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%t)icajs# TUESDAY, DECEMBER SO. 1862. THE RECONSTRUCTED UNION. The tones propose to reconstruct the Jnion on the basis of excluding the New"England States from the new Jnion. They propose t# make common :ausc with the slaveholders against the Yankees, to admit South Carolina but shut he door in the face ot Mawy rfauaptfo, lowever ridiculous the project, It is never theless floating through their distempered Drains as a scheme to be seriously consid ered. It is their peace offering to the rebels—one of the terms of their -submis sion to the slaveholders. i The rebels hate New. England, and the ories partake of their animosity. Butit is j uot tlieeoil or territory of New England that excites the Ire of the oligarchy, but its people, or rather the ufrosofits people. It Is proposed then to reconstruct the Union lon the basis of excluding New England ‘ civilization, and substituting that of the South. The idea* ot South Carolina influ ence the rebel States, even more than those Dl New England do the loyal States. Gov ernments are conductedaacordingto ideas. The present tremendous civil war is a con gest of ideas not of sections. It is a struggle tor the mastery between free and slaw forms of government The West co-eper- Ues harmoniouriy with the East, because iheir fundamental political ideas asriznu late. The South makes war on tbc North, pecauseits prevailing political Ideas are at antipodes with those of <ne.North. Cali - >mia is perfectly though separated py mountain* and deserts thousands of hiiles from th* other States. Why? because lief polities! ideas are in harmony vith those of the other loyal States, whil« ■Jilissouri, a slave State, lying far North, : nd surrounded on three rides by free, oyal States, has been kept in the Union by i 'cdend bayonets. In reconstructing the Union on the Val andigham plan, it will be‘ necessary not •nly to exclude New England but to elimi iatc the ideas of that section that have uken root in other Stales, or the harmony f the new confederacy will be jeopar- izecL The advocates of a government yjunded on free labor must be left out The nun "who believe that a day’s work is irorth a day’s "wages, and that capital . i hould not o?f n labor, must not be permit ted to come into the kingdom of Davis, x if e there will be a disturbing element and fn “ irrepressible conflict,” in the bowels pf the new confederacy, which, sooner or ,• must produce collision and civil war. Where, then* would be a safe boundary ine for the new union? Let us trace it. loginning on the Atlantic, it would be. ccossary to throw out, Ist, the six New kigland States. 2d, Long Island, which ? incurably affected with Yankee ideas, d. All of the State of New York north of I he Mohawk and West of Albany, because Vestcm and Northern New York are for | ot labor, even stronger than evenMassa husetls. 4th, All of Pennsylvania lying j orlh and west ofthc Allegheny Mountains, t ii:g half the State—a region populated * \ New Englanders and Presbyterian Irish mUScotch, and “Puritan” in all its feel *> ami sentiments. sth, The Pan Han .aisd Northwestern "Virginia, which Ims cme “Abolrionized.” 6th, Allof Ohio th of the National Hoad, including Cin natiandthe Miami Yalley, being two rds of the State. 7th, The north half Indiana—all that part lying north of.the hitional Road. Bth. The State of Michi -501 complete, :is that State is as ardently itached to freo institutions as New Eng , md. Dlh, Al. of Illinois north of Spring -1 cld. At the last Presidential election this i urt < f our State gave 40,000 majority for a very exclus ion from the territories, and a the straight issue of introducing slavery : ud joininglhe Southern Confederacy, will oli 100.000 majority against both propoa • *ns. Northern Illinois ishated by the rebel ’.ave holders almost as bitter as by Massa -1 ti s.simp \j because it is equally as devo id to the free labor system of government. oth, All of "Wisconsin. The people of ii?; State is composed of New Englanders* '.ormans and. Scandanavians—all of them .avoir hating races. 11th, Minnesota 'ould have to be excluded as she is even lore hostile to the divine pretensions of ic peculiar institution than "Wisconsin. , 2th, All of lowa, which is one of the l»osl “radical” States in the HurtK,Ko?«s iUj Ulianas any in JSew England. 13th, oungKarsas is the biggest “Abolitionist” i tbc Union. Of course she would be ft out in the cold,or, if taken in, it would l* for the purpose of purging her with fire, .ggol anti hangman’s rope of her free bor heresies. 14lh, California and Ore-1 •n are free labor States, badly tainted iili “Abolitionism,” and hostile to the arc-holder’s confederacy. They, too, ould have to be left out of the new idou. 15th, St. Louis, which is an “Abo :ion bo le,” and Missouri, north of the her, wiich have just voted to emanci xto their slaves and -join tffeif future for mes with the free States. 16th, The Ter -toricsliave all declared for the free labor stem and against slavery being intro iced upon their soil. . The Indian Teni ry is the only one that can be claimed by e Sul missionists, and would voluntarily • aunt xcd to the rebel Confederacy. t Aftc: drawing tins boundary line for e reconstructed Union let us reckon p h«W many “fanatics” and how much 'rrilo: y have been eliminated from the I'nioA as it w*as.” itfar m&ctts... IlIi«!C icut •nmr.t •.Vi Eiznpahire. iodc Itlind... line Sb New England States 3.185,231 65.110 rt Sew York.. 2,600,000 35,000 rt I Pimpylvsinift. rl 1 " - ‘ inriiii* rt (lilo .. . rt I udiaua chi ran rt IlHcols. sc* nrin..., va Tin tot* ’tUissonri. UfiS iif >mia. Votal of Stales Add Territories:— b*nt-ka ■» Mexico <-rauo i \tnla .hington Vota Total al Area and Popnlationof v tato aud Territories 14,891,884 1,987,650 from the above figures the magnitude of • job of excluding New England ideas -«mthe “re-constructed Union” maybe isidc-rcd. The gentlemen who have .cn the contract have to get rid of fif u millions of white people, posses g two millions of square miles of ritoiy. They propose to transfer to the ■cl confederacy about four and a f millions of Northern population, upying less than one hundred usand square miles. After their v confederacy is lonned it will •tain less than one-halt the white popu oq. and one-third of the area of the old ion. And then the Slave Code of South rolina will be its fundamental law, its istitution and Us religion. CONFISCATION OF SLAVES. a making war upon the.Union, the' els have assumed all the risks and. re -nsibilitics of their unlawful deed; and President is bound to reduce them to. ejection, and for that end he is made umandcr-m-Cfaief and clothed with full naiy powers, and he is sworn to all military means allowed by the laws war, to crush them. It is his sworn y to deprive them of all lands of prop • vrhkhwiU weaken them . exception to this rule. , He would be bless to his oath to preserve mid pro : the Constitution if he made an excep- i of doves, which of , all., prop r, is of the most value to the rebels, and v -rds them the greatest askance in ' inUdning the rebellion: The tones, ■who are opposing the proclamation, are, in fact, ‘demanding that the President phi'll violate the constitution; that he shall be faithless to his solemn obligation; they ac .tually require that he shall not deprive the rebels of their greatest mcaim of resistance, that he shall trample on the Constitution which he is sworn to preserve, by neglect ing to take from its enemies their chief support They demand of him to let the Union perish, and the Constitution be tom to rags and trampled in the dirt, rather than one species of property shall be taken from: the rebels, and on this ground they appealed to the people. We accept the issue. There can be no peace lor the fu ture of our country until one system, of civilization is established over it Our po litical Institutions must be homogeneous to Insure concord and happiness.; A sys lem of society based on slave labor will never live in peace under.’the same gcryx eminent with a society- founded on free labor. The antagonism isirrepressible and will always culminate in : civil war,’* Either the free labor system must be abolished and all the States become slave States, or slavery must be eradicated and aH the States become free. -The only other alter native is a divirion of the Union and the formation of two nations. Bat how long would they live at peace with each, other? friends of Jeff Davis in this city propose to “reconstruct” the Union on the basis of excluding the six New England States. Such a Union would be like the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted. Secretary jCliasc's Financial Secretary Chase's financial scheme is before the Ways and Means Committee. Bankers and capitalists can rely upon the lolloping synopsis of its provisions: The first section repeals the provision of the act of July last, which allows legal-tender notes to be con* verted at any time into 5.20 sis; per cent, bonds. The second section authorb.es the Secretary to borrow nine hundred millions in any of the modes heretofore authorized for making loans. This section is exceedingly general in its language, authorizing the Secre tary to borrow six per cent, bonds or 7-GO Treasury notes to any amount within the above sum that he may deem necessary to car ry on the government. It is so general in Its character that Mr. Chase may be able to issue under it legal tender notes. The third sec tion authorizes him to issue fractional parts of a dollar, in the form of bank bills, in lieu of the present postal currency. All the re maining sections, up to forty or fifty, are filled with the details of the hanking scheme which he presented to the public in Ms annual report. Tins scheme is urged on the Com mittee of "Ways and Means in these words: **lfecl myself constrained to commend to the most favorable consideration of the Committee the sections of the hill providing for the organiza tion of hanking Associations, llayno stress upon details, hut 1 cannot express too strongly my'sense of the* importance of the measure itself. Under existing legislation It is next to impossible to col lect the internal revenue in-lawful money of the United States, and I sec no gronnd for belief that the funds necessary for the pay of the army and the prosecution of the war can he in any way pro vided without the support of public credit, except from that measure.