Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1863, Page 2

suddenly on WASHINGTON OITY: || FRIDAY...-...+-+-« FEBRUARY 13, 1863, ev RAADING MATTER OF BVBAY PAGE. | SEB OUTSIDER FOR INTERESTING TELE. | @RAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. ‘Theo Intettigencey notices the fact that it is in- timated that another Senatorial “pressure” will be brought to bear upon the President (similar to the one made last December), looking to the removal! of Mr. Seward from his position in the Cabinet. The Intelis does not believe, howevér, that the President « will allow him- self to be ‘pushed from his stool,” in the ey 3 of the nation, by any outside influences like those Which have once been brought ansuccessfully to bear on him, and a repetition of which is now foreshadowed.” The Chronicle, noticing the correspondence between Mr. Seward and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, awards high credit toSecree tary Seward for the able manner in which he bas conducted the affair. Th» Chronicie says: The dispatch of Mr. Seward statesexplicitly, briefly and resolntly tne determination of the Administratioc, and will go forth as a voice of encouragément to every class and condition cf our countrymen, showing that when peace is actieved it must be by victories won in the field of battir, and not by the compromises of internal traitors, by the dictation of armed rebels, or by the unsolicited aid of foreign Powers.” OUR MILITARY BUDGETF. smeenirint orien MORE BLOCKADE RUNNERS CAUGHT. The King Phillip, Master Eldridge, arrived yesterday from the lower Potomac, bringing up & number of prisoners who were taken a night or two since by the mortar schooner Dan Smith, as they were leaving the Maryland shcre near Biackiston's Island, to cross over. Their names are S. F. Cameron, who appears to be a chaplain in the Confederate army, and whohad with him a trunk filled with testa- ments, which no doubt are much needed in Lixie; John Cayall, a young man who hails from Georgetown, D. Chandier and R. Rose. CAPTURE OF PRIZES English bark Springbok, by U.S. steamer Sonoma, Feb. 3, 1963, at sea; without proper papers,etc. Sent to New York in charge of Acting Master Willit. Schooner Emma Tuttle, Jan. 27, off Charles- ton, by U. S. schooner Hope, from Nassau. joaded with saltpeter. This schooner was cap- tured some weeks since, off Wilmington, and when onthe way north was driven into the Bahamas by bad weather whore she was taken possession of by former crew and carried to Nassau. +12 + Mr. SEwarp’s ANSWER To THE FrEscu MEMATION PROPOsAL.—Elsewhere will be found the admirable answer made by Secre- tary Seward to the mediation proffer of the French Government. He demonstrates with conclusive clearness that the assembling of such a commission as is proposed by the French Mi.ister would be without consti- tutional sanction, and that the results of this cenierence could have no binding eflect on either of the contending parties. The deter- mination of the Government and people to maintain the Federal Union is’stated in un- Mistakeable terms, and the proposition for the appointment of Commissioners respectfully declined. The matter and manner of the reply alike cballenge admiration, and it will receive a hearty response from theentire people. It is fortunate indeed for the country that the work of dealing with so important and delicate a matter has been in the hands of one so well qualified for the task as Secretary Seward. g heraetaenmises=: Seape ding a7 By way of Philadelphia we have news from Venezueln. The bark Roanoke reports that the Republic vf Venezuela continues in a | very disturbed state. A severe battle was lately fought near Corona, where the Govern- ment troops were routed under General Rub- len, and it is thought that should the latter be captured, the war will terminate in fayor of the Rebeis. @F The Confederate government continues to be troubled with “tories,” i. ¢, Unionists. The Salisbury, N. OC. Watchman announces “thata large number of deserters and tories have banded together in thatsectionof country Where the counties of Moor, Randolph and Montgomery join, and bave committed nu- | merous and serious disturbances against the lives and property of true Confederatecitizens. 7 A number of released prisoners whocame from Richmond yesterday, says that the guards at Libbey Prison and others in the Confede- rate service with whom they (the released pri- soners) had conversations, boasted that Jack- | soa and his whole force had gone to Tennes- see, Sod that therefore the Federal forces | Would socn be cleaned out. | parents) <a @7 Rebel deserters report that Gen. Jack- son 1s in command at Fredericksburg,and that Gen. Lee has gone to Charleston. stat ata ease j 7 The House of Delegates of Illinois has H passed the infamous Breckinridge democracy i peace resolutions by a vote of 52 to 2. gS ioe Rela does eae that one of them gos to Sen Freaclcts wees wilt be used as a har- ce; Sagamore, is to take the place at Hampton Roads of the Nahant, ; which is to join the South Carolina fiest. &7 Forty-five loyal East Tonnessesans have lately escaped from revel aad have Reckeaee lines at Murfreesboro’, where they | ree with aa ovation from their fel- | ow isa ~feller” at Stu: 5 New York, whomakesa tweaty-f ve foot stride, and can go his mils inside of Minutes on Now York, with tts seadquarwrs tn t city. 4 S57 1t is