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’ _ a eee any of the States, by appropriate WHOLE NO. 8925. MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1861. THE NATIONAL CRISIS. MPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Whe Action of the Committee of the Peace Conference. Mr.Guthrie’s Plan of Adjustment Probably Adopted. The Report of the Conspiracy Committee. No Evidence Found of a Design to Attack the Capital. MR. LINCOLN’S INAUGURAL AND THE CRISIS Whe Squabbles of the Republicans for Place and Power. European Inquiry into the Gov- ernment Finances, &e., &., &eo. UMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. ‘Wasmnaton, Feb. 14, 1861. In the Peace Convention to-day Messrs. Chase and Ew- fog, of Ohio, Wickliffe, of Kentucky, Loomis, of Pennsyl- ‘vania, and Rives, of Virginia, delivered addresses conse- quent on the death of Judge Wright. They were in a Bigh degree eulogistic of the deceased, and abounded in patriotic sentiments. ‘The Peace Conference Committee had a protracted ses- gion to-day. They meet again at seven o’clock this evening, when they expect to finish their labors by agreeing upon a pian of settiement. They have arranged everything except the Territorial question. The border Slave States are for making a permanent settlement, by including all territory now held or that may hereafter be acquired. The radical Northern members of the com- mittee are for making a temporary settlement, by ap- plying the settlement only to existing territory, upon ‘She policy of excluding territory which may be hereafter acquired from any present compromise. ll of the more important debates have been hitherto based upon Mhis point. It is, in fact, the only point of difficulty. There has been no controversy respecting the third, Sourth, fifth and sixth articles of Mr. Guthrie’s proposi- The committee still encounter strong opposition from fhe members of the Convention from New York and some of the New England States, ‘The committee hope to be able to report to-morrow. MR. GUTHRIR’S PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT. Article 1. That all the territory of the United States Bhall be divided by a line from east to west, on the paral- of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude; ‘and in all territory north of that line involunt servi- tude, e in punishment of crime, is prohibited whilst belong ¢ the United Statos or be under a Territo- it; and in all terri south of said line in- ized ag it exists in the South- whi shall belong government; and neither Congress nor the Territorial government shall ywer to hinder or prevent emigrants to said Terri- ym takin; them H tions, and be subject to judicial izance. The United Btates Courts of such hay a have jurisdiction thereof, and thoee rights shall Jared by the courts ‘nd all the departments of the itorial government, ander or according to the laws of the State from which rson bound to such service may have been taken. territory north or south of said line, lary as may prescribe, shail jon requi for ® member of Con- x (ing to the then federal ee of the people of the United States, it may, if ite form footing with the ori States, with or ‘without teeny rhe orden bby , a8 the oonstitu- fon of such new may prov’ Art. 2. That no territory shall hereafter be acquired by the United States without the concurrence of three- fourths of the Senate; but no treaty by which territ Mall be acquired shall be ratified without the two- ‘yote of the Senate, as required by the constitution. Art. 8. That neit the constitution, nor any amend- ment theteof, shall be construed to give Congress power to regulate, abolish or control within any State or Terri. of the United States the relation established or re- ogaized by the laws thereof touching persons bound to or involuntary service therein; nor to interfere or abolish involuntary service in the District of Columbia without the consent of Maryland and Me me] and the owners, nor without making the owners who do not consent pri ion; nor the power ‘to interfere with or luntary service in under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United within those States and Territories where the same is eetabliehed or recognized; nor the power to prohibit the removal or transportation of persons held to labor or in- ‘voluntary service in any State or Territory of the United tes to any other thereof in which full com) ‘tax or any ‘persons than on land, in proportion to value; nor to authorize any of the ‘African race or their descendants to become Citizens or exercise the right of suffrage in the choice of federal officers. Art 4. That hereafter the Cle of the constitution shall not be construed to prevent ‘islation, and through ‘the action of their judicial and ministerial officers, from delivery of fugitives from labor from any other State or Territory of the United States to the person 0 whom such service or labor is due. Art. 6. The emigration or importation of the African race into any State or any Territory of the United States, whether for residence or involuntary service; is forever prohibited, and Congress shall have the power, by ap- propriate legislation, to enfore the provisions’ of this Art. 6. That the first, second, third and fifth articles ‘these amendments, and the third paragraph of the pecond section of the first article of the constitution, and third h of the fourth article thereof, shall not be amended or abolished without the consent ‘of all the g MR. LINCOLN’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Wasmixeton, Feb. 14, 1861. Tlearn, from an acthoritative source, that Mr. Lincoln has perfected bis inaugural, and that while it doos not violate the policy of the Chicago platform, it does not clone the door against an amicable adjustment of pending difficulties, providing the people, through a constitutional convention, desire a change in the fundamental laws of the land, F: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER UNDER, THB LINCOLN REGIME. Wasmyeton, Feb. 14, 1860. ‘The sp2eches of Mr. Lincoln in the West are the signal for an active developement of opposing combinations that have been