*' Mr. Chase's bill also strikes out every pro vision of the law prepared at the last session, and which is now pending before the Ways andMcans, relating to exlstinghanks in States, except that he aims to impose a tax of two per cent, per annum on their circulation. The majority of the Ways and Means Committee are owned and controlled by the debt manu factories called Banks,' and are hostile to any measure for raising money, that interferes with the special principles of the “banks,” to palm off their debts on the community, call the stuff “money” and draw interest on what they oice. Chase thinks if this extraordinary privilege Is to continue that those corpora tions should at least bank our government se curities, and thereby help to make a market for secured bonds. He is not alone in this view of the subject. Can Colored Persons he Cit izens. The Important opinion of Attorney Gen eral Bates on the question whether colored persons can be citizens of the United States, written in reply to an official inquiry of Sec retary Chase, predicated on the detention ol the schooner Elizabeth and Maigarctby the revenue cutter, because commanded by a col ored man, covers twenty-seven pages, and argues tbe question with signal ability'from tbe beginning of our national histoiy to tbe present time, overturning completely thcDrcd Scott decision. He saysastovotingandhold ing office, as that privilege is not essential to citizenship, so the deprivation of it by law is not a deprivation of citizenship, no more so in case of a negro than in the case of a white woman or child; also, that, so far as the Constitution Is mr»«v»»*»vo, u ti » assumption to say colored persons are incapa ble 'of being citizens of the United States, becanse the Constitution contains not one word on the subject. The exclusion, if it ex ists at all must rest upon some fundamental principle which, in the nature of things, is so inconsistent with citizenship that the two. can not exist in the same person. On the contrary there is not, and never has been, a natlon.in Christendom which docs not regard such an idea with incrcdulity, if not disgust. There can be nothing in the mere color to disqualify a person from rendering true allegiance to his native country, and demandlog protection from that country where true allegiance and protection constitute the sum total of the du ties and rights of natural born citizens of the United States. As to the alleged degradation of the African race, every argument against the right of citizenship, based on that, applies equally to degraded individuals of the white race, and concludes as follows: And now upon the whole matter, I give it as my opin ion that the free man of color mentioned in your letter, if bom in the United States, is a citizen of the United States, and if otherwise qualified, is competent, according to the acta of Congress, to he a master of a vessel en gaged in the coasting trade. Tlie Wounded Soldiers 9 Christmas Sinner. Square Population. Miles. l.'ifl.Otiß 7.800 460.149 4.57 C 315,098 10,21*2 828,073 9,280 174,621 1.306 628,276 32.000 Nowhere else in the world than in America could have been seen the sight whidThas made this holiday in Washington remarkable and memorable —the banqueting of 83,000 wounded and sick soldiers upon a Christmas dinner, spread by the hands of individual benevolence. 1,150,000 23.000 TaWcs "were set and abundantly and ele gantly covered in llic largest wards of the dif ferent liospitals. The rooms were ornament ed by volunteer bands with evergreens and flowers. Volunteer waiters, gentlemen and , ladies of the first families in the land, tender ly and devotedly served the wounded war riors in every hospital, waiting first on those too much injured to be moved to the table. 1.500,009 25,090 750.000 15,000 730.000 66,200 1,000,000 28,000 776.000 54.090 €75.000 61,000 170.000 93.275 450,000 25,000 107,200 78.500 SSO.OOO 190,000 53,000 103,690 The feasting of this army of grounded thus honored and cared for was a touching sight. To make the festive occasion complete in most of the hospitals, hired or volunteer sing ers sang songs of home and of country; in others, members of Congress and Cabinet officers made speeches happily lit to the occa sion, and moved socially among the tables. In one or two the President found time to bring excitement and sunshine with him among the bandaged and beerntehed revelers. Over 7,000 turkeys and chickens were con sumed at this novel Christmas dinner. 14,638,481 853,658 28,643 133,000 93,541 343.000 50.000 103,800 40.000 139.000 - 25.000 46.000 12.000 176.000 0,000 818.000 254,883 1.189,000 This immense amount of poultry came most ly from Maxylandand Pennsylvania, but four car-loads of it came all the way from Chicago. Three hundred turkeys, sent from ever-gen crous Albany, came cooked and ready for the table. The African Regiments, Some of the African regiments, upon the organization of which the President has de termined, will be employed to guard the banks of the Mississippi after it shall have been opened by our fleets and armies. ' The immense black population resident on the great river will, when freed and armed, be amply sufficient to protectpeaceful commerce from molestation. Other African regiments wiUbe.cmploycd togamsonthe forts below >New Orleans and on the coast which arc ex posed to the .diseases: of a Southern climate. Uthers stiU-wili doubtless be used to enforce . the proclamation of freedom for the benefit of their brethren.' It is surmised that Gen. Phelps will have ah African command. It is . the realization of Gen. Cameron’s plan of a year ago. .• . The Draft tn. Wisconsin, An officer of the Wisconsin Executive Department,'* communicates to the Madi son Journal the following facts In regard to the draft in that State: Oaf of about 4,000 men'drafted in this State, some 2,440 have ve ■ ported at camp, of whom 1,200 have been, mustered into the United States service, about 550 have been discharged on surgeons'-certifi cates as unfit for duty, and of theremalndera large portion have been' released on consular certificates for allcnshlp, ;to await the decis ion of the State .Ucpartacotvin. their .cases, Ittca^nre. and the balance have been discharged as under or over age, or for other reasons. It will he seen that some 1,700 have -skedaddled.'.. They are regarded as deserters, Und ■will behunted up as far as possible. There is a considerable amount of peijury committed by those seek ing exemptions; - . Not a few who claim to be over age have found the jeensus records in the Secretory of State’s office against them. Of those who have gone into service, about SOO have been organized into companies of nine months’ men. Of the 400 who have them selves or by substitutes enlisted for the war, about 265 have been sworn into the old regi ments and received their bounty. The re mainder have entered into the 27th and 31st regiments, the latter of which is now full and the other nearly so. “My Maryland.” Mias H. Cary was arrested in Baltimore a few days ago and held to bail on charge of vi olating the State Treason Law by flaunting a rebel flag in the faces of a NewTorkregimcnt drilling in front of her Cither’s residence. She is said to be superlatively beautiful and highly -accomplished; -and had just returned -from Dixie whireehe had been for ayearpast. She was;.fhe young lady who, in the grand tableau-before Jeff Davis, 7 at Richmond, per sonated Maryland as a “chained slave,” Jeff covering ‘the manacles. Perhaps she would like to have Jeff sever them for her again. What was fiction in Richmond, is now a fact in Maiyland. K3P Some weeks ago the Democratic seces sion papers in Ohio went into exstacies over what they called the popular condemnation of summary arrests. Dr. Edson B. Olds, a well-known and very bitter pro-slavery Dem ocrat, had been for a time in Eort Lafayette. Wlienhegot out there chanced to be a va cancy for member of the legislature from Fairfield county; Olds was nominated and elected by 2,500 majority. The length and strength of the crow over this result would have abashed Chapman himself But the “great victory” shrinks slightly when the whole truth is told, which is that there was no other candidate. Old’s entire vote is coolly set down as so much Democratic majority. The ueuid Democratic majority in the county is about 1,600. A correspondent at Cairo mites us as fol lows; “Every lioncst man connected with the army, and who is exposing Ms life for the safety :md integrity of the country, prays for the speedy suppression of this internal ma chine. At Memphis and every other Southern point, that paper is found abundantly, and does more to keep up the courage and despe ration of the rebellion than all other public papers read. Let men of true hearts see to these things and silence this 4 flre-in-thc-rear’ by some proper measure.” ggp The rebel General Cobb who was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, was a brother of the more notorious traitor Howell Cobb. 