understood triat the arbor of elton ' te to be defended by-fiftween-inch guns, which . are immense ia a win bas gone to Burope, te ful: = pro@eectonal on sagement re. S7 The tron-clad Mantucket, now at the Sheen See Bavy- will be com- Pleted Shout the ist of Mar. S27 The steamer Tyoooa arrived at Oincia- pati jaet week, from wphis, with 931 bales of cotton, and the Imperial with 159 bales. @7~ 1t is stated thas Gov. Ourtin, of Penneyl- ¥ pia, bas consented to be @ candidate for re- elce } ‘Preatice notes that the Moaitor and the Merrimac bad a terrible fight, and at last one | perished by fire and the other by water. will be ‘ere, ns Graal ou for January | | Ex-Gov. Magodin, of Kentucky, is resi- ding at present in Chicago. “ Se” New counterfeit fives oa the Harrisburg (Pa) Bank are ia cigcalation. S7 Pierce Doran is an trial im Obicage foran | atteeapt to Gl bis wife for intidelity. { Bailroad travel in Kémtucky has been | ly mmpeded by the recent snow-starm. | THE EVENING STAR. | » bitively irreconciiable—whether | to the same hopes as the immediate concinsion NAPOLEON'S MEDIATION EMPEROR ory ——— THE OFFER DECLINED BY:0) GOVERN: MENT. os = ———$———— = BEPLY OF SKORBTARY SEWARD Td THR FRENCH GOVERN MBN®. oe The President sent a reply to:tBe Senals yes- terday, in answer to a resofutien as to whether any correspondence has taken place between this Government and the Government of France on the subject of mediation, or other measures looking to the termination of the ex- istipg civil war. The correspondense submitted opens with a communication from Mr. Dayton to M. Drouyn de l'Huys, in which, in reference to questions | asked him by that Minister in conversation in | Telation to the population of the Southern States | and the positions of the several divisions of our army; and also in reference to statements in the | dispatch of the French Minister to the Courts of London and St. Petersburg, he proceeds to cor- rect the opinion expressed by the French Min- | ister, that the belligerents have exhibited an equality of strength throughout the war that | forbade the hope of decisive results. Mr. Dayton proceeds to slow that the in- surgents do not now hold a foot of ground whi.b they did not hold early in the war,while the flag of the Union has been constantly ad. vanced, and now floats somewhere on the so 1 or over the fortifications of every slave Stare (seveone.) Theiriarmies have in the means time beep driven from an area ot country em- bracing in the aggregate not less than 100,10) square miles, and occapied by a population ranging from one million and a half to two millions of people. They have lust every port, harbor, and fortification on the Atlantic coast of any value, (those at Charleston alone ex- cepted,) from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the southern point of Florida,and thence around the Gulf coast to Pensacola. But more im- portant even than this, they have within the year lost New Orleans, the great commercial metropolis of the South, with the numerous fortitications established for it: defense. ‘They have likewise lost the Mississippi, with every is'and and river fortification (suve that at Vicksburg) by which it was defended. Within the year, too, the North has built up an im- mense navy; and while on the one hand the United States hus a revenue avaiiable in the recious m:tals of more than a hundred mil- ions, while its mines are yielding gold more rapidly than forvign trade withdraws it from the country, the Confederates on the other, with a floating debt of four hundred millions of dollars, represented by paper at a discount of ceventy-five per cent, have neither raised, nor have they the means of rsising a revenue equal to ten millions, in any form or for any purpose. The difference in resources ef popu- lation of the two belligerents is also pointed out. M. Drouyn de I’Huys replies to Mr. Dayton that although tie representations of the latter ure certainly of a nature to make him appreci- ate all the resourees of our Government, it is none the less true that notwithstanving the in- equality of numbers ‘ind cf financial means, notwithstanding local advantages and parual conguests, the condi'ions of soil and of climate seem to oppose insuperable obstacles to the Progress of the -truggie, and that the equal energy of both sides tends tb ss upon ita charsecter of indomitable desperation. After complimeita: ‘eference to the courage displayed by the Americans on both sides im the struggle, he closes by reiterating the desire of France to effect a reconeiliation between the be Hizerents. Other correspondence follows between Mr. Dayton and Secretary Seward, and then comes the important ecmmunication from the French Government and the reply to it by Mr. Sew- ard, given below : MBE. DROUYN DE L’HUYS TO M. MERCIER. | [ Transtated.