in existence for some time to control him, It is easy to see that he will arrive in Washington with a dizzy hoad and staggering under the responsibilities sur- rounding him. He is unequal to the crisis, and will feel it #0 sensibly when he arrives here that it is inferred he will rush for safety into the arms of some man of strong ‘will, who will keep his conscience and manage his govern- mont. The struggle is, who shall it be. And on this question probably are suepended the issues of peace end war. Seward and Chase aro tho rival aspirants, ‘The former is backed by the Wall street moneyed inte- reat and much of the old whig element of the republican party. Whatever of indirect influence the conservative, peace loving people of the country, can exert, is also thrown in the same scale; and all of these influences are manipulated by the Mephistophelean fingers of Thurlow ‘Weed, who is uncearing in making his arrangements. Mr. Chase is supported by the radical part of the demo- eratic party that sloughed off in 1848, and again in 1864, faseisted by Greeley and all tho fanatical abolitionista, It @ a powerful combination in point of numbers, talent and infleence. Bryant, Field, Trumbull, King, and a host of others, ‘fare unremitting in their efforts to drive Seward out of the Cabinet, and put the reins of government tnto tho hands of Chaco, Tho contest js doubtful, No one can tell which of these contending foctions will prevail, and until tho ' ie 1 th alt of pence or war hangs pyccly a the Lwiauge, Slivyld Reward succeed, and be permitted to make a harmonious Cabinet, the country may look for peage. Should, on the contrary, victory perch on the banner of Chase, then the country will be one universal cam p in less than thirty days. Mr. Seward has engaged the house occupied by Gen. Cass, and it is undergoing the necessary change for the occupation of the new Premier. | ron, giving the details of the movement of vessels com- | Mr. Lincoln, who will arrive here on Saturday of next | week, will be the guest of Senator Seward until the 4th of March. No especial arrangements have been made for the re- ception ef Mr. Lincoln in this city. The city authorities have arranged for a civic and local military display on the day of inauguration, In the eveni grand ten dollar inauguration ball will be Riven in a building to be erected at a cost of four thousand dollars on Judiciary square. The list of the Committee of Arrangements will be completed to-morrow. It is headé& by Lieut. General Scott. HiThe Congressional Committee to inform the President and Vice President elect of their election, consists of Mr. Trumbull, on the part of the Senate, and Messrs Wash burn, of Illinois, and Burlingame, on the part [of the House. EUROPEAN INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. Wasmnaton, Feb 14, 1861. Mr. Nichols, an English banker, and Mons. De Jeaneaux, a Paris banker, arrived here a few days since on a secret mission to examine the financial condition of the country, the probable stability of the government, and other mat- ters pertinent thereto. They tarried here a short time and proceeded South to investigate the pecuniary condi- tion and resources of thdt section and to take care of Fu- ropean interests generally. After this they will proceed to Mexico and make similar investigations in that country, having in view the ultimate establishment of a joint Eng- lish and French protectorate there. Mr. Nichols has the authority of British bankers to assume the pecuniary re- gponsibility of building a Pacific Railroad to pass through the territory of the Southern States of America and the Northern States of Mexico, Messrs. Nichols and De Jeaneaux will meet in Mexico four other agents—two English and two French—who have gone direct to Mexico, landing at Vera Cruz, who have a mission similar to their own, Tho bankers re- ferred to represent forty million dollars Mexican debt. The whole debt to England and France is about two bundred million dollars. If this rovernment refuses to recognise the Southern confederacy these agents are outhorized to buy up the entire indebtedness of Moxico, agarge amount of the bonds held in Europe being now on the way to this country. From information received bere there is every reason to believe that the protection of France and England will be extended over Mexico as soon as the events foreshadowed above are consummated. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Wasmeton, Feb. 14, 1861. A republican caucus will be held to-morrow right, to consider the financial condition of the country, and de- vise ways and means to sustain the credit of the govern- ment. The appropriation bills have been reported with the usual items under the existing laws without reference to the secession movements. There is no appropriation for the branch mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, that institution being considered useless, and for years past has had little more than a nominal existence. The estimates of the Engineer department are for all the forts, omitting those South of Chesapeake Bay with the exception of Calhoun, Virginia, and Taylor and Jeffer- son, Florida. The Conference Committee on the Deficiency billi— Messrs, Sickles, Campbell and Aldrich, on the part of the House, and Messrs. Pearce, Bigler and Clark, from the Senate—shad a long ression this morning, but adjourned over. The bill will be lost if this Conference fails to agree. Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, struck his favorite Tariff bill] heavy blow,to-day by forcing the Pacific Rail- road bill to the Speaker's table. The friends of the latter, Messrs. Curtis, Craig and Sickles, will retaliate fiercely on Morrill’s tariff. ‘The Post Office Appropriation bill will be presented to- morrow by Mr. Sherman, of Ohio. The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads will consider next Tuesday the Farnsworth bill, declar- ing all railroad bridges post routes. Messrs. Farnsworth and Quarles will appear before the committe to adyo- cate it, and Messrs. Wasbburne and Olin to oppose it, The House to-day attempted to patch up the Pacific Railroad bill, already ladened with amendments sug- gested by lottery dealers and jobbers of alb sorts, many of whom go freely inside the bar of the House, and fro quently occupy the very seats of the members. Senator Rice, of Minnesota, communicated to the go- verpment promptly and fully all which came to his knowledge concerning the abstraction of the Indian Trust bonds and acceptances by Governor Floyd, for the best possible motives, and in no other way was he connected with the matter. Mr. Corwin will to-morrow move that the report of the Committee of Thirty-three be postponed one week, in or- der to allow time for the Peace Conference to adopt some Plan of adjustment. Several States having seceded eince Mr. McKean’s bill to close the ports of South Carolina was introduced, John Cochrane, of the committee to which it was referred, has reported a bill applicable to all cases. Some excitement was created in Georgetown to-night, from the fact that signal lights were shown from a cer- tain point fu that vicinity, and answered by @ signal rocket from some point near the Arsenal in this city. It ig not supposed that in perilous times like these such de- mounstrations would be made if intended for peaceful pur- poses, The unusual calm which now pervades the public mind may, after all, be but the precursor of a terrible storm, Captain Fry's battery—Magruder's, of Mexican fame— made a grand show on Pennsylvania avenue to day, pre- coded by buglers. The entire corps were fully equipped, and in war array, and both men and horses made an im- peeing and creditable display. The cries and yells on the floor of the House to day, ata point when the republicans were endeavoring to suppreas debate on the resolution of Mr. Branch, of North Carolina, in favor of withdrawing the United States forces from the city, were terrific. They surpassed everything of the kind that has occurred in Congreas, boisterous as the proceedings some timos are. The presentation in the Senate to-day of the memorial of the republican members of the Minnesota Lgislature, asking Congress to stand by the Union and to enforce the laws, called forth @ significant speech from Senator Wilkinson, of that State, asa prominent representative of the Northwestern republicans. He is for action in the administration of the government, and is opposed to com- promising with anybody. A despatch was received here to-day, dated Chicago, February 13, stating that the merchants of that city, without distinction of party, wonld fire thirty-four guns Jast evening in honor of Mr. Kellogg, of Mlinois, for his action in offering his compromise. Hon. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, gave an clegent ontertainment to-night, which was atten tod by a large number of the distinguished personages now in the city. In Executive seseion of the Senate to-day the motion to consider the nomination of Judge Pottit for Judge of the United States District Court of Kansas, was defeated by one majority. The nomination of Mr. Black for the Supreme Bench was not considered by the Senate to-day, but Judge Dovg'as announced bis position in relation to the mat. ter. He said he would not vote to confirm Mr. Black; that he would not vote to postpone the holding of Exe- cutive sessions until the 4th of March, and that he would not agree to yote against any ether nominee who might be presented in piace of Mr. Black. This rules Mr. Black out,'according to the present position of the Sena- tors, and invites another noménation. Since the declaration of tne electoral vote the inflax of strangers has been largely augmented, and now that the fears of a Reign of Terror have subsided, there will be a succession of private parties given by the prominent characters here. Office seekers continue to pour in, and the struggle for place will immediately commence. ‘The Secretary of the Navy bas appointed a Modical Board, to consist of Surgeons Green, Foltz, Wheelwright, and Taylor Recorder, to meet at Philadelphia on the first of March, for the examination of Assistant Surgeons for promotion and candidates for admission. The Navy Department received deepatehes this morn ng from Flog Vilivor Mop'gomery, of the Pacillg aquad- . posing that squadron. The bealth of the officers and crews was good. There way 0 tidings of the Levant,and the impression was gener Lat sbe was lost. The Com- modore had received late despitehes from Oom- mander Hunt, who was at Callao, He reports all quiet at that point, General Cushing made a closing argument in the great Gaines ca-e today. Mrs. Gaines was present, and was sensibly affected by the plea of her counsel. Dr. Leverett Bradley, of New York, the inventor and patentee of important improvements in telegrapbing, is now here to oppose any epecial legislation extending the Morse patent, claiming that it would have the elfect of preventing the public from enjoying the advantages of improvements which would reduce the cost of telegraph- ing Gfty per cent on the present rates, and increase the | facilities of transmitting matter to fourfold the amount now sent, and on the ground that any extension would, while injuring the public, only benefit a company which hag a monopoly. The memorial for the Morse extension will be opposed by a counter memorial. Lieut. Sayre, of Alabama, of the Marine Corps, re~ signed his commission to-day, and will return home. ‘The Pacific mails to the Navy Department brought no intelligence in regard to the missing sloop-of war Levant, from which no tidings have been received since last September. A . Despatches from Flag Officer Bell, of the Mediterranean Squadron, say, under the date of the 17th of January, that eighteen American vessels were lying at Messina, and others expected. The presence of the steam sloop Richmond caused not only great satisfaction to our coun- trymen engaged in commerce, but to the inhabitants themeelves, and Mr. Bell says he believes it will add to their security and aid in preventing a collision between the Neapolitan and Sardinian forces. Mesers. Pryor, Edwards and Maynard compose the Spe- cial Committee of the House to inquire into -the truth of the allegation that certain Southern members from tho seceding States have abstracted books from the Library of Congress to form a library for the Southern confedera- tion, THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Montoomeny, Feb. 14, 1861. In the Convention to-day six model flags were pro- sented, and referred. The remainder of the time was passed in secret session. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. Montoommry, Ala., Feb. 14, 1861. Hon. Jefferson Davis, the President of the Southorn confederacy, will leave Jackson, Mississippi, this even- jog for this city. He comes via Chattanooga and At. lanta. His inauguration takes place on Monday next, THE VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION. Ricuoyn, Va., Feb. 14, 1861. ‘The State Convention is now ih session, The day has been devoted to completing an organization. The credentials of the Commissioners, John S. Preston, of South Carolina; Fulton Anderson, of Mississippi, and H. L. Berning, of Georgia, were received, and a com- mittee appointed to invite them to seats and notify them of their readiness to receive communications, Adjourned. The Convention is going to work quite leisurely, though much feeling prevails relative to future action, which depends mainly on proceedings at Washington. SPEECH OF GOV. WISE, OF VIRGINIA. Rucumoyp, Feb. 14, 1861. Governor Wise was serenaded to-night. An immense crowd congratulated him. Subsequently, in a speech, he said he was for Virginia first, but if she sided with aggression, he was against. He pronounced false and infamous the report that he ever contemplated the in- yasion of Wasnington to prevent the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, He was severe on President Buchanan and Gen. Scott. He deprecated cival war, but counselled active preparation to resist coercion. He was for the Union and constitution, but would never submit to a Northerh confederacy. He believed if Virginia would take a firm stand, and do her duty faithful, all will yet be well, She should demand of the government to vacate the forts and arsenals, and stand ag mediator between the North, MICHIGAN AND THE VIRGINIA CONFER- ENCE. Dernorr, Feb. 14, 1961. Governor Blair sent a message into the Legislature to-day, accompanying which was the joint resolutions of the New York and Indiana Legislatures, for tho appoint- ment of Commissioners te the Washington Peace Conven- tion. He says :—‘‘ Being aware of the previous action of the Legislature upon this subject, I have hesitated before calling attention to it, but it soems to me that tho. circumstances affecting the propriety of sending the Commissioners are so far changed as to justify further consideration of the question.” It was believed that the Legislature would reconsider ite action and that Commis- sioners would be appointed to-day, THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Ratmicn, Feb. 14, 1861. The Senate has been on the Military Dill yesterday and to-day, but is not yet through. The House has passed several railroad bills, and others are pending, The House has just reviewed the Minnesota resolutions, embodying the doctrine of coercion. They were in- dignantly received, and will be returned whence they came. No day for adjournment has yet been agreed upon, but will probably adjourn next week. THE PALMETTO FLAG AT SHIPPENSBURG. Swurrenssure, Pa., Feb. 14, 1861. Amammoth Palmetto fing, suspended from the tele- graph wire, startled the Union loving eitizens of this place this morning. Three prominent secessionists are suspected of perpetrating the outrage. The flag was instantly demolished. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. (From the Savannah blican, Feb. 11, lontoomenry, Feb. 9, 1861. Hon, Jefferson Davis, of Mississippt, was unanimous! President of the Confederate tater ®t America, and the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, was ubaul- mously elected Vice President The above telegraphic announcement contains the name of the new government and its executive heads, It w! be seen elsewhere that the constitution of the late United States, with a few changes in no wise impairing ite general character, has been adopted as the fundamental law of the new confederacy. To those who have read the jican for the past week it is wholly unnecessary for us t0 express any opinion with to the selection that has been made for the two highest offices of the new government now forming. Within that time we have canvassed the quali- fications of the two distinguished gentlemen named above, and attempted to show wherein they both were eculiarly fit for the important trust. That both should Lave boen selected from the large number of aspirante, ove for the highest and the othor for the second office under the government, is to us a source of peculiar and upmingled satisfaction. The Convention has done credit to ite wisdom and conferred honor and greatness on the country. It ie thus that our new political craft is manned and launched upon the waters of the world. The idea that we have destroyed the government of our fathers can no longer obtain. “We have resurrected it from the ruins of time and political passions, and placed it once more on the highway to greatness and renown. It had been abnsed, debauched and destroyed by others, and for the South hae been reserved the honor of restoring it to ite pristine purity and vigor. All else is a dead carcass and & mockery —let thore adhere to it who will. We hope the Convention will do another act in keep- ing with what hae already come into their bands. They have revived the government and constitu. tion of their fathers; let them rear aloft over that government the dishonored flag of the heroos of otber days—the @tars and stripes—and call upon the friends of justice and equal rights to rally around ft. It js ours by right, and it should not be left to desecration by val 8. These glorious old tunes, too, ‘Hail Columbia,"’ and “The Star Spangled Banner,’ are ours, and we should wrest them from tongues that dishonor and pollute their soul stirring strains, All these come from the South, and we have never seen the day when ‘we were not willing to fight