'While the latter was regarded even'by his Southern friends as a “hard case,” the de ceased was a man of exemplary character. He was a leading member of the Old School Presbyterian church. By the way, what has become of Howell Cobb ? The last heard of him, was at the battle of Antietam, where he was severely wounded, and captured by our forces. Nobth Carolina.—A special election having been appointed for the eastern districts of North Carolina, candidates for Congress are submitting their names for the suffrages of the people. Jennings Pigott declares himself in favor of the Constitution and the Union, and that he wishes to secure the inestimable blessings of free government, such as we had before the villainous doctrines of secession brought civil war upon us. Stephen F. W. 'Willis takes the Constitution for his guidance and the Union for his motto. jS 3 There arc two reasons why Gen. But ler has been superseded—one !s, that the French government demanded his removal on account of alleged acts of oppression he im posed upon French residents in Louisiana; and the other is, that his services are wanted in another quarter. We would not be sur prised before many weeiks, he should hold at the city of Charleston the some position he held at New Orleans. We see it reported in several quarters, that on Tuesday night last, the repels under took a surprise upon our forces down the Rappahannock; but theirdesignswerethwart ed in consequence of a timely warning given by a piece of rebel property made of legs, arms, siuews and a sonll and instead of cap turing our men, they barely escaped from cap 7 ture themselves. Tub Pibate Nashville Sealed Up.—A letter from an officer of the blockading squad ron at Savannah says tliat the rebel steamer Nashville lies in the Great Ogecchce Elver, fenced in •with torpedoes, and with one man aboard ready to blow her up on the approach of onrgunboats. She is effectively blockaded, and will probably never leave her anchorage in rebel hands. «oatt dlce hangers. s ’— There is anew organization spreading like fire in lowa.- It' is called the “Saw Buck Rangers: 5 ’ Their principal duties are to visit the families of soldiers in the army, and sawnp their wood piles, and when no pile is found, they take the trouble to secure one lor the destitute family. Governor Pierpont has written the President a letter in regard to the admission .of Western Virginia as a State, in which he says the refusal of the President to sign the bill will be a fatal blow to the loyalists of that State, and tantamount to their delivery to the tender mercy of the Richmond regency. Tennessee Congressional Candidates.— The canvass in the Tenth Congressional dis trict of Tennessee is becoming active. John Gager has been nominatedby the Washington Union Clnb, on account of which Major B. W. Sharp has withdrawn. Samuel Tighe has an nounced himself as a candidate. gsgT* “Anonyma,” the female adventurer, who made all London snobbery crazy, and finally eloped with an antiquated specimen of the same genus, has arrived in Montreal with her companion, and has set up in business as Mrs. Walters. New Hampshire Congressional Nomina tions. —The following arc the Republican can didates for Congress in the State of New Hampshire: Pirst district, Joel Eastman; Second, Edward H. Rollins; Third James W. Putnam. These are all new men, and are ex cellently fitted for Congressmen. • A special to the N. T. Herald from. Washington, says: “Thereis reason to be lieve that the President will return to Con gress with liis objections the bill for the erec tion of West Virginia into a separate State,” This may be so, but wc doubt it. Louisville Journal of Saturday says: “We have confidence that intelligence will be received from East Tennessee, before the dawn of the new year, which will gladden every loyal heart in the land.” pg* The Indianapolis Journal says that Gov. Morton has succeeded in 'his efforts to have Indiana paroled prisoners report at Camp Morton, in that city, instead of Camp Chase, at Colnmbns, Ohio. £gr“The Democrats of Sullivan county, Indiana, lately held a public meeting, and re solved that they could and would dispense with articles manufactured and sold by the fanatical New Englanders. Legal Teitder Notes.—A Treasury note case has been decided in the Court at Cleve land, Ohio. The greenbacks arc recognized and declared by the court to be a legal tender for all debts. The Cleveland Herald says that the gossip is afloat in that locality which connects the name of the widow of Judge Douglas with that of our present minister of finance, Secre tary Chase, In a matrimonial alliance. Shujplaster Pbosecution.—Prosecution will be commenced at Milwaukee, soon after the first of Jannaxy, against the issuers and circulators of small shinplasters in that city. lay 1 * The New Albany Ledger of the 25th Inst., says that the Cumberland Elver is re ported still rising, and is now in a good navi gable condition for small boats. . South Cabolika.—The Legislature of South Carolina has elected Gen. Bonham, Gov ernor of the State, in place of Gen. Gregg, who was killed at Fredericksburg. * , Cincinnati Gazette states that the wife of the rebel General John C. Breckin ridge, passed through that city on Wednesday last, on her way to Connecticut. lay The house of 'Solomon WilUams,lo cated near Toledo, Ohio, was burned on Tues day last, and hk wife and mother perished in the flames. , - |3gr The Cincinnati Gazette says that 1,963 bales of cotton have arrived in that city with -in the past two or three days. |3T» Mr. Weed denies that he has sold his share In the . Albany Evening Journal to _Yan (Dyck,*" or any other mao." OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Gen. BnntUe and the Reports on Great Pontoon Controversy—Gen.Halleck and Gen. Woodbury* /; [From Our Own Correspondent.] Washxsgtok, Dec. 25,1862. Hie report of the Committee on the Con duct of the War, together ■with Gen. Bum-' side’s preliminary report, have nnquestion ably softened the feeling which rose so fiercely utter the Fredericksburg disaster against the author of the calamity, whoever he might be. To say that such a discomfiture could happen without anybody being to blame, is to say that an effect can, be produced .without a cai ,ausc. There is a double blame in'thls ease— the greater relating to the failure of? the pon toons, the less appertaining to the battle after the pontoons did arrive. For the former Gen. Unlleck is responsible, though he seeks to shu£le the responsibility upon other shoul ders.; For the latter Gen. Bnmside is respon sible,' and he not only acknowledges it like a man, but takes pains to rake up all the blame lying around loose, and assume that also. The people arc ever generous. They will for give much to the commander who is both truthful and earnest Whether Gen. Mc- Clellan was earnest or not, he was not truth ful. the swarm of falsehoods that buzzed from Ball's Bluff, over the grave of Baker. They have not all settled yet. In signal contrast are the ingenuous statements ofßurnside. “I am the man; blame me. I ' tried to do welL I made these mistakes; you know the result.” Such frankness, coupled with the spirit of fight which shines through Gcu. Burnside’s career, is well calculated to win the forgiveness, if not the plaudits, of the American people, though the nights of Fred ericksburg are yet moist with heroic blood. GEN. HALLECK ASTD THE POHTOOKS. Concerning the pontoon failure, to which every General, and every man, woman and child with reasoning faculties, ascribes the principal place in the causes of this disaster, Gen. Woodbury testifies as follows: “ Gee. Halleck’s order to me of the 13tfa made it apparent that the army was preparing to march to Fredericksburg. As to thetime when themove ment would be made, I never received any infor mation. Fearing.' however, that the movement would be precipitate, I went to Gen. Halleck’s office and ‘urged him to delay the movement some Jive days in order that the necessaiTf preparations might be made to insure its success. To this he re plied that he would do nothing to delay for an in stant tbe advance of the army upon Richmond. 