} DEPARTMENT oF ForgiGN AFFairs, PoiiticaL Division, PARIs, Jan. 9, 1563. Sir: In forming the pur of assisting, by the proffer of our good offices, to shorten the period of those hostilities which are desolating the American continent, had we not been guided, beyond all, by the friendship which actuates the Government of the Emperor in regard to the United States, the little success of our oyertaores might chill the interest with which we follow the fluctuations of this con- te-t; but the sentiment to which we have yielded is too sincere for indiffereuce to find a place in our thougbts, and that we should cease to be painfully affected, whilst the war continues to rage ‘We cannot regard without profound regret this war, Worse than civil, comparible to the most terrible distractions of the ancient re. Publics, and whose disasters multiply in pro- portion to the resources and the valor which each of the belligerent peraee develop. The Government of his Majesty have there- fore seriously examined the objections which have teen made to us. Where we have sug- gested the idea of a friendly mediation, and we bave asked ourselves whether they are troly of anature to set aside as premature every tentative to a reconciliation, on one part has been opposed to us the repugnance of the United States to admit the intervention of for- Linn influencein the dispute, on the other hope, which the Federal Government has not aban- doned, of attaining its solution by force of arms Assuredly, sir, recourse to the good offices of one or several neutral Powers contains nothing incompatible with the pride so legitimate amidst @ great nation, and wats purely international are not those alone which furnish examples of the useful character of mediation. We flatter ourselves, besides, that in proffering to place ourselves at the disposal of the belligerent par- ties to fucilitate between them negotiations, the basis of which we abstain from prejudging, we bave manifested to the patriotism of the United States all the considerations to which it is en- titled, now perhaps still more than ever, after | ®uch new proof of moral force and energy. We are none the less ready, amid the wishes which we form in fayor hielo to take into account all susceptibilities of national feeling, and we ; do Dot at all question the right of the Federal Government to decline the co-operation [con cours] of the great maritime Pewers of Europe. But this co-operation, is it not the only means which offers itself to the Cabinet of Washington | to basten the close of the warl Aud if it be- | lieves that it ought to repel any foreign inter. vention, could it not honorably accept the idea | of direct [pourparlers] informal conferences | with the authority which may represent the States of the South! The Federal Government does not despair, we know, of givinga more active impuleto | hostilities; its sacrifices have not exhausted its resources, still less its perseverance and its | steadfastness. { The protraction of the straggle, in a word, bas not shaken its confidence in the definite success of its efforts. con. trary, more often the establlahmont of a truce, | wa! = many times have we net seen poten. to disunfon, to be quickly followed by ever in- 7 ia BS taries moot, ox unica’ ‘Agree | creasing anarchy. uf if on IFI0AT Be, Potvin Ans fae quedion even of poco of | Bosh iy trl onpees — while i lone sraiee oon inued the | i ater oe BROADBBNT & BROS. trife, and ¥ ven 1 mo- ‘ve what good results mont, to modify by Rey ate could be ined by them. oer eeats oe ax - of peace? cane aay eee memory, drawn The must agree in recom- IR?Bt from the histery of the Sates: The mranding either that the Union shall stand, or | Ia our stosk wit! be found the vory best qualtties ence were commonced long Refers ee cincs | (hat tt shall be voloncary Soon ance | na ND MISe ce ve ! question w: LADIBG’ AND MIS#RS’ had ceased tn the Now World, and the amis. te abide st ia tap sor ihe war. The TAPE AND COORD tloe not established until the ast of 30th } Government aut outknowledgs of the HOOP sXIRTs. Novethber, 1798, which, under the name of ; present temper, apy more than of the past pur- whieh will be sold at very lew price. 2 Provisiowal articles, embraced tn advance the | poses of the imsergents. There is not the feast DBY AND BANOY GOOD3 Ecret cisuses of the definite treaty of 1783. | ground to suppose that the sodweling octere 6 ‘01 sould hinder the Govern. | would be persuaded at this momont, by any | 1 large assortment, a meant of the United without renouncing | arguments which the National commissioners LANSBURGH & BB).'S the advantage which it believes it can attein i id offer, to forego the ambition that has im. Baltimore Bargain Store, 37 5'Sevonte at, t of the war, from entering | pelied them to the divloyal position are fo 18-30" between I and K. w in} irl conferences with - | occupying. Any who shouid } $ H could should be deemed to which could, for ida per 5 ine ent compii a reete ae amined in’ this meeting. yincsor accusations, which North and South mutually cast upom each other at this time, would be subsiftuted an argumentative discussion of the int rests which divide them. out by means of well-ordered and profound de- liberations whether these interests are defi- separation te An extremo which can no longer be avoided, or whether the memori-s of a common existence, whether the ties of any kind which have made Pi ity, are not chiaees witch have P two popula. tions. A negotiation, the object of which would be thus not involv+any of teryention of Europe, and more powerful é fr the diplomatic in- without giving birth | peror of t ere ; bd: peng these actora, or through their {.eco-cperation.of Barope, the solauion of their aigeren 4 of ereet in rer ‘o@. are moreover Suthorized, if Mr.S-w: x swieh, to leave with hima ex! creat: depetche : Accept, sir, the assurance cf my h eration. Duovrn DE tt To M. Muncram, Minister of Fran Washington. TO MR. DAYTON. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WaAsHINGTon, 6th Fed, 1553. Sir: The intimation given in ‘our dispatch of January 15th, No.255, that I migat expect a [No. 297.] | special visit trom Mr. Mer-ier, has been re. alized. He called on the 3d instant, and give me 2 copy of a dispatch which ho had just then received from M. Dronyn de l’iluys under the date of the 2ist of January. I have taken tae | President's instructions, and I now proceed to | give you his views upon the subject in ques- tion. e J Ithas béen considered with serionsnessresult- ing from the reflection that the people of France are known to be faultless sharers with the | American nation in the misfortunes and ca- lamaties of our unhappy civil wr; nor do we on this, sny more than on other occasions, for- | get the traditional friendship of the two coun- trier, which we unb fatingly believe has in- spired the counsels that M. Drouyn de l'Huys | bas imparted, He says, “ihe Federal Government does not despair, we know, of giving more active im- pulse to hostilities;” and again he remarks, “the protraction of the struggle, in & word, has not shaken the confidence (of the Federal Gov. ernment) inthe definitive success of its ef- forty.” These passages seem to me to do un- intentional injustice to the language, whether confidential or public, in which this Govern- ment has constantly spoken on the subject of the war. It certainly has had and avowed only one purpcose—a determination to preserve the int: grity of the country. So far from ad- mitting any laxity of effort, or betraying any despondency, the Government, has on the cou- trary, borne itself cheerfully in all vicissitudes with unwavering confidence in an early and complete triumph of the National cause. Now, when we afe, in a manner, invited by a friend- ly Power to review the twenty-one months’ history of the conflict, we find no occasion to abate that confidence. Through such an al- ternation of victories and defeats as is the ap- pointed incident of every war, the land and naval forces of the United States have steadily advanced, recitiming from the insurgents the ports, forts and poss, which they had treaeh- erously seized before the strife actually began, and even before it was seriously apprehended. So many of the States and districts which the nsurgents included in the fleld of their pro- jected exclusive slaveholding dominions, have already been re-established under the flag of the Union, that they now retain only the States ot Georgia, Alabama and Texas, with half of Virginia, halt of North Caroiina, two-thirds of South Carolina, half of Mississippi, and one-third respectively of Arkansas and Louis- jana. The National forces hold even this small territory in close blockade and siege. This Government, if required, does not hesi- late to submit its achievements to the test of :parison: and it maintains that in no part of the world, and in no times, ancient or modern, has a nation, when rendered all unready tor combat by the enjoyment of tighty years of almostunbroken prace, so quickly awakened atthe alarm of sedition, put forth ener Vigorous, and achivved suceesses so sign effective as those which he progress of this contest on the part of the Union M. Drouyn de 'Huys, I tear, hastaken other rie3 30 light than the correspondence of this Guvern- | ment for his guidanes, in ascertaining its temper and firmness. He hag probably read of divisions of sentiment among those who hold the mselves forth as organs of publie opinion | pyuys's d here, and has given to them an undne ime portance, forty-one States and Territories, which cover an expanse hardiy less than Europe, that the people are a pure democracy, exercisinge very where the utmost freedom of speech and suf- frage; that a crises necessarily produces vehement as well as profound debate, witha sharp collisions of individual, local, and sec- tional interests, sentiments and am*itions, and that this heat of controversy is increased by the intervention of speculations, interests, preju- dices and passions from every other part of the civilized world. It is, however, through such debates that the agreement of the nation upon any subject is habitually attained, its reso. lutions formed, and its policy established. | While there has been much difference of popu- lar opinion and favor concerning the agents who shall Ge as the war, the principles on which it shall waged, and the means with which it shall be proseeuted, M. Drouyn de V'Huys has only to refer to the statute book of Congress and the Executive ordinances, to : neet you. sir, t6 give this asenranoe ty | {Babinns St Waahinpon, wtle com bam to jee wirdomeoowneris ted by in’ the-Brorpert; the tint 4 { ' tive tor the time than even interest:, which lie | It isto e remembered that this is a | nation of thirty millions, civilly divided into | : Monally, replaced by others of sterner charac | : teran patriotism. Tmaert beallowed ts and ad - and wé Bave. ofithe o1 he conetitate Adt alco Eastern, Middle, States. ‘estern, and 1 have on many occasions heretofore sndmi! ted tothe French Government the Pres:dant views of the interesta, and the ideas mora effec. a: the botrcm of the determination of the Amer- icns Governmrat and Je t® maintain tue Federal Union. The President has done the sume thing in his messages and other pubditic jarations. I refrain, therefore, from review- ing that argnment in connection with t :e oxist- ing question. Mr. Diouyn de I'Huys craws to his aid the conferén.