for our property in them, if need be at the cannon’s mouth, The new confederacy thus formed by the South, on the principles that entered into the old confederation, let ue call om our brethren of every State, both North and South, who are willing to subscribe to those ciples and preserve them in their purity, to join us, and become each a lumt- nary in the grand constellation of 1861. On this latter point, though, we would annex a qualification, and press it upon the Convention now in session, with the hope that it will be made @ feature of the now constitution. No State should be admitted into the Union except by a yote of twodbirde of both branches of the Ata future day we may enlarge on this suggestion, and show ite necessity, The conetitution, entire, was received Inst night, but ite length precindes ite publication in our country edition, At Will be found ou the inside of our second issue, THE INAUGURATION OF MR. LINCOLN. The Armed Occupation of the Federal Capital by Federal Troops, to Secure the Peaceful In- auguration of the President Elect. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasminaron, Feb. 14, 1861. Warlike Appearance of the Oity—he Display of Federal Troops— their Names, Numbers, Quarters, Services, Bat- teries, Officers, Men—Military Histories of Some of the Chief Oficers—What they have done and what they are now Doing—The Local Troops of Washington—their Numbers and Organizations—Perilous Condition of ‘things, dc., de. ‘The first intimation the public received that Lieutenant General Winfield Seott meditated the occupation of the federal capital by federal troops was threugh a telegraph- je deapatch sent by the General from the city of Washing- ton to Fort Leavenworth some two months ago. In this despatch General Scott ordered the presence here, with the utmost despatch, of the United Staves troops stationed at Leavenworth, excepting a few who were retained to garrison the fort. The nature of this order leaked out somewhere on the line between Washington and St. Louis and the fact was published in the newspapers, much to the chagrin of General Scott, and much to the alarm of some people and to the indignation of othera in the fede- ral capital. This initiative movement of General Soott ‘once becoming known, there was but little, at any rate no extraordinary pains taken to conceal subsequent pro- ceedings of a similar character. WHY GENKRAL SCOTT ORDERED THE TROOPS HERE. Farly as November last the acting Commander-in- Chief received intimations that the capital would be in danger on or before the 4th of March. Ho was informed, from time to time, that bodies of armed men, with hos- tile intent againet the incoming administration, were holding seeret mectings, and forming the most diabolical plang against the federal capital. These secret meetings, according to his information, were held in the adjoining States of Virginia and Maryland (especially in the city of Baltimore) and in the city of Washington itself. At one time it was reported that a force of ten thousand men was organized in Virginia to invade the District of Co- lumbia. A close surveillance was instituted in this city upon all military meetings of a secret and suspicious character. General Scott was kept regularly informed of the proceedings of at least one of these meetings, through the faithleseness of one of the conspirators. These or- ganizations, there is reason to belfeve, at one time num- bered some seven hundred men, and were daily or nightly imcreasing in numbers, until, from several causes, the interest appeared to decline, and at this time it apparently has nearly, if not entirely, died out, ‘WHY THE CONSPIRACY APTRARS TO HAVE DIED OUT, AND WHY I ‘MAY RE REVIVED. ‘The decline in the ardor of the conspirators in this city may be ascribed to several causes. The principal, how- ever, are two:—First, because the disturbing element of disunion was removed from Washington by the with- drawal of its chief advocates from Congress, and their departure to their homes. The absence of a formidable body of agitators, and the failure to receive their en- couraging counsels, operated adversely to the cause the malcontents had espoused, and contributed largely to the discouragement of the whole project as laid down in the 6riginal programme. The second c1use was the avowed intention of General Scott to protect the capital at all hazards, even if he had to call out fifty thousand volun- teer troops in addition to the regular army; and he may haye to do so yet, for if Virginia and Maryland secede, the grand struggle, as General Scott knows, will be for the possession of the federal capital, the national ar- chives and the concentrated grandeur of a republic that has prorpered beyond all example for three generations, The Commander-in-Chief argues with force that which ever of the two sections, North or South, holds possession of the archives of the government, to that section will the governments of Christendom concede the right of re- cognition, And like a shrewd ol warrior, profiting by his experience in the war with Mexico, General Scott— for to his advice and urgent counsels all the regular mili- tary movements toward the capital for the last two months may be attributed—has determined to hold fast to that government which is in possession, and to turn the publf@ property over intact, 80 far as it lies in his power, to that which legally succeeds it. ‘TUE UNITED STATES TROOPS—ARTILLERY, DRAGOONS, SAPPERS AND MINERS, CAVALRY, 40. ‘Were one to judge from the great amount of talk about “menace,’’ and ‘cannons being planted at the doors of the capital,” and all that, it might be readily imagined that anarmy of at least a hundred thousand regulars, armed cap-a-pie, and thirsting for the lives of innocent citizens, had been ordered to this city, and were here quartered upon the people, sucking their sustenance, if not their life blood, But the contrary appears, from an actual canvars of the troops in their different quarters, to be the case. So far from being a bloodthirsty set there is not a soldier among them who does not feel a melancholy sensation when reviewing his position. They