the Congress of each
government possesses the war making
power, but that the treaty making power
rests with the Senate and President of the
government, and I claim that this House
as the power to appoint commissiouers to
take the proper steps looking to a settle
, ment of our difficulties. Mr. Sneaker, I
' desire to strengthen and build up the
peace party of the North. Yes, sir. I
want tue people of the North, and of the
| christian world to know that this unnat
ural and unchristian war has been forced
upon us, and that we have only exercised
those high natural and constitutional
rights which were guaranteed to ns by
our revolutionary tathers. Yes^ir. The
people of the North have beeu commit
ting aggressions upon us since 1819, up
to the time we dissolved our connection
with them, and even up to this day. Mr.
Speaker, before I take my seat 1 will
move to refer this whole subject to the
committee on Foreign Relations, to as to
have a report from that learned commit
tee. But, again, I wish to unite and
conciliate atf the people of the South,
and, more particulanr, to stop the
months of Govern** Brawn ana Vice
President Stevens, and all others who
have or may clamor for reconstruction by
negotiations or otherwise.
Before the question was taken, another
ol der came up, viz: the currency bill.
Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, addressed the
House. The following are importaut ex
tracts from his speech:
Mr. Foote said he saw much grouud for
despondency and appreheusion iu even
quarter. 1/ this financial bill, said he.
is defeated iu the two houses of Con
gress, so admirably digested as it is, so
imposingly avouched aud sustained as it
is. I shall utterly dispair of our cause; if
this measure shall be defeated. I shall re
gard the war as virtually at au end, and
all the generous hopes of our patriotic
and much-sufferiuK countrymen as cruel
ly and criminally blasted. If the honor
able gentlemen here suppose that it is
safe, at this perilous moment of our his
tory, to indulge iu vain and visionary ex
periments upon the currency. If they
regard the preseut as a suitable time for
the utterance of such language as we
have heard in this hall iu the last forty
eight hours, looking manifestly to the
wholesale repudiation of all our present
currency, then do I differ from them es
sentially. Sir, I beseech the honorable
gentlemen, on this lust occasiou i?erhapa
that I shall have the honor of addressing
this House, to look with me upon the
present condition of the country, before
they receive or withhold their support
from this measure. What is our situa
tion \ Let us look danger in the
face, and provide for a shelter, if it is
possible to do so. Sir, ire are upon the
very edge of ruin. Our financial affairs
are most seriously disordered, Abroad,
owiug to the most criminal mismanage
ment of every kind, 110 respectful consul
ration has been yet accorded to us, or
seems likely to be accorded hereafter. At
home a series of legislat i ve acts have found
sanction here which must be inevitably
fatal to stato rights aud state sovereignty
and to popular freedom if not speedily
uioditied. Congress is rapidly abnegat
ing all important?power?, and builtling
up an irresponsible military despotism,
the like of which has never been seen be
fore upon this earth. Other acts are in
progress here, which, should they pass,
must produce popular convulsions which
will put our whole governmental system
iu the most serious jeopardy, enormous
abuses of power, heretofore committed to
the executive department, have occurred,
which have everywhere tilled the minds
of our countrymen with distrust aud
alarm. Ten days hence tVeedom or
deliberation will have been effectually
extinguished iu this bodv, by means
which I may not specify. The freedom
of the press will iu all probability como
to au eud about the same time; by the
operation of causes which I have hereto
fore discussed iu this hall. Iu the midst
of these alarming occurrences, and while
conniption is kuown to be diffusing
itself along all the chauuels of otti
cial intercourse, what is the couditiou of
our armies? Lee is nobly and successfully
defending Richmond and Petersburg. ?
The uujust, unwise, and deeply criminal
displacement of the gallant and efficient
Johnston from the command of the army
of Tenuessee, and the transfer of that
anny to the neighborhood of Nashville,
has opened all Southern Georgia, South
Carolina, and Alabama to the army of
Sherman Fort McAllister has falleu. ?
Savannah is aboat te fcli> Wiifctt of
Charleston seems ouiy to be deterred a
few days later. Hood's army has already
met with a great disaster at Frankliu,
and is, in my judgment, fatally compro
mised. Presidential interference is the
cause of all these dire mischiefs, as it was
of the result of the unfortunate battle of
Murfreeshoro', and the still more disas
trous one at Missionary Ridge. Should
Hood's army be destroyed ? as event
which 1 fear is but too probable ? and
Sherman come round to tuis vicinage in
ships, as I do not doubt he now intends,
what will be the fate of Richmond? Sir,
it is under such circumstance's that it is
deemed wise to throw unseemly obstruc
tions in the way of nassing an efficient
financial hill? Isthisthepropertimetotalk
about repudiation? Is this the time to
refuse to entertain a proposition looking
to an honorable peace? So think mauy
iu this House, who constitute a majority;
but so do not I think. Sir, I have sno
ken out my views frankly and explicitly,
and now I wish to say to this House,
that the course of events here and else
where has been recently such that I shall
deem it a duty which I owe alike to uiy
own character and to the nrinciplos
which I have heretofore steadily main
tained, to withdraw from this body al
together. I atu a freeman, and the rep
resentative of freemen, and I know not
how to legislate in chains. I will no
longer be responsible for measures adopt
ed in secret sessions of this IkmIv, which
my whole soul abhors aud my wliole un
derstanding condemns. This, as I have
already said, is perhaps the last time
that I will address this body or discus*
the questions here under consideration.
I shall withdraw to some sequestered
spot, where I can enjoy a little repoge
aud freedom from taxation. If disturbed
iu my retreat by the hand of oppression,
I will seek in foreign climes that freedom
aud hanpiness which I consider is denied
to me here.
The committee then rose, and, on mo
tion, the House adjourned.
The C'aaiialtie* in the Late Railroad
Diiailrr arar Clmlaad.
Cleveland, Dec 24. ? The folluwing
is a list of the rasualities can?e<l by tht*
disaster on the Cleveland and Pittsburg
railroad yesterday: Killed ? John Kob
inaon and wife, of' Petersburg. Michigan;
0. H. Perry, of Cleveland: XJfr. Miller, of
Minerva, Ohio. Wouuded ? (ieorge Pe
verv, of Mussilon; Moses Thompson, of
Mansfield; B. H. Graham, of Millersburg;
C. N. Worthy, of Philadelphia; P. H.
Hammond, of Cleveland; Mrs. Euitse
den, of Cleveland; I)r. Iloce, of Pitta
burg; W. A. Baldwing. of Elmira; H.
Gillman, of Cleveland; Mrs. A. Baldwin,
of Cleveland; and a few others slightly.
m ? ? ?
Urarral I-yaa'* Operalitn.
Louis villk, Dec. 24.? Lyon's forces, es
timated at from two thousand to three
thonsand cavalry and six pieces of artil
lery. struck the Louisville and Nashville
railroad at Elizabethtown, and destroyed
a few unimportant spans over Bacon
Creek, a small stream, and then turned
North, and are now threatening impor
tant trestle work aud Muldraugh Hill.
^grange's brigade of McCooks divis
ion is close upon Lyon 's rear, and our
military authorities are prepared to give
Lyon's a warm reception.
It is propoM-d that the friends of Gen
eral Sherman, in Ohio, present him a
testimonial, in the shape of a fine farm.
A farm of the good soil of the General's
native State, wonld be the most appro
priate testimony of the regard of hia ??1
low-citizens, that could be given. Oqut
xnental swords and cUrer plate, an of
little consequence, and contribute but
little to comfortableness. A farm's *
food thing.
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