¢s Which took placa between the Uol- onies and Great Britain, in our Revolutionary war. He must allow us to assume tat acdon in the crisis ot a nation must Accord with its necessities. and therefore can seldom be con- formed to preecdcnts. Grest Britain, when en- ter:ng on the regotiation, had manifes ly come tent rtain doubts of her ultimate success; and it ix certain that the councils of the Oolonies could not fail to take new courage, if not to gain other acyantage, when the parent Stata ecmp)omised so far as to treat of peace on the | terms of conceding their independenca, It in tre scme time, if ihey are not allowed to precede the pacifica- tion. ench conferences than the one M. Dronyn de THuys suggests. The latter would be palpably | in derogation of the Constitution of the United | Sates, and would carry no weight because cestiiute of the sanction necessary to bind either the disloyal or the loyal portions of the { On the other hand, the Congress of | the United States furnishes a constitutional | peo: forum fer debaies Letween the alienated par- ties. Senators and Representatives from the loyal portion of the people are there already, | And seats also are | freely empowered to confer; vacant, and inviting Senators and Represen- titives of the discontented party who may be stitutionally sent ihere from the Statos in- | volved in the insurrection. Moreover, the con- tvrences which can thus be held in Congress have this great advantage over any that could be organiza upon the plan of M. Drouyn de | if it were | thought wise, could call a naticnal convention | to adopt its recommendations, and give them iHuys, namely: that the Congres: ail the selemnity and binding torce of organic law. Such conterences between the aliena’ed parties may be said to have already begun. Marylanc, Virginia, Kentucky, Tenn ee and Mis:ouri—states which are claimed by the in- surgents—are already represented in Congress, and submitting with perfect freedom, anti proper spirit, their advice upon the course best calculated to bring about, in the shortest time, a tum, lasting, and honorable peace. Repre sentatives haye been sent, also, from Louis- isna, d others are umderstood to be coming from Arkansas. Theve is a preponderating argument in favor of the congressional form con‘erence over that which is suggested by M. Drouyn de Plinys, namely: that while an accession to the latter’ would bring this Government into a concur- rence with the insurgents in disregarding aad Se ng aside an important par: of the Consti- tution of the United States, and so would bs of pernicisus example, the congressional confer- ence, on the contrary, preserve strength to that sacre continve through future ages the sheet anchor ) of the Republic. You will Le at lit M. Pronyn de Huy if he shall desire it. To the end that you may be informed of the whole case, I transmit a copy of M. Drouynde a to read this dispatch to and to give hima copy, 1am, sir, your obedient servant, SMITHSONIAN LKO1URES.—Dr. Tornny of New York, will lecture on Urcial Light” on WEDNESDAY ant FRIDA 4 VENINGS, llth and 13th. Exper:mentes aad il- | lu-trations Lectures commence at 8 0’clock. Ad- nittance free, fe ll-3t learn that the national activity has hituerto | been, and yet is, as efficient as that of any oth-r nation—whate ver its form of governmont—over | was, under circumstances of equally grave | fioport to it its peace, Bp and weifare. Not one yolce has been raised: anywhere, out of the immediate fleld of insurrection, in favor of foreign intervention, of mediation, of | arbitration, or compromise, with the relinquish- men of one acre of the national domain, or the surrender of even one constitutional franchise. At the same time, it is manifest to the world that our resources are yet abundant, and our credit adequte to the existing emer- gency. What M. Drouyn de l'Huys suggests is that this Government shall appoint commissioners to meet, on neutral ground, commissioners of the insurgents. He supposes that in the con- ferences to be thus held reciprocal complaints could thus be discussed, and in place of the ac- cusations which the North and the South now mutually cast upon each other, the conferrees would be engaged with discussions of the in- tereats which divide them. He assumes, farther, that the commissioners would seek, by means of well-ordered and profound deliberation, whether these interests are definitively irre- concilable, whether separation is an extreme that can no longer be avoided, or whe her the memories of & common existence, the ties of every kind which have made of the North and the South one whole Federate State, and have borne them on to so high a degree of prosperi- ty, are not more powerful than the causes which have placed arms in the hands of the two populations The suggestion is not an extraordinary one, and it may well have been thonght by the Em- French, in the earnestness of his benevolent desire for the restoration of peace, a feasible one. Bat when M. Dronyn de Il’Hays } | shall come to view it in the light in which it must pepomarily be examined in this country, I think he can ‘dly tail to perceive that is amcunts to nothing less than a proposition that, Bours while this pressin pose of Government is engaged in sup- armed insurrection, with