have been taught to fight for America and Ameri- cans, not against them; and while many may conceive it to be their duty to obey orders, even to a war against their own fellow citizens, there aro not a few who would rather resign, aye, die, than do it. A very sad instance in the latter connection recently occurred in this city. So far from quartering on, or being a burthen to the citizens, their expenditures for provisions, clothing, fuel, incidentals and luxuries, have contributed not a Hittle relief to our shopkeepers in these severe times. The following is a list of the different Companies, com- mencing alphabetically with COMPANY A, RAPPERS AND MINERS. This is a detachment comprising sixty-four mon, rank and file, and three officers, of that truly serviceable branch of the military service, the sappers and miners. ‘There is but one corps of the kind in the United States army, the balance of this company being now on duty in Oregon. The detachment here is commanded by Lieut. J. C. Duane, of New York, who entered the eer- vieo July 1, 1848. His officers aro First Lieut. Godfrey Weidzel, of Ohio, and Second Lieut. John A. Tardy, Jr., of New York. ‘The rappers and miners are quartered in Columbian Armory—very commodious quarters for the men, but rather confined for the officers. This armory is situated on a large tract of go" ent reservation land, and is finely situated for mili Purposes, but so far from the city proper that it has been but little used by the local military, for whose service it was originally desi 5 The duty of the corps of sappers and miners is, briefly, to do everything that turns up—to act as engineers, infantry, artillery, everything but cavalry. The corps has been in service fourteen years, It did admirably in Mexico, under Captain Ebenezer Swift, having seen a taste of war on a part of General Taylor's line, and on the whole of that of General Scott, from Vera Cruz to the Halls of the Montezumas, taking a conspicuous part in every action. It was repeatedly complimented by the Commander in- Chief in his official despatches, Since the Mexican war it has been detailed upon service in various parts of the country, particularly in Utah, and was among ‘the columns which were sent to reinforce Gen. Johnson daring the Mormon troubles. The company was not in any engagement there, the negotiations of the Peace Com- missioners having settled the difficulties about the time of their arrival, They had, however, a good opportunity to improve the roads in thelr long and fatiguing march of 2,500 miles. It is to be hoped that their arrival here will be signalized by an ovent similar to that which marked their entrance into Utwh—a happy solution of our national difficulties through the operations of Peace Commissioners, or by any other means. COMPANY A, SECOND ARTILLERY, Musters ninety-one mon, rank and file, The company is comfortably quartered at the Arsenal, and is commanded by Captain William F, Barry, of New York, who entered the army in 1838, and has seen much active service. His officers and men have also deserved well of their country, and are @ fine looking set of men. COMPANY Dy FIRST ARTILLERY, Je quartered on Capitol Hill, the government having leased several lots of land and erected tempora- ry buildings for the purpose. The company is commanded by Brevet Major Joseph A. Haskin, of New York—« highly meritorious offloer. He entered the ser- vice in 1889, ‘The quarters of the com} but a short distance of the place where ‘ion ceremonies usually take place. The company numbers fifty four men. - are within COMPANY ®, SROOND ARfrLLERY, Ta armed as infantry, with Minie muskets of 0.58 call- bre, The company numbers, rank and file, seventy-two, with two officers, Commander, Captain Arnold Elzey, of Marylond—an offleer who has served with much distine- 4.00 In Moxigo, Florida and other parte of tho gounwy, He and his company were in Kansas during the troublous times under Gov. Waiker, having been sent to Fort Lex venworth from Fort Snelling. Afterwards he was oruor ed to Fort Smith, Arkaneas and thence to tho arsenal at Angusta, Ga., where he surrendered, with all the honors of war, to the State troops on the 24th of January last. Capt. Elzey Aatinguisbed himself at Fort Brown at the commencement of the Mexican war. Ho wasat the stegy of Vera Crug, and at the battles of Cerro Gordo, Cheri busco, Molino del Rey, Chepultepec and City of Mexico, and is a brave and gallantoficer. He entered the service im tho yoar 1837. The second in command of company & is Firat Lieutenant Armistead L Long, of Virginia, who has been about ten years in the service. No second livu- tenant is attached to the corps. Officers’ quarters are at Mrs. Lamb’s building, Pennsylvania avenue, opposite Willard’s. The men have good quarters in the new por tion of the Treasury building, but cook their victuals and meals at the officers’ quarters. In the various rapid marches and changes throughout the Weet and South Captain Eljzey has lost but one man by death and three Dy desea tion. COMPANY Hl, BBCOND ARTILLERY, Numbers sixty-five rauk and file, and threo officers, In the rank and file are included four segeanta, four corpo Tals, two musicians, two artificers and fifty-three pri- vates, corps ‘is acting as foot, ant is com manded by Lieutenant Colonel Horace Brooks, of Massachusets, who entered the service in 1836, and has seen military life im all its variety, and severity. Although born in Massachusetts m of his life has been passed in the South, in Cuba, the West and wherever his country demanded his services. His officers are First Lieutenant George L Hartsuif, born in New York, and Secoud Lieutenant Stephen D. Ramseur, of North Carolina. Company I is quartered at No. 637 Seventeenth street, opposite the War Department, and sppear ready to follow thelr Urave commander anywhere ttle. COMPANY I, FIRST ARTILLERY, Numbers four officers, ‘ninety men and seventy-two horses. The corps has a battery of three guns, six- pespean sad one ¢wo-pound howitzer, with caissons, ttery Wagon, forge, &c. It also has a harnessmaker, whose business it is to attend to the slightest damuge to tae harness