1 rejoined that my suggestion was not intended to cause delay, hnt rather to prevent it.” Gen. Halleck, in his testimony, seeks to establish that all the forces in andaronnd "Washington, including Gen. Woodbury and his engineer brigade, were under Gen. Bum side’s command. So it was, but it is equally true that Gen. Halleck issued, over his own signature as General-in-Chief, the order to General Woodbury to take the pontoons down to Aquia Creek. How natural, then, tliat Gen. Woodbury should go to Gen. Halleck and tell him the work could not be done within the probablclimitoftime. when the army would be there! Should Gen. nalicck allow the greatest movement of the war to fail on a point of etiquette ? What if Gen. Woodbury was under Gen. Burnside’s orders ? He surely was under Gen. Halleck’s orders also, as is proved by the latter’s dis patch of November 12th, (received by Gen. Woodbury on the 13th.) Would not any loyal citizen, (to say nothing of the General-in-Chief of the army.) to whom the fact had been com municated, * that the pontoons could not be there in time, knowing that the whole move ment depended on them, have hastened to inform Gen. Burnside of it? True, the army had already started but is was not beyond the reach of telegraph and courriers. It docs not ap pear that any effort wasraadc by Gen. Halleck to communicate the momentous intelligence to Burnside. Again, Gen. Burnside says that he “sup posed that those portions of the place which required to be attended to In Washington, would be carried out there at once,” but Geu. Halleck told him afterwards that lie ought not to have trusted to them for details. The de gree of unconcern manifestedby Gen. Halleck in the premises is perfectly amazing, or was it only laziness or thoughtlessness ? Ask the victims of the fiasco. While it does not seem to have entered into the calculations of Barn side, Halleck or Meigs in their conference at Warrenton Junction, that the. pontoons might not travel as fast as the army. Gen. Burnside did, two days later, feel uneasy in that behalf, and directed his chief engineers to telegraph to Washington concerning them. But he put hisarmy in motion and finally left Warrenton Junction himself, without waiting fertile answer. Hence he cannot be held en tirely blameless, though his fault is vastly less ibnu that of the Geucral “ who knew his duty and did it not.” OUR SPRINGFIELD LETTER. Kcportcd Capture of Ex-Gov. Wood— Tlie Legislature—Speaker of tiic House—Tlic Senatorshlp, [Special Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune. Springfield, Dec. 27,1802. RETORTED CAPTURE OF ZX-GOV. WOOD. The news that ex-Gov. Wood of Quincy, in this State, and Mr. Fowler of this city, were captured by tbe rebels, caused no little ex citement here. I understand they were en gaged In buying cotton. It Is also stated that a large quantity of the cotton bought hy them was burnt. If so their losses must he very heavy, as must also he those of several other parties engaged in the same business. THE LEGISLATUEE. The annexed list of the members of the Legislature, with their politics, &c., I believe is as correct as it can he made at present. There may be more of those classed os Demo crats who. will not act with the parly in caucus, especially upon radical measures: SENATE. Comities. Politics. 1. Wm. H. Green, Masssac, D. 2. Hugh Gregg, Hamiltou, D. 8. Isaac Blau chard, Jackson, D. 4. John M. Eodgers. Clinton. D. 5. Wm. H. Underwood, St. Clair, D. 6. Linus E. Worcester. Greene, D 7. Horatio M. Yandeevcr, Christian, D. 8. Samnel Moflatt, Effingham, D. 9. Joseph Peters, Vermillion, R. 10. Isaac Funk, McLean, R. U. Colby Euapp, Logan, D. - 13. Henry E. Hummer, Cass, R. 18. Bryant T. Scofield, Hancock, H. 14. Win. Berry, McDonough, D. 15. Albert C. Mason, Knox, H. 16. John T. Lindsay, Peoria, H, IT. Washington Bushnell, LaSalle, R. 18. Alonzo W. Mack, Kankakee, R, 19. Edward R. Allen, Kane, R. 20. Haniel Richards, Whiteside, B. 31. Thomas J. Pickett, Rock Island, R. 33. John H. Adams, Stephenson, R. 33. Cornelius Lansing, McHenry, R. 34. Wm. B. Ogden, Cook, R. 25. Jasper D.Ward, Cook, R. Democrats..: Republicans Disk Dcm. majority HOUSE. Diet. Counties. Politics. 1. James H. Smith. Union, D. 2. Thomas B. Hicks, Massac, D. 8. James B. Turner, Gallatin,D. 4. James M. Slvarp, Wabash, D. 5. Henry M. Williams, Jefferson, D. 6. James M. Washburn, Williamson, D, 7. Jesse R. Ford. Clinton, D. 8. Stephen W. Miles,} Monroe, Perry, D. Edward Menard, [ and Randolph. D. 9. John W. Merritt, Marion, D. 10. James M. Heard, Hamilton and Wayne, D. 11. David W. Odell, Crawford, D. 12. John W. Wescott, Clay and Richland, D, 13. Robert H. McCann, Effingham, D. 14. Chauncoy L. Conger, Edwards and White, D. 15. Joseph B. Underwood. St. Clair, S. John Thomas, St. Clair, R. 16. Wm. Watkins. Bond, D. Jet - Samuel A. Bnckmastcr. Madison, D. 17. Philander Dougherty. Clarke, D. IS. Reuben Roessler. Shelby, D. 19. Gnstavus F. Coffeen, Montgomery, I). 20. Ambrose McMillcr. Logan, D. Charles A. Keys, Sangamon, D. 21. Charles A. Walker. Macoupin, D. 22. John N. English, Jersey, D. 23. William B. Witt, Greene, 3>. 24. Scott Wike, Pike. D. Albert Q. Burr, Scott, D. 25. Jamc M. Epler. Cass, D. 26. Lyman Lacey, Mason, D.' 27. John T. Springer, Morgan, D. 28. Alexanders.Wheat, Adams, D. William J. Brown. Adams, D. 20. Lewis J. Reid, McDonough, D. 30. Joseph Sharon, Schuyler, D. 31. MiltonM-Memll, Hancock. D. 82. Thomas B. Cabeen, Mercer, D. 33. Henry K. Puffer, Warren, D. 34. Joseph M. Holyoke, Knox, R. 85. John O. Graham, Fulton, D. Simeon B. Shope, Fulton, D. 36. James Holgate, Stark, D. William O'Brien, Peoria, D. 37. Eiida Wenger, Tazewell, D. BS. Harrison Noble. McLean, B. Boynton Tenney, De Witt. R. 39. John Tcnnßroeck, Edgar, D. John Garrard, Vermillion, D. John Monroe, Coles, D.' 40. James Elder, Moultrie. R, Wm. N. Color, Champaign. B 41. Chauncey L. Lake. Kankakee, B. 42. Addison GoodeH, Iroquois, B. 43. John W. Newport, Grundy, R* Charles E. Birer, Will, B. 44. Theodore C. Gibson, La Salle. D. Mercer B. Patty, Livingston, B. John O. Bent, Marshall, D. 46. Gcorgeßent, Putnam, D. Paul. K. Howe,Bureau,B, Jefferson N.Bavis, Woodford, D. 46. Nelson Lay, Henry, R. 47. John Eistter, Bock Island. D. 45. Leander Smith, Whiteside, B. 49. B. S. Harris. Lee, B. 50. James Y. Gale, Ogle, R. 51. WeetclW. Sedgwick, BeEalb.B. Luther W. Lawrence, Boone, B, 52. -Sylvester S. Mann, Kane, B. Jacob T. Black, KcndalLß. 53. Elijah H. Haines, Lake, B. 54. Thaddeusß. Wakeman, McHenry, R, 65. Seldon H. Church, Winnebago, B. 56. Horatio C. Eurobank Stephenson, B. 57. Henry Green, Jo Daviess, B, Joseph?. Chapman, Carroll, B. 55. Algernon T. Barnard, DaFage/'R. 59. Ansell B. Cook, Cook, B. Amos G. Throop, Cook, B. William E. Ginthcr, B. CO. Melville W. Fuller, Cook, B. George W. Gage, Cook, R. 61. Francis A. Eastman. Cook, B. Lorenzo Brcntano, Cook, B. Bemocrats...'. Republicans : Democratic minority. TUB SFBAKBB 07 VWR HOUSE. I believe the speaker will he Hon. S. A. Bnckmaster, of Alton. - This appears-to he the general impression among Democrats. He is an old parliamentarian, - and although a strict party man,. will make as acceptable 'a chairman I believe, as could he selected. - . . THE SENATOKSHIP. Dick Richardson’s enemies have caused him to return home from Washington, and I un derstand he is now. in the northern part of the State,-working among the members.elect. Gondy o£ Chicago, with Fuller aa his right hand man, is working hard for the place also.- Marshall and O’Melvency divide the Egyptian ▼ote. ilt is thought that if neither Richardson nor Marshall get the nomination on the first ballot in the caucus some' new mm; will be taken up. ... Zbta, rioM CALIFORNIA. yil Californians Stand by the (aiatlon-nie California Mh* a sets Cavalry Company—Con* - atimi to the National Sanitary, nmaslon—The California Nation- TaJ-The- Past Year—lmmense fnlngSaccesses—Cotton, Blcc, Btc„ ilfiiK—Xhe Pacific Hailroad*. Tc^or The li oyi Proclai Kachnsi trlbutlj Cpmir the Chicago Tribune.] SastFbakobco, Dec. 12,1863. By the tine this reaches yon, the “ days of grace” gijen to the rebels .by President Lin coln, in hi emancipation proclamation xrtn •have espied, and the question', whether he will adhie to his policy, will have been solved, talitbrnia stands by the proclama tion, her pyal press, without exception, en dorses it.) There is, however, great anxiety expressed for fear of a modification of the measure,} or an extension of the time, in ■which thi shackles shall he stricken from the slaves ofrebcldom. Confidence in the firm ness of ‘iOld Abe” is generally felt, especial- ly since he removal of that prodigious stnmh- ling blot, McClellan. Telegraphic rumors of a proposed armistice, give rise to the fear that an ajpeal to the weaker side of the Pres- ident my cause him to stay his hand for a season, pd thus allow Jeff Davis to make further levies, and better prepare himself for a renewd of the contest. We trust such will not he tie case. The Pacific slope is a unit now, in kvor of emancipation and the most vigoroutaroseention of the war. While some ot the Eastern States seem to he taking a backwafi step, the Great Westandthe farther west is rousing itself for mightier efforts. Let thtre be scarp and decisive work. Let the wafchword he onward, and no compro mise wi'ih armed rebels. Captah Reed’s cavalry company, of 100 men, .reunited in this State, to be mustered into scriice with the quota from Massachu setts, will leave for the seat of war on tbe. steamerof the Uth inst. It will probably be the finest b£dy of men in the service. As it has beet sdjcctcd with great care from over oCKl&pplcaijfts. The large contributions for tbe Na tional Sanitary Committee continue to pourini The §500,000. promised in one of mv preceding letters, will soon be made up, and, if neccssiry, as much more as can be bad. The assessment for California’s portion of the national tax, has nearly all been collected. The great increase in the value of assessable property; during the past year, has raised an excess over the amount required of over §250,000, which will be on hand for the next instalment. The year about closing has been one of un exampled prosperity for this State. Her agri cultural products hive been immense, while the discoveries in minerals have surpassed all expectations. The mountains of the Sierras and coastr.mge seem to be not only lined with gold and silver, but to be actually “cop per* bottomed,” lor lodes of the latter min eral, not only in sulphurates and oxydes, but in its natural state, have been traced. From Del Norte to the Colorado more than 500 new silver mines have been opened, during the past year. Montgomery street is filled with eager spectators, armed with “specimens” and “assays,” showing the richness of their mines. Of course all or them cannot be val-* uable, bat the daily sight of dray loads of “ silver bricks” and gold bars being carted from