the pur- the constitutional National | @uthority, apd preserving the integrity of the country, it @nter into diplomatic disous- sion with the insurgente wpon the qucetion mot be renounced, and whether the country shall not be delivered over that anthority shall orinfluence, must enter the confer. |ence imbued with the spirit, and edna | the personal fortunes ‘of the lasargent ¢ fe, pe id The loyal people in the insurrectionary Stat 2 world be ui and any offer of this Government, on the condition of tenance of the Union, must necessarily be re- oe On the other hand as I have already inti. mated, this Government hae net the least | thought of relinquishing the trast which has Hi been confided te it by the nation, under i moet solemn of all political sanctions; | had ay eee ty oe mo would still haye abun reason to know ak pence roposed Be! the cost Seb ca eat eet be ‘s iate. » Upreservedly an: antly rejected the American people. ie a “! by i that European statesmen make,ifthay su pose thie people are demoralized. Whatever, the case of an issurrection, the people of France, » OF Of Switzerland er of the | id do to save their national existence, no matter how the strife mi; it be regarded by or might affect foreign n: ions, just so muoh. and certainly no less, the ple of the United States ‘will do, if neoveaaty to } of an armistice, would exercise a infla- | save for the common benefit the region whic: ence om themarch of events, Why, therefore, | is bounded by the Pacific and Allmatte Pall should not a combination. which peepectsall | aad by {he sbores of the Gulfsof St. Lawreace the relations of the United States, obtain the | and ico, with the com. approbation of the Federal Geverameat ¢ mon the Rio Granade, Missouri, usded on our pert that it ia in conformity | Ar Misaissippi, Ohio, St. Lawrence, | with their true interests, we do not hesitate to | Hudson, Potomac; and other wae | ee ae ; nat bay. ral ways by which this land, whioh to | them is at ® land of imheritanca EE power any vain tispiny lend of promise, Is opened and watered. ‘ie ~ of imfiuenoe, we wonld 4; ad with entite Af the agents of the A’ now ex. Pye pitted: | Soo enters heme, Seah aoe vite two populations to discuss, without ald iy. 0 cons virtue, they weuld be speedily, yor 00a8 ttu. tee by | ognized ry is Tie many. ‘gcoum by ® legal power of e:torney, with tani ‘dod as } ductions which may not Sppear upon the faeo of + Kate NE VEY NICE IRON-PLATE NUNS & CLAKK PIANO. in best order, for, sel» for 2110 at the Music Store of W. G free METZEROTT, Sole Agent fur Steinway & Bous. fal Notice TO PISHERMBN —FOR SALE—On accommo ating terms, 4,0) pounds of good secs nd-Banded SEL E,® lerges lot of ditto hauling ard rigging LINES, SEINE FOAT, «APRTANS &c_in loti te anit purchasers, Adiress BURKE & WiNDSER, Alexandria. fe 13 3" T PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. HE Undersigned have, on the i7th day of Jan- wary, formed acopartaorship, uncer the firm and nameof M @. HamnvaGar * Co.. W. corner of H and 13th streets. HENRY MORRIS, te 13-2"* M.G HAMBURGER. ONABLE DANCING. 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DENTISTRY. Sms Callat 246 Pa. ooou0 SED between 12th and i3th ate. and examine D8. LuW1K’s New Me:!iod of insert- ing Teeth. To doro isto be conviassd of its su- Reriorigy over all methods heretofore used. 5 ‘eoth Bxtracted without pain when desired. Terms moderate. fois iyr SEORAT DISHASES. Dz. H. B. FORRSST Oures all Diseases prudence, no matter how Feceive no PAT Ho bas rience im itary bi ita to cure Cy of 18 to 4 and 6 to 1g. of Im- long contractet, or w is Reyoos and aut: f c- e_ebove diveases. Ofice Private rooms {i multotions with Iedies, Consultations free. I'et, north, tween 7th and Sth sts., (3-story brick. mame on the door.) fo 1d-1w* OHANGE OPFIO Baoaprant s uoke ese sous street, Baltimor deniers ta GOVEENMBNT SEOUKITING. NTED TO PUBRQHASM. Ammatanr ava RTERMASTLR'S harp We and 2d sts. Corner ict » D.U,, Fob. 1, 186a. eition wu if for serrfoes roniered will be roe- unless the damant 2 &: the i | lations of the army, a4 sah; at] ized Pg a TM Rigen of suck olalme are lcldent be Je he time tlovet or transfs: OH HM. TOMPKING, fell-lw Ospt. Asvie’t Quartermaster, U. 8. ‘A. WABWICK BYANS, Orriog aXy Rastpsson No. 508 L Senuar, detween sth and Inte ste, foil se . T.M Hakvsy Hes spot teceived 18 gal- lons FERS OYS?: and bu TBEsin tee nen, ele Se oni ESE a the Cavendon Hotel, jo thelr su- tes EN 2 of ey call Beech Bick can be ine at ci ‘ST BBS and other Refreshments seat per order of families, ete rie i: “1 —t CONG RESSIONAL, KATViTth OONGHESS_THTRD sEssion pet Ss ae eee ALLEGED SPY ARRESTED. Tt. 7 Teen formeriy U. S. Consul at | Cadiz. who was permitted to go Sonth in De- | com? er Inst, on hie parole, was to-day arrest-d while in bed,jn the attic of the residence of Dr. G. C. Riley, on tho weet side of Fourteenth street, between F and @. -This arreat was | made by Col. L. C. Baker, Provost Marshal of | the War Department... He gives.no intelligent indied, that peace must come at | ud that conferences must attend, | There is, however, a better torm for | gives new | writing which must | where heartived two Uays ago { to the Old Capitol, cbargéd with being - Se EES «7 Gen. Tom | Grover's Theater to-night, having necepted an | invitation from Mr. Grover. They will occupy PY | will doubtless be leveled in that direction. TELEGRAPHIC. parcial Panes LATEST FROM EUROPE. THE FRENCH MEDIATION PROJECT IN EUROPE. eso sais THE FRENCH MINISTERS AT THR DIPFER ENT EUROPEAN OOURTS INSTRUCTED TO SOUND THOSE COURTS ON THE SUBJECT, jokin 5c Fea TUREATENING INSURRECTION IN POLAND. ene ee New York, Feb. 13.