of the horses, whether on parade, drill or in action. The implements of warfare used by this company are the guns above mentioned, with, of couree, the usual side-arms of the artillerists, and a destructive ball that is capable of carrying \eath toa hundred people, when it strikes and explodes. It is a new fashioned life destroying instrument, a patent ephe rical implement, with a gauge like that of a steam gauge on @ first class sound or ocean steamer. It will tell how far the steam, as well as the fuse will go, in practiced hands. The officere of this corps are:—First Livutenant, James B. Fry, of Illinois; Commanding First Lieutenant, Amos Beckwith, of Vermont (who ranks below Lieut. Slemmer, at Fort Pickens, Pensacola, only nine days); Recond Lieutenant, Thomas ©. Sullivan, of Ohio; Brevet Recand Lieutenant; A. M. C. Pennington, Jr., ‘of New jersey. There cannot be the slightest doubt about the profi- ciency of Company I in any emergency, especially at this time. Their quartersare more eligible and convenient than those of any other United States company called to the seat of government for any specitio. purpose The troops, as well as the officers, are quartered on those ex- tensive premises known as the popular Female Acadomy, established by Mrs. Smith, whose arrangements, scho- lastic, gymnastic, aquarian and otherwise, failed to elicit the remunerative approbation of Washington people. The domicil was formerly oscupied by Dr. Lawson, a dis- tinguished habitue of the city, and improved in several particulars to accommodate the young ladies who, it was Presumed, would flock to the place for mental and physi- cal developement. A more appropriate place for the bat- tery of the gallant corps who now occupy it could not have been selected, for nothing has been required to be done. except to erect a line of sheds on the line of the fence of the capacious area for the accommodation of the horses of tha troops. It may not be amiss to meution that in the quarters now occupied by United States troops the Prince of Wales made bis first tournament with Ameriean young ladies at tenpins. The bails which company I fire are fixed ammunftion. The armament is ready at a mo- ment’s warning to scatter death among American people. ‘The pjeces are new, manufactured by C. Alger, of Boston, the same concern that sent a beautiful brass plese to free Italy, through Victor Emanuel, of Sardin.a, at the insti- gation of the solid men of Boston. The old pieces of the corps, those which have seen so.much good yatriotic ser- vice in the cause of the Union, have been left av Fort Leavenworth. Lieutenant Fry, commanding the corps here, has been in service since 1847, and he like a determined and a true man. COMPANY K, SECOND ARTILLERY, Is a mounted battery of four pieces—two six pouuders, two howitzers. The corps number, rank and file, seventy, with four officers. It is a West Point battery, and the juates are well represented. The horses are quartered in Judiciary equare, near the City Hall, and the men in comfortable dwellings on E street, between Fifth and Sixth. The stables for the horses are temporary struc- tures, ererted, like those for a similar purpose for the horses of Company I, by the goverment. The officers of this corps consist of -First utenant Charles Griffin, of Ohio, commanding. Lieutenant Griffin entered the service {n 1847, and has the reputation of being # very capable officer. He has seen service In Indian 5 First Lieutenant Alexander Piper, of Pennsylvania (Third artillery), who has seen some service in Indian warfare; Second Licutenant Henry C. Symonds, of Massachusetws, an earnest aspirant for military distinction. ‘THE CARLISLE BARRACKS, PA., Are ted by a company of United States dra. goons, numbering forty.two men. They are quartered at the corner of Fourteenth and D streets, over Burch’s ble. The corps is commanded by First Lictenant Jo- 2 P. Holliday, of New York, who entered the service in EXPRCTED, A company or detachment from Fort Jackson, Georgia, numbering about fifty men. ‘A company of forty ordnance men, at the arsenal, per. 5 y iy , y manent}; . Five companies of marines, at the barracks, three hundred fifty strong; Major Terret commanding. Company A, Second artillery... Company D, do. Company E,_ Total United States force........++.+++ And General Scott says he has no more to bring. LOCAL MILITARY FORCE, There are a number of volunteer companies in the Dis. tries, the principal being the Washington Light Infantry battalion, JY. Davis ; Colonel ; Compan; Lavi Towers commanding. ‘hie oom. 2| B8l seeazsezce alee te organizad on the 12th of September, BS) tite aos a aint sent ‘company par a8 a private. enon 4 Anumbers 70 men. Company B, Capt. P. M. Dubant command! also numbers 70 men, and was organized in June, 1860. The armory of com A and B is on Pennsylvania avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, south side. Company C, Capt. Stevens, was organized in June, 1860, and numbers about the same as the other two companies. National Guard Lm ag ay A, Lieut. ier commanding; company B, Capt. P. King; company ——, 140 men. 18 @ vory active corps and bas recently improved much in drill and discipline. National Rifics, Capt. F. B. Schaffer commanding; First Licut., L. D. Watkins; Second do., A. D. Davis; Third do., Henry Noe. This com numbers 117 men, and is armed with the Minie rifle, sabre ba; t. It waa or. ganized November 22, 1859. Capt. for has served soveral campaigns in the United States service, and at one time was military storekeeper in California. He is & very efficient officer, but an unfortunate misun- derstanding has arisen between himself and Major Gene. ral Weightman, who commands volunteer force in the District; and so for as Gen. W. is concerned Captain Schafer will be deprived of his commiaaion. The War ‘tment, on whom the responsi rests, has, we po nine tha tnatter under tavioemest. icy cor respondence, rivalling that of Hayne and Bi jan in Piquancy, it is reported, taken between Capt. 8. and the Major Goneral. 