the mint, the banks, and the different assay offices, proves beyond question that California is but just entering upon the de velopment of her mineral wealth, and that the placers were but the outcroppings of the richer stores fast locked in her ancient moun tains. The “ sunny South” will soon wake. up to the fact that the free soil of the Pacific slope can be made to yield a large surplus of those productions hitherto confined to the kind of slavery. The last legislature offered liberal premiums for the production of various Southern staples. The premiums are in a fair way to be claimed the present season, as fair samples of cotton, rice, tobaccoj turpen . tine and rosin have been produced; in fiict the pines on our hills have been ascertain ed to be capable of famishing inexhaustible quantities or the two last named articles. A manufactory is now established in Marysville which turns out daily a number of barrels of each. The passage of the Pacific railroad bill has given a, new impetus to rairond enterprises in this State; new projects are daily being pro mulgated, which, if they are carried out, will give tliis State a “ railroad system ” that will leave but little room for other styles of loco motion. The great subject of contention is the proper rent e over the Sierra Nevadas, for the great Pacific Railroad. It has been quite clearly demonstrated that the route selected by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of • which Governor Stanford is President, and which company is named in the act of Con gress as the one to make the California con nection, is certainly not the best, if it is not altogether impracticable, as, is claimed by some. The able report of the Engineer, Mr. Judah, demonstrates that a rpad can he built and probably kept open the -year round, over tbe route selected—the Tmckec route; but It runs above the deep snow line, at an altitude of 7,100 feet above the sea, vfhere the difficul ties of keeping the road open in winter will be immense. There are other practicable routes claimed by their supporters to be vastly superior; one of which, the “Bcck wourth Pass” route, ufat least 1,500 feet lower than the Truckee Pass, and entirely below the line of deep snow. It is asserted by those fa vorable to thej’onte selected, that no practica ble approach for a railroad can be found to the Bcckwourth Pass; but this is denied by those ■who are familiar -with the subject. Mr. J. K. Lovejoy, a surveyor, who, a few weeks since, carried a chain over most of the route through the Beckworth Pass, writes as follows to the Marysville Appeal concerning it: Penult me to give yon the correct distances from Carson (Sty to Indwell's Bar, or Orovflle, most of wliiclijHsiance I have within the last sis weeks Ciirtlcothe chain, in company with two competent engineers and others necessary in making a prac tical survey: From Carson City to Trockee River, 27 miles; from Truckee to Beckwourth’s Pass, 26 miles; from the Pass to Nelson's Point, 44 miles; andfrom thence to OroviUc, about 60 miles—mak ing the entire distance 147 miles. The highest level between Carson City and San Francisco is the Pea Vine level—being entirely upon the East ern Slope—and the greatest grade per mile to over come is eighty-five feet to the mile, and this for no gagat distance. The grade down the Feather will he about fifty feet to the mile. The coat of bond ing the road will not exceed at any point the great est amount expended on the roads in the mountains of New England or Virginia, excepting the addi tional cost of freightage. The snow on this route has not exceeded, within the past ten years, at no point on the line of the road, thirty inches of set tled snow. I make these remarks, having bad a knowledge of the proposed route for ten years, and assisted in a practical survey within the last six weeks. lam norat liberty at present to give yon all the factsof the case, but they will he laid before the public at the proper season. * ♦ * # * * There Is no doubt that thisroute is the only one practicable—the road costing from $2,000,600 to $4,000,000 less than any other proposed route. The Heuncssand other routes can never be kept open during the winter months, on account of the snow, All mountain men know this. Imeauby “moun tain men/' thosewho havorceitled upon the sum mit of the Sierras, and witnessed the terrible storms of the past ten or twelve years. It will do well enough for valley editors and mountain sum mer visitors to talkabout it, but we know that no car can contend against from ten to twenty-five feet of- snow. They may clear the track every hour and in another one it will he the same thin to go over. It is a matter of great regret that Congress did not provide that the, munificent grants and donations made in aid of this enterprise should be bestowed in such a manner as to secure the selection of the route over moun tains, best calculated to promote the common benefit of the whole people. The action of our members of Congress in allowing this subsidy to go into the control of a single company, with no guarantee for the selection of the best route, has been severely censured; if the error is not soon repaired, many ot our most thoughtful men fear it will retard the completion of the road for many years. It has been asserted in the public press that the “ Central Pacific Railroad Company” is con trolled by men who are largely interested in a projected wagon road over the Trackee route, and that they desire to get subscriptions* to the stock of*the company so as to complete the first fifty miles of the railroad: and from the end of that fifty miles to the Washoe Hines all the freight and travel would pass over the wagon road for the remainder of the distance. The* stock holders in the railroad will have no interest in the wagon road; which, being owned as a private enterprise by the managers of the railroad corporation, will be one ot the most profitable franchises in the world, for.at least five years, whije the moun tain section ofthe railroad Is being completed, as the tolls levied upon all the trade to and fromWasboe, and the major part of the travel over the plains would be the source of an im mense revenue. The publication of this fact has had a tendency to retard subscriptions to the stock of the Central Pacific Company, in fact outside of Sacramento the subscriptions have been very light. At the approaching ses sion of the .Legislature, provisions wul be made for a complete survey, at the expense of the State, of all the passes over the Sierras, supposed to be practicable for a railroad, and and over the one best calcolatcd to promote the permanent interests of the great Pacific Railroad and the commerce of the nation, the railroad will eventually be built. Congres sional action andvigilance will be quite as nec essary to keep this end of the route out of the hands of sharpers as it was to guard against that enterprising class at the Eastern end. From Burnside’s Army. A Washington special to the Herald says: ; AUonr sick are being brought from Fal month. The request for transportation is so great that outside supplies cannot be forward ed to the army. Our troops have already made many ride wooden structures for shelter. ‘ < An old lady arrived here torday from Fredericksburg, having been passed into onr lines under a : flag of truce, by even. Longstreet, to meet her husband, who is a Union. refugee from that city. She reports that the rebel soldiery treated the property of •citizens quite as badly as the Yankees.' She says tliat only one person not connects with th*e army was killed, in. Fredericksburg. . She says, the leaders of the rebel army are con stantly promising the soldiers to lead them] ’ through Maryland and go into winterquarters in Philadelphia; She was in Richitorid not long ago', and represented that the scarcitjr of shoes-and bthef necessary articles a wearing .apparrel-iB almost incredible. • / 1 -. ■ Gen. .Gregg succeeds the late Gen' Bayard in commandofms cavajry division. ' Yaxkee Ekchoachmext—Tie Canadians pro&ss to be much disturbed b f the proposi tion made in Congress to construct a-canal between the Minnesota River aid' Red River of the North. The Montreal IJTerald says;- “ This is another step towards the occupation of the Northwestern -territory by the Ameri cans. They do everything possible to- open up communications with that.important ter ritory, and in a few .-years the. -consequence willjbc that the residents o/Fort Garry and other. posts in theVvaUcyof the Bed. Biver willihave. bccome*co:Americanized that an alliance with the Federal goTemmeat trill he Boughtfrr.’V.. . . : Wliat Gen. Hooker Testified* In Gen. Hooker's testimony before the in vestigating committee there is one point that .ongfitnot to be overlooked. He says' that when.at Hartwood marching to Falmouth'he • addressed a letter to Gen. Buihside request*, ing that he would grant "him permission to cross the Bappahannock at that point with his grand division 0f40,000 men, and come down on the south side of the river. But the re quest, for reasons then assigned, was denied. Hartwood is about twenty miles above Fred ericksburg. Had his advice been taken Hook er would Lave marched into Fredericksburg from the rear,- taken possession of the heigh’.- without a battle. Gen. Sumner might the have improvised a bridge over the Rapp., hannock out of the wooden houses of Fal mouth, and the whole army might, as Hooker testifies, pushed forward after the rebels to wards Richmond. We repeat a paragraph of his important testimony at this point of the investigation: Wlm -we sot here (at Falmouth) we should have been in condition to march right forward without stopping: a day anywhere; hut the mishap was made here that has been made all along through this war. 1 think it would have been bet ter to have held the lines where we were, by re pairing sufficient force there to threaten the enemy and keep them np to their works at Culpepper «nri Gordonsville; hut instead of that -we withdrew every man, and even burned the bridges, thus ex posing our plan to the enemy the very moment we did so. If General Smnner* s corps had tome down here and left one np there threatening to advance on that line it led them to believe that we were «oing to advance on both lines. It would have een better, but the enemy saw at once what we were at and came right on here, and they were nearer here than we were; and this country is such that whenever you give them two or three weeks to fortify. 100,000 men can make any place impregnable to any other 100,000 men. Q. Would there have be» n any difficulty as to supplies in your moving down the other side of the river as you proposed A. I had three days, rations there. I was pre paring to march down through Caroline county, wherethe people hadjustgathered their crops, and I would have got plenty of forage and provisions, enough fora week or a fortnight. At the time of the conversation between Generals Halleck, Meigs and Burnside, there was some talk of forwarding some supplies np the Rappahannock. I said that at Bowling Green I could draw my supplies from Fort Boym as easily as I could «et them when I was at Hartwood. I knew that i could take a posi tion with 40,000 men that the whole rebel army could not move me from. THE REBELS O ENGLAND. The “London Confederate State* Aid Society”—An Address in Behalf of the South. Mr. George Thompson, M. P., writes from London to the Boston Liberator: I have just become aware of the existence of a society in London, calling Itself “The Loudon Confederate States Aid Society.” It irofesses to be originated by Englishmen,and ms issued an address “To the British Public and all Sympathizers in Europe.” I have pro cured a copy of this document. The night before List the association held a meeting at its office, No. 3 Devonshire street, Portland Place, near the American Embassy. Hiving a meeting of my own at the same hour, I sent William A. Jackson, who brought me back an account of the proceedings. Mr. Confeder ate Commissioner Mason, of fugitive slave law notoriety, was present. On the retire ment of that person from the meeting, he was confronted at the door by men exhibiting a placard, three feet long by two feet wide, in which was represented a negro in tattered garments, with an iron collar round his neck. Beneath the figure were the words: - ‘DudleyWells, ofMontgomery county. Mis souri. as he appeared when, after two months hiding in the woods, he was rescued by a party of Federal soldiers’—&c., &c. And then, the following: “‘Fellow countrymen.’ Remember that the ‘Southern chivalry,’’ which asks your sympathy and admiration, is composed of the wretches who perpetrate tbeseatrociticson the weak and defense less. Will yon not, then, with a spirit worthy of the sons of freedom, rather give your moral sup port to the men who are shedding their blood (as thirty years ago you gave £20,000.000 of money) to purge this nation from the foul eliame and guilt of complicity with slavery ?’* The Fugitive Slave law ex-senator, and now rebel commissioner, on beholding this placard, * Grinned horribly a ghastly Smile,’ and, as soon as be was able, got beyond sight of the apparition of Dudley Wells I THE REBEL ADDRESS. The address of the Confederate States aid association is a virtual appeal for pecuniaiy contributions, to enable the rebels to “con tinue their war against their unscrupulous enemies.” It begins by charging the North with having “ insulted, imprisoned, flogged, violated and outraged the women of the South in the most inhuman and savage man ner.” Further, “the North, in executing their fiendish and demoniacal purpose, are bent on mischief, robbery, murder, arson and crimes of the most revolting nature; glutting their hellish rage hy inflicting every Mud of torture, spreading wild ruin, devastation, de struction and universal desolation, for the purpose of revenge and hatred. In their inn*, madness and malice, the atrocities, cruelties, crimes and outrages committed against the South are without a parallel in the history of the world.” After muck-more of the same sort, Englishmen are invoked, in the names of “ civilization, justice* peace, liberty, (I) humanity and Christianity.” This anti-climax is followed by an ippeal to the women of onr country. Here are the words: To ronse themselves toarrest the horrors of the blood-stained march of tyr anny, and to rush to the aid of the South with—their pence, shillings and pounds:” Fairest and best of earth! Fo-* tbe sake of violated innocence and the honor of jour sex. come in woman's majesty and omnipotence, and give strength to a cause that has for its object the high est a ; ins—the amelioration and exaltation of hu manity. “This address is followed I>y a statement of the case oi the North gainst the South, which is thus put: The noa-cxccntion of the fugitive slave law was a virtual dissolution ot the Union, and absolved tte South from their, allegiance to the national compact. The Ee puimean party is a- political conspiracy, and *Jir. Lincoln ‘the head ofvigilaut committee ism, nndcr a higher law than the laws of the land.’ The South 4 is iavaded by hordes of mercenaries, collected from the scum of al most every nation,' ‘The South has no rival, either in commerce or in glory/ England’s neutralityv has starved the South while it has replenished the North. The conduct of the South should extort the adpiiration of all lovers of law and order, and. finally, the South implores England, with tears, to help her own children. Letter from Mr. Seward. The following letter was received from Sec retary Seward, at a festive gathering in New York city on Tuesday evening: Detabtkekt op State. I N Washxkqton, 23d December, 1862. f To James W. Forbes, James L. Woodward and Robert J. Hunter, New York: Gektlemex : I received only at this time your kind letter of the 16th instant, inviting mo to meet the sons of Orange and Sullivan at the anniversary celebration in New York this evening. Thus fiir, although electricity consents to convey our thoughts, yet it is ab solutely refuses to go into competition with steam in carrying either or freight —of course I cannot come. Nevertheless, Tor every son of Orange or of Sullivan who may be with you, and who is loyal to his country in this her hour of danger, I send my hearty greeting. There ought to he no one of them who is disloyal, for what did the Almighty cast the - blue mountains amid the green valleys of Southern New York but to form a cradle for freemen, vigorous—physically, intellectually and morally vigorous. Men thus constituted, if they are forced into a war for the defense of freedom and their country, will demand that that war, whiih is on their part so just, shall be prosecuted with vigor. While many things arc important to that end which they maynot be able to effect, there is one indispensable thing which they can do, namely—they can :md must unite sons of Orange with sons of Erie, sons of New York with sons of Massachusetts, sons of Missouri and sons of California—brothers in fact as thev are in name —as inseparable members of the American Republic. 1 have die honor to be gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, William H. Sewaud. Northern Traitors* Threatening^ War. The &ilnre of the administration is complete, total aid irretriveablc, and if.it sliaTl not be speed ily eujerseded, -we shall look for the removal, dar ing the ensuing three months, of the theatre of the wax info the States of Illinois. Indiana. Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania.— Chicago Times. Here-we have a threat from a Northern sympathizer ■with the rebellion that unless the .cojperhead Democracy shall succeed In their dastardly scheme of revolutionizing the gov ernment and getting it into their own hands, they -will extend “the theatre of the war 1 ’ into tie loyal States of the North and West". /These plotters need dose watching. They will embroil the people of the loyal States in a war, if they can. They will go any length they dare in order to weaken and embarrass the administration and render aid and comfort to the “ Southern Confederacy.” They arc as much a part of the rebellion as arc the sol diers in the rebel army. They have no desire for a restoration of the Union. They have no sympathy with' the loyal cause. * Their hopes and efforts all go in the direction of Richmond.— Journal. From Washington. New York, Dec. 27.—-A special Washing ton dispatch to the N. Y., Times, says: , Official information from Mexico represents the condition of the French army as most critical. Their ; ranks are being thinned by sickness and the want of wholesome food. Agents have been sent to this country for supplies of various kinds, and empowered to make-large contracts for future use. These facts . have reached the Mexican Min ister .here, and he has entered his sol-' emn protest against such supplies being al lowed to go forward, r Secretary Seward, how ever, declines to interfere. Complaint is-made that he'eveh extends to the French privileges denied to the Mexicans. Whatever cause may exist for this charge it is ' unquestionable that much ill-feellng f is .'being, engendered in the Mexican embassy. • There certainly Is no occasion for the gene ral air of doubt that seems ,to surround men’s opinions in-regard to the. President’s policy after Jannaiy lst.’ Hlsaiitecedents, his meas ures, his late declarations • all coincide to im press upon ns the fact that he will fully sus tain the affirmations made in his Proclamation of-Emancipation.'. A Failure. —The impudent efforts of cer tain traitorous Jontnalshi this city to mai-n an issue between the New-York Courts and the General Government, by procuring the in dictment of Secretary Stanton and his subor dinates for nnlawfnQy arresting,such men as Marshal Kane, has failed. - The Grand Jury npon which the pressure was brought did not .‘see fit to find any such Indictment, was yesterday dischargc&- T .K j; TrVmrtc , Tlic Cause of Diptherla. \ Mokeka, 111., Dec. 57, 1862. Editors Chicago Tribune: % Prom recent investigations, and from-tlic examinations of blood obtained, children affected with alarming disease diphtheria* it seems to be a disease of the blood manifest* ing itself generally in the throat,-and; to be caused by a -want of the preserving clement, common salt. This result was obtained from examining the Wood, of several persons suffer ing from diphtheria, and in each case, a less quantity of common salt was found than be longs In healthy blood, and upon investiga tion it has been* found that in thirty families in which diphtheria has prevailed, or is now prerailing.'food containing but little salt had been used for some time previous to the at tack of the disease. lam informed by an M.D. who has given much attention to this subject, that a multitude of facts could be arrayed to substantiate this theory, but it belongs not to the pen of a lady to array them, my object is to stimulate investigation in regard to this drcadful'disease diphtheria, and to call the at tention of parents and guardians of children to a consideration of the diet provided for the nourishment of the little ones as well as others of their respective households. A. 'Mother. The Interview with the Presi- dent. . [From the Philadelphia Press, Bee. 27.] According to all accounts, the cancns of the Republican Senators, like their subsequent interviews with the President of the United States, and all the members of bis Cabinet, -with a single exception, was decorous and pa triotic. There was no attempt at dictation on the part of the Senators, and no manifestation of Irritation on the part of the President and his Cabinet. The suggestions of the Senators were presented and enforced with dignity, and the spirit from which they sprung was that of a single and unanimous purpose—to sustain the government in its great trials and compli cations, and to recommend the necessity of frequent confidential and free consultations between the Executive and his Cabinet, and . tbe great co-ordinate branch, of Congress, which, in harmony with the Constitution and the experience of the past, is consulted upon every great measure. • One of the secrets of the strength of the most popular Administra tions of other days was the frequency with which the Executive conferred, not only with the Representatives of the people, but the Senators in Congress. Gen. Schocpf’s Opinion. orßitcll During the examination of Gem Steadman before the Buell Court of Inquiry, the follow ing episode occurred, which caused some flut tering : “Have you ever heard any officer question my loyalty?” General Steadman replied, “yes.” “Who was he?” asked General BuelL General Steadman declined answering unless the Court required him to doso. The Court then called upon him to reply. The General then stated that it might implicate one of the Court. This statement, instead of making a change in their decision, only made the ques tion more important. General Steadman then stated that he had heard General Schoepf ex press a doubt regarding General Buell*s loy alty. General Steadman was then asked what General Schocpf had said. General Steadman replied that he had beard General Schoepf say that General “Buell was a traitor.” ggp'The Baltimore American urges the ap- Xjolntmenl by Gov. Bradford, of Ex-Govemor Hicks to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate made by the death of Hou. James A. Pearce. Singular.—A large sea gull was shot on the Cambridge (Mass.) bridge one day last week, and in its mouth was a good five dollar bill, which the sportsman found no difficulty in passing. Jj'Oß THE HOLIDAYS. BAKGAINS IN' COLLARS AND EMBROIDERIES OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. HIGH BEAL LACES, ELEGMT PARIS CLOAKS, SUPERB MESS mm% KEWFUMISHEfG- GOODS, and an unlimited variety of goods for Holiday Gifts, just received by W. M. ROSS & CO., 16Y <Sc 169 LAKE ST. |.no39xST7-3mJ Jp ESTIVAL CHIMES, A NEW SINGING BOOM, CONSISTING OF Pert Ist—The Practical Singing Class. Part 2d—Glees, Opera Choruses.and Quartette. Part 3d—Anthems, Hymn Tones and Chants. Music Teachers will find the “FESTIVAL CHIMES,’ Just the hook for the Singing Class. Beginners will find the Instructions in “FESTIVAL CHIMES,’ The most desirable they can wish. Advanced singers will find “FESTIVAL CHIMES,’ The best collection of new music published, Inbrir.ging this work before the public, the author and publisher feel confident it will please all. At the first glance.the sacred or 3d Part may seem small,but when taking Into consideration the fact that out of a book of 300 pages of sacred music, as heretofore pub- Ushed.choirs can only find from twenty to tldrty tunes that arc applicable or suitable to use. and old tunes as well as poor ones thrown in to fill up and complete the book. But all this has been most carefully avoided lathe “FESTIVAL CHIMES,” There being nothing In the work, only what Is new. practical and most beautifully adapted to the use of choirs and fiinglngclasses. Single copies will-be sent to any address, post paid, upon the receipt of ONE DOLLAR, fy Price, per dozen. $9.00. ADDHESS 3HT. 3VT. HIO-GKrisTS, 117 RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO. ELL. decar-ystsst GM. MOWBRAY & CO., • (Hear office 133 Broadway. New York.) Manufacture at Titusville. Crawford County, Penn sylvania, only the beet quality of BEiTNED PETEOLIUM, BENZENE OB NAPTHA, TAR for Axle Grease, Sailroad use, &e. Transportation from Titusville to the West as cheap as from Pittsburgh. Orders received at the Refineries or New York. deSO-y346-2w-a-TAT J£ROOM CORK EXCHANGE. We invite consignments of BROOM CORN, Have avpt.f. STORAGE, make advances, and offer Special Inducements By giving onr patrons the benefit of prices paid by consumers in the EAST AM) CANADA, ah inquiries promptly answered. ILI _ J _. rrr BAPPLETEA & SHELDON. Comission Merchants. 243 Sooth Water street. QHEESE AND DRIED FRUITS. 20 tons HambumChceso. 100 barrels Drieoßlackberrics. 20 barrels Dried Cherries. 10 barrels Dried Raspberries, x 50barrels Dried Plums. _ 'HO barrels dried half un pa red Peaches. SO sacks Dried Pared Peaches. 1500 barrels New York Green Apples. 2000lbsGnmDrops. , , ~, ICO barrels all kinds Almonds and Nuts. For sale cheap for cash, by de29-y602-lw S. BOGAEDUS&SON. 80S. Water-st. PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR. Matoe’s Office, Chicago. Dec. 21th, ISS2. Whereas. It has been reported to me that the public safety is endangered by the running at large, in the city, of mad or rabid dogs; therefore, this la to notify all persons that all doge found running at largo, and not securely muzzled, on and after the 26th and until further notice, will be destroyed. de2s-y496-lw F. C. SHERMAN, Mayor. T AKF. SUPERIOR PIG IRON. I J The Northern Iron Company of Lake Superior keen on hand at its Dock.in Chicago, a supply of Char coal Iron, direct from its Blast Fumance. and of an grades, to wliich the attention of those wanting the best quality of Lake Superior Metal la invited. Office IS Wells street. . _ JESTJP, KENNEDY & CO., Ageata - my2trto2-6m-3T&T - - QJ. W YETH, - MALT HOUSE, Corner Canal and West Monroe streets. Chicago. HL ocSlvStUhn "DUCKSKIN GOODS—The best D stock In town and lowest prices. Army Gloves, Officers' Gloves. Farmer’s Gloves; all kinds of Gloves, for Tnpn and boys. Sutlers and dealers supplied in any quantity. MILITARY GOODS. wholesale andßetaD at reduced prices. E. B. BOWEN, 20 Clark street, (up stairs.)over over the > united States Express Office. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND UX HAPPY NEW TEAR.—The best way to make themsuch is to give or receive one of L. CORNELL & CO'S NOISELESS and CHARMING SEWING MA CHINES. now greatly improved. No gift of friendship could be of more-lasting benefit. lu your Holiday shopping look at them and Bamum’a Self Sewer, at : S3 Lake street. . del6-y1863w 'JjO LOAN. SI,OOOXO for one or two years, on real estate in Chicago • r - or Cook County. • f~.0C0.00 for five years. oa central property in this city. Apply personally to KA'ROBSBaAtt’y. Jg LAKE STREET. 'WHOI.KSAUE BUYERS Will find In our store a large stock of ZEPHYR WORSTEDS, Tuns, Hoods, Kollos ud Skating Cops, SKIRTS AND COSSETS, nosierr and Gloves. Buttons.Dress Trimmings. Braids •RpfliingH. Velvet Ribbons. &c„ including a a complete assortment i, NOTI ON S . • _Onr stock Is Inviting, andbnyers trtll find oar figures TEKT CLOSE for NET CASH. GRAVES & IBTIRE, 73 Lake Street. Q.EOCEEIES. 16 & 18 STATE STREET. Ga Ca COOK. & COa; WHOLESALE GROCERIES. Cash Layers are Invited to examine oar Stock* nol4y 1000 BALMORAL SKIRTS 01 the best styles la market JTSJST OPEIONa AT STRYKER & CO.’s, 14rl Lake Street. 500 CLOAKS Of our owTimanntftcture. comprising the nevr styles of Plush and For Beavers. 500 Wool Blankets Of the test manufacture and at lowpricca. 100 Dozen Wool Hoods, Sontags, KtTBXAS. ECAEFS AXD COMFOBTEKS. All seasonable goods. SHA W L S . A large assortment now opening of all kinds and sires, we are now receiring a Terr large stock of CLOTHS, consisting of every description. OYER-COATEffiS, FLESH, ITR ASD SPAN GLED BEAVER CLOTHS, Cloaking Cloths and material in great variety. Gloves and Hosiery, of every kinds, HOOP SKTBIB AT AIL PEICES, Ladles and Gents Under Garments, a fine assortment. DRESS GOODS, Embroideries Lace Setts. Caml-rfr Setts. Point Lace Collars. McceirnacH. Lace Collare. Alexander Kids. Prints, Sheetiazs *nd Table Linens. All of which we arc now offering at as low prices as can he found elsewhere. Call and examine before mak ing purchases. t STRYKER & CO., 141 LAKE STREET. myl'J-rKtMy Q-EOCEEIES. mm, BRIGGS & CO., 75 Sonth Water street, Chicago, Offer for sale AT THE VERT LOWEST PRICES to CLOSE BUYERS AND PEO3IPT MEN. - a well selected stock of GROCERIES AT WHOLESALE, EMBRACING Sugars, Fish, Teas, Tobacco, Coflees, Rice, Syrups, Spices, Molasses, Soaps, Dried Fruit, WOODEN WARE, and all articles usually included in their line. We have bought most of our goods for cash, and be lieve that we can make it to the interest of all purchas ing in this market to call and examine onr stock before buying. EWING. BRIGGS & CO.. No. 75 South Water street, Chicago. Wm.L. Ewing. St. Louis. Mo. Clintou Briggs. Thomas Heermans. f *- mca g°- myla-rSSt-ly DIXON’S CARBURET OF IRON STOVE POLISH, Is the test article ever produced for the purposo Manufactured only by JOSEPH DIXON A CO., Jersey City, N. J. And for sale by their Wholesale Agents. JESUP, IS South South Wells street. Chicago. CSfDison's Black Lead Crucibles for 1 sale by the cask or number. oc!7-v€&3ui PLUS ULTRA SKATES. The Deßrame’s Patent Skate. No. Straps. No Clasps. No Pain. They are used by all professional Skaters In the country. Also, CENTRAL PARK FAVORITE, English Ladles'. Novelty Ladles', Parlor Skates &c Just received and for sale by JOHN B. IDESON & CO.. de23-y440-lm ill Street, Kingsbury Blocks JUST PUBLISHED,- WILL. S. PTA.YS’ Last and Best Song, entitled “ The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” Embellished with a Descriptive Title Page. Just published and for sale by D.P. FAULDS, 51 Clark street. Chicago. Price 50 cents. Conies sent by mail. seSuSSI-Sm NOVEMBER, 1862. SPECIAL NOTICE TO BUYERS OF HATS, CJX.IPS, BUCKSKIN GOODS, LADIES AID GESTLEIEVS FURS, ROBES, &C., &C., &C. We are now receiving our tlilrd large stock of FALL AND WINTER TRADE. 1862. which makes our stock the largest and the best assorted in the West, all oc which will he offered at LESS THAN PRESENT EAS TERN VALUE. We invite particular attention to onr stock of EX TRA HEAVY BUCK GLOVES. MITTS and GAUNT LETTS.LADIES’ AND GENTS FUR GOODS: and 3000 dozen NUTRIA FUR and other WARM WINTER , CAPS, for MEN and BOYS. ORDERS Will always receive prompt and careful attention.' WEBER, WILLIAMS & YALE,- n026-x517-2m 25 Lake street. Chicago. pmCAGO LEAP AND OIL V 7 WOSKBJ Comer Clinton and Fulton Streets West Side. T.FAT) PIPE, BULLETS, BAB & SHEET LEAD, YjTT\TW Hi i i OHii Siet, White Lead, Bed Lead and Litharge, PUMPS MD HYDRAULIC BASIS. Orders from the trade solicited. Highest market price paid for Flax Seed. P.0.80x 6146. set E. W. BLATCHFORD. JJOLIDATS. PORTABLE WRITING DESKS. CRESS BOARDS AND BEEN. PORTFOLIOS. BACKGASOEON BOARDS. GOLD PENS AND PENCILS. FRENCH WORK BOXES. RODGERS’ CUTLERY. ORNAMENTAL INKSTANDS. A fine assortment of the above, just the selection for the Holidays for sale at liO T.aVp street. de!6-y229-2w ■REAUnrUIi HOLIDAY PRES- J-> ENTS, IMPORTED PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS NB, JT. RAUER) 99 SOUTH CLARK ST., LABMON BLOCK, has just returned from Europe with the largest and finest assortment of Albums ever brought to this coun try. For sale at wholesale and retail. atpriees to_sult the times. decl2y963w JpOUNDRY FOR SALE AT Port Stanley, Canada West. Comprising extensive Machine Shops, Moulding-room and evcmmng necessary for carrying on a flourishing buislness in tne manufacture, chiefly of Agricultural Imffiementa. for whit* thesnrronndingco untry affords a reidv and profitable sale. The preroiaea..macMacry, are In the best of order, and will be BQld on yery reasonable terms. For further particulars apply to J Q EABpEE _ • 0t20v719-sw-cod London, Canada West. Beach, maple and hick -OEY WOOD. All Body Wood, lour feet ia length, Ferstiebr KKLLOQG & CrBAY, Comer Market ud •ffasninstdajtieete. srtn-IKHV BOXES, all kinds. eobjchristhas presents. At 3E?feIJG-P:OT’S > XOS Latent. QXOYE BOXES, splendid variety. FOR CBRISTSEAS PRnwnnyfg -A.t PEUGEOT’S, 108 at 'J'ots nr Tnr, rubber, & c .. FOR CHRISmS PRESENTS, At PEUGEOT'S, 108 X-.a.ke-3t. QPKKA GLASSESjfrom $3 to $25, FOR CHRISTIOAS PRESENTS, JVt PEUGEOT’S, 108 Xxabe-st* CHILDREN’S TEA SETTS, vari oos patterns. | For Christmas Presents, AT PECGEOTPS, 108 LAKE STB^T, (RESSISG CASES—English and ’ otters. For Christmas Presents, AT PEUGEOT’S. 10S LAE£ STREET. TVT ECHA E'ICAL -LOCOMO XIX TIVES. For Christmas Presents, AT PEUGEOT’S, IQS LAKE STREET. pARLOR GAMES—AII kinds, Fo,r Christmas Presents, , AT PEUGEOT’S, 108 LAKE STREET. X SEW MS™ PIPES-The^S FOR HOUDAT PRESENTS, At FEPGEOrS .ire Late street.?--! 1 - Boa- T)01LS —Every conceivable kind, SOB not row l-BESENTS, cmejo a “ At PEUGEOT'S .106 Lake street iSfiS'fe ?Jf.MgU brought© rßsprfis< ins. 'J'HE GREATEST NOVELTIES OF THE DAI, For Christmas. Presents, At FEVSEOT’S, ©C2T-v6CS-2m Jg LAKE STREET, Great Bargains! HOOP SKIRTS, J vTaiTjartj BALMORAL SKIRTS, £ Zephyr Skating Caps!! S 1 * HOODS. SIMAS. SOiVTAGS, All at Greatly Reduced Prices HOLIDAYS! GRAVES & IRVINE, dels-yiT6 HOSIERY, Ladies’ and Misses' Balmoral Hose, FINE BED ABB BLACK YARNS. HAND KNIT WORSTED GOODS, Men’s Half Hose. Sontac?. Nubias. Mittens. Sleeves. Leggings, 4c. ZEPHYR WORSTEDS, WOOLEN YARXS. KAND-KITIT SCAEFS, (ourown importation, MEN'S HALT HOSE. LADIES RIBBED HOSIERY. Kew Commenced Slippers, All at the lowest cash prices. SUXTON & BCRKITT, 41 Lasalte street. pe2o-cS33-Sm JJARNHM BROTHERS Importers and Wholesale Dealers In. TOTS MD FANCY GOODS, 138 LAKE-ST., CHICAGO, HI, Stock now In and very complete for the FALL AND HOLIDAY TRADE All *1 which are of our own IXfPORTATION, and wtt be sold low to IT, & CO., Cash, and Short Time Buyers. Sutlers and Yankee Notion Dealers Is respectfully solicited. Ho. 188 Lake _street, between Clark and LaSalle streets. QLOTH HOUSE. FIELD, BENEDICT & CO., 34 & 36 lake street, Have now In store the hugest stock ot COIRS, CASSIMERES, TESTINGS, SATINETS, Sheep’s G-reys, Beavers, Bilots, S£eltons, And all other goods for MEN'S WEAR, ever exhibited in this market. Merchants are Invited to ex amine our stock of goods of all kinds for OFFICER’S UNIFORMS. Blue Cloth*, Blue Flannels, Blue Cassimeres. spT-plOl-ly 'J'O LIVERPOOL—WEEKLY From New York. Landing and embarking passengers at Queenstown. Ireland. The Liverpool, New York and Philadelphia STEAMSHIP COJIPANY, Will dispatch every Saturdaytheirfoll power Clipper bullt Iron steamships. City of New York, Edinburgh, City or Baltimore, Kangaroo* City of Washington, Glasgow City of BEanchester, Vlgo, Aetna, Bosphorus* Rates of passage as low as by any other line. Fas* sengcre forwarded to all the principal cities of Europe. Persons wishing to bring out their friends can bay tickets in Chicago to great advantage. These steamers have superior accommodations, and carrrcxpcriunccd surgeons. They are built in watke tigbt sections, ana carrr patent fire annihilators. Forfnrther information apply ta . „„ CLF.GHORN, LECKIE & CO., General Western Agents. IS Lasalle street, Chicago nr - Exchange on Europe sold in sums of £1 and up wards. ' niU-2S-n846-ly ASDEEYOORT, DICKERSON & CO ISO & 201 Randolph St, Chicago, IMPORTERS OF TIN PLATE, SHEET IRON,&€., &C* Tinners 5 Stock. AGENTS FOR Howe’s Improved Scales. tnoV6l.bS.lyJ FOR LIVERPOOL.—Having been thoroughly overhauled. and considerable additions made to toe Cabin accommodations, the magnificent steaipshlp great eastern; WALTERPATOY, Commander, KEW YORK FOR LIVERPOOL, On EAItTRDAY. Jan. Sd. 1363. . Hates of fore CONSIDERABLY LOWER than aay other line croelng the Atlantic. Immediate applica tion for Bertha is necessary, and no berth secured tCI paid for. JAMBS WABRACIC, Agent, - p 12 Lake BireoCchK»ao. Howland & Asptswaix. New Tort. del»-y3fo-iot H£ITSIC —AND JP I.IA'O FOR TBS The best assortment la Chisago can be found st H Clark street, TraDas the Shxbwas House, . W. JEC. BARLOW A D. P. FAULDS, , del9-y305-lm . FBOPBZEXdRS. 'THE MAGIC TIME OBSERVER JL being a Hunting and Open Face, or Lady’s on Gentleman’s Watch combined. One of the prettiest, most convenient and decidedly the • The Best anlCketpert Timepiece for general and reliable use,' ever offered. It has withia. it anoconnected with its machinery. its own winding attachment, rendering a key entirely unnecessary. The cases of this Watch are composeaof two metals, tte outer one being fine 15 caret gold* It has the improved, ruby action lever movement, ■ l • AnibWoiaMn Actuate Tlwyleee. Price, superbly engraved,, per case of abalfadoaes. .tSMM. Sample Watches/in neat morocco boxes, foe - those proposing to buy at wholesale. SB; sent by ex nress;withbPl payable on delivery, flomwsmuwro* Twit; payment in advance, as we e*nnotcollßOt-fro» the army. "Addreas HVBBABDBBOS^etie Importon, awaratcwaßM » ’JgJagJP-' 10S LAKE STREET. CAFES, SHAWLS, AFFGHASS. FOB THE 73 Lake street. 9 The attention ot DEALERS IN Will be despatched from Ball road ner Lake 'tise,) Chi- indent. E.A” . AND fonafol rrires at leaves 135 A.M. m leaves 1&r S . 'h 1