—The stegsmship Etna bas arrived with Liverpool dates to the 2th ult., via Queenstown on the “th, The Asiaand City of Washington had arrived out. The ship Geo. Griswold, on her arrival in the Mereey, is to be received with salutes from bat- teries and men-of-war by the order of the Sec- retary of War. Rumors of French mediation still circulate. Some authorities say they are authentic. It is reportid that M. Drouyn de lHuys has in- | Structd the French ministers at St. Peters. burgh, London, Vienna and Berlin respectively | tosound those courts upon the fitness, not of mediation, but of simple counsels, which might be given the belligerents, advising them toname | commissioners charged to examine, with or Withoutan armistice, upon what basis an ar- iargement could be made to ead the war. Another authority says the De LHuys is preparing & note for tranemission to Wasihing- | ion recommending compromice. Owing to the delay in the arrival of the steam- er Asia ond te consequent absence of later American news, the English journals are gen- erally silent on American aifairs. ‘The steamer Georgeana had left Liverpool and Holy Head tor Nassan with large supplies of arms, 2mmunition, &c.,and various neces. saries for the Alabama, to which vessel she is called the tender, The shi Eliza Bonsatl has arrived at Liy- erpool with fifteen huadred bales of cotion | from Nassau. Canada and Nova Scotia railway, and says we costly defence. liberal and pacific speech. their mediation policy. by other Powers. The Bourse is heavy and lower. The Spanish Government Gen. Prim’s resignation. The threatening in- surrection has broken out in Poland. In the Provinces around Warsaw simultaneous at- tacks were made on the troops in their various cantonments. Many soldiers were killed. A second massacre of St. Bartholomew is said to have been intended. At the latest accounts Warsaw was tranquil and energetic measures bad been taken to sup- press revolt elsewhere. Later. The political news is unimportant. Napoleons new offer of mediation it is thought by the English Journals will prove unaccepteble, The latest advices from Poland are favorable towards @ peace. LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. Paris, Jan. 29.—The Moniteur, to-day, says that Lord Cowley has been instructed by Earl Russell to express to M. Drouyn De L’Huys the satisfaction felt by the British Government on account of the lite speech of the Emperor to the French Exhibitors, and its strong desire to see the sentiment of mntual esteem daily strengthening, which will unite the two na- tions as well as ther governments, PETERSBURG, Jaa. 28.—The revolutionist bands have taken refage in the forests. In several places peasants have been seized bythe insurgents, The Times strongly supports the canditure of the Duke of Saxe Coburg, who is now the only candidate for the threne of Greece, Lowpos, Jan. 2, eveniing.—The Bank of Eng- Innd to-day advanced the premium rate of dis- count from’4 to 5 per cent. This caused a de- pression in the Liverpool cotton and other mar- kets. 7 The districts of Rovern and Voighnia, bor- dering on Poland, have been declared in a state of siege. The peasantry take no part in the Tleing. The concentration of troope in all quar- ters is stifling the rebeliion. Thursday, Jan. 29,—The Globe notices, as the moet interesting points of the American news by the Asis, the growing feeling in Bickmond, New York and Washington, favorable te some sort of direct negotiation for the settlement of the dispute between the North and South, ‘The Shippoig Casetic remarks, that should the Bumperor’s proposal be rejected, he bas left.to himeelf, apparently, the alternative te ‘Tecog- nive the South and raise the southern bloekade. It may be taken for granted that the offer ef Tsdiation will be rejected at Washingtea, and the Garsctic asks, “ Whatnext!” A com oeasation of hostilities or a maritime war with tae North. Cam this comntry afford to let the Freneh Emperor proceed alone in his Ameri- caa policy, or is he acting uponan understand. ing with Her Majesty's Government! These ate questions of great importance, and we hope their solution is net far ef. The latest deepatch of marine intelligence saye the steamer Georgiana had put back to Holly head. -_—————__ LATE FROM HILTON HEAD. ——— GHARLBSTON AND SAVYANNAB NOP YB? AT- TACKED, Se GBM. YOSTER RE7TURNED TO NEW YORK FOR BEINPOROEMERTS. pane Se eee New York, Feb. 13—The Pridtune of this morning says: Gan. Foster wasa by the Arago, yeoterday, to consult with the Gey- ernment. He is expected to retura im ten days. Until then, hardly anything will be done. The force under Gen. Foster is not deemed euff- ciently large yet to make any demonstration. It was said at Hilton Head that he was or- dered North for reinforcements. The World indicates thas there is a disagree. ment between Gens Foster and Hunter rela. tive to rank. The forces in North Oaroliaa uncer the former had partly bees landed on acccunt of the cause of his reappearance here— was sent mab snd 1dy will’ visit | Mr. Grover’s private box, and many boqnetws The London Times opposes the scheme for | England contracting heavy liabilities for the had better wait and see what becomes of the American republic before setting up such a The Emperor Napoleon had distributed to the French exhibiters their awards from the London exhibition. He made an unusually The new Archbishop of Paris attacked Eng- | land and Russia for not joining the French in The drait of the Senate's address to the Em- peror expresses the regret that the proposals of France for mediation was thought premature has accepted Geor, fad oo Boece ATA barren Wasi . Pebreary @vavest yuvearp BOLDINES. ™miitary operations mitted Mr. Lane, of Kansas, introduced a si) te create the Yellow Stone Ladian Agency: re. ferred. Mr. Fessenden back from the Fi. nance Committee the Pill relating to the com. yensation ef inspectors for the port of New pork. Hovre—The naval appro -ristion bill wae taken up, and vari - am uments made an Commities of the Whol- were cOnusidere!. The amendment proving tha no paitet the ap. propriaticn be paid toth - seventy-six midship. m+n appointed illegally, was reject d—yeas 31, nays 70. LOCAL NEWS. —~—— Berixe Boorse Oonrrprnats Movyey.— Some days ago a warrant was issued by Jue. tice Kates against Chas. Rosenbnsh, who ts charged upon the oath of W. ‘f. Smithson, banker, with “passing and circulating a quh- tity of counterfeit cy in paper, knowing the same to be spurioy The warrant was placed in the hands of offi. cer Kimball, who followed Rosenbush to Bal. timore and traced him back to Washingtos, where be arrested him Wednesday nigbt, and he gave bail fora hearing nt 4 p.m. yesterday. At the bour fixed the accused was present, but the prosecution not being prepand cape ‘Was post, Monday next «tt o'et> «, and ruled for trial before Justice The cacé has caused considerable although no evidence bas been civeu. 7 wartant dors not state what kind of money had been counterfeited, and circulated, but those rosted say that Mr. Rosenbush went to Mr. Smitheon and offered tosell a quantity of Con- f-derate money, and Mr. S. agreed to purch>ss giving $500 for $2,000 Corfederate no +4, and these subsequently proved to be counterfeit. The question whether, admitting it to be a frand, it is punishable under the law against circulating counterfeit money is raised, psa "eee QUITE A Mvss.—Last night, shout seven o’clock, a riot occurred on High street, fa the xicinity of Forrest Hall, Georgetown, vetwor the members ot company HU, 1351!) Pesan. Volume ters,anda ——— of the Ist D.C. Regiment. The companies have been doing provost duty tor ome months past, and considerable lo ousy and ill feeling existed. It was understood that to-day i would be relieved: and thonght to make a settlement of onutstan ting differences by a general row. Sticke, stones, fists and botiles were freely used, and biack eyes and cut heads were numerous. The police were kept busy for a time in quelling the riot, The combatants were all returned to their quarters, —— Sacrep Concert.—Mr. Koppitz, the com- poser, and popular leader of the orchestra a Grover’s Theater, proposes giving a series of sacred concerts at the Washington Theater, the first to be given on Sunday evening next. Mr. K. has secured the best musical talent of the Northern cities, and among them Miss Christiana Schmidt, the Infant violia:st {only eleven years of age,) who will execute a number of her wonderful solos. Tnis youth- ful performer has created a furore im Philadelphia and Baltimore. Madam Young has also been engaged. Mr. Koppitz’s is to establish an entertainment which ibe acceptable to all lovers of good music, PRtseEer ies sata ENTERTAINMENT. — Wednesday © a sheen entertainment was given by Dr. Mc- Parisn, (the efficient treasurer ef the Book Binders’ Association, who was lately present- +d by them with a gold watch valued at $160,) at bis residence near the Kirkwood House, which was attended by about one bundred members of the craft. uring the evening the company sat down to a handsome repast and enjoyed themeelves hugely, and afterwards returned to the parlors where the balance of the evening was spent in pleasant con versa- tion, singing, &c. ~rachensitiiiciiemessi Wasninetor Money MARKET— Quotations for stocks, coln aud uncurrent money, furnished by Lewis Johnson & Co. Bankers: U.S. Con, Bonds, 161 U:8.730 Rot indebt's Cuancr or ATTEMrTING To SHoot a Wo- Man.—Wednesday Kendrick Smith, who stops at the louse of Bisxguret Kavanagh, on Second street, near Maryland avenue, went Up stairs, and for some reason got under the bed. Margaret came up shortly afterwards, pretending to look for some c. and = ing under the bed, discovered and bea: him = A 4 pore presen them, 1eW 8 pistol, w! snap) at her. this he bad him arrested Pe t dith, and he was taken beiore Justice For Furge- son, who dismissed him; he proving that the Weapon Was net loaded. 1 in ocherwd. Lad the jury ‘was accidental. bands of Richard Smith, belie~ the shooting ington. By commend of Brig. Gen! Martindale. JOHN P. SHBBBUBNS, Ass’s 42)> Gen, fod iz te visit te passes for citiseas Army of the Potomae will be given at the office @f Licat Col. Cosas, 132 Penasyivasis avenue edove Ntnetoonth street. Bay Point, where they are encamped. Smee NKW YORK STOCK MARKET. New York, Peb. 11—11\ a. m.—First Boara— U. 8. Coapons, 1861, 96Xa07; 73-10 Treasary i Rotes, W8%2102% ; Cortifisates, 95% 295%; De- mand Notes, 168 (als, Gold, 155% 0155 x.