'It seems that Capt. 8., although willing to take the new oath prescribed by Congress to the militia of the District, did not answer certain quos tione propounded by Gen. Weightman to that gentleman's over to fos inerropatry ther hi spt 8) 0 i swer to the y wi 1e (Capt. 8.) would, in the ig 3 Mary ado which state he isa Dative seceding, it agains’ r in ler ect the Dis- trict. pt. 8. replied he weed set—guefering to resign rather than do 80. Lr ae General Weightman nounces him disloyal and withholds his commission. Brigadier General Ould, District Attorney, sustains the position assumed by Captain Schaffer, that tho Major General had no right to put the questions he did, and that Captain Schafier was not required to answor them, the oath demanded by the law being all that was neces sary to be put to the captain, The taking away of the howitzer belonging to the Senpeay By < or of Goueral Seott is a source of considerable ill feeling. ‘The President's Mounted Guard, commanded by Capt. 8. W. Owen, is an efficient cavalry corps, numboring about seventy-five men. They have paraded recently and present a very soldierly Caged There are a number of other yolunteor companies in he District, but space forbids particular enumeration in all there are about ten volunteer companies in Wash. ington, whose force averages sixty men per company, making an aggregate of six hundred men. In the adjoin Ing precinct of Georgetown there are eight compsnics of volunteers, armed and equipped, and, it is sai), will eek on the 22d of February to the aumber of four undred strong. THE WHOLE RELIANLE FORCE, Therefore, in the district, may be enumerated as follows — ‘Total United States force........ ‘Total Washington volunteer force, Total Georgetown vyoluntecr force ol unteer enrolments are constantly going on, and drills In addition to thie force, it should be recollected, are nightly held inthe different armories. Perhaps « thousand good men may be yelied upon from tess ¢ en. rolments for the protection of the city; but the number ia uncertain, After all, in the hands of the people them- telves rests the solution of the question whether the ta} shall or shall not be unlawfally seized and ite ndid monuments of our country’s great Cap sple piroy od, rfWO CENTS. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. BEOOND SESSION, PRICE Semate. ‘Wasurveton, Feb. 14, 1861. Mr. Camekow, (rep.) of Pa , presented several petitions asking Congress to stand by the constitution as it is; also, other petitions in favor of the Crittenden compromise, Mr, BinGuaM, (rep ) of Mich., presented the joint reso- tutions of the Michigan State Logislaturo, expressing the adherence of Michigan to the Union; offering the military forces of the State to the federal government, and asking that no concersious be made to traitors, Mr. Bingham said that these resolutions had passed with great Unaumity, and he thought they expressed the feeling of the State. He said that they would adhere to the constitution ag it ig, and that they had no sympathy with treason or those ip the government who took measures to destroy it. He hoped his Southern friends would yet come to see that the best way for thei was to submit to the Beneficent rue of the governtnent, but if not, aud they insisted in their efforte to destroy, then must they take she respon- sibility Mr. KING, (rep.) of N. Y¥., presented the petition of Benj. rice aud mauy others in favor of the Homestead bill. Mr. Wave, (rep.) of Ohio, presented a petition asking Congress to stune firm by the constitution aud the laws. The bil to make further provisions for a consolidated Jand oltive was taken up. Mr. Foor, (rep.) of Vt., dffered a resolution that a committee of three Senators be appointed to make ar- lS for the inauguration of the President elect. opti Mr. GREEN, (opp.) of Mo., from the Committee on Ter- ritories, reported a bill to organize the Territory of Ne- eee ae provide a government for the Territory of Da- ‘cotah. Mr. Swann, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a petition from 100 voters, of Waterford, N. Y., in favor of the Critten- den resolutions. Also a memorial from the Chamber of Commerce, of New York, remoustrating against the pas- sage of the fariff bill. Mr. Witxinsox, (rep.) of Min., presented petitions from the citizens of Minnesota, asking Congress to enforce laws and preserve the constitution and Union. Also to keep rivers free and to recapture forts, and against con- ceseion or compromise Mr. WiLkivon said—If the gentleman wishes to know what the sentiments of the people realy are, he must go away from the large cities He must ask the people of the North and great West # ‘hey are willing to [aa up their principles at the bidding of an organized of traitors. Who ever doubted that the North and West were true to the Union? The Senator from Virginia said that his State has been arming for twelve months, and the South has organized war, yet the Senator from Ken- tucky, who wishes to save thé Union, has no word of proach for these men, Mr. Rick, (opp) of Min., said he also received peti- ‘tions from his State. He thought the people of that State were for peace and for Union, and for a speety settle- ment of the difficulies:now troubling the country. petition was in favor of the Crittenden resolutions or some other plan, to setile the question. Mr. Crrrrenpen, (opp.) of Ky., presented a large num- ber of pet tions irom the citizens of various States, in favor of the Crittenden resolutions. A larve number of petitions were presented from various Senators, some in favor of the Crittenden resolu- tions, and come oppor ed. Mr. Skwanp, (rep ) of N. Y., presented the resolutions: of the Democratic State Convention of New York. Laid on the tabie. The subject of the President's Meseage was postponed , till Tuesday next, THE TARIFY BILL. Mr. Dovaras, (opp.) of Til, presented memorials against any change in the warehousing system. The Tariff bill was taken up. Mr. Honren, (opp.) of Va., spoke against the bill, con- tending that with the regular of the public lands and with a proper administration of the govern- ment, the revenue from the present tariff was safficient. to provide for the expenses of the government. But he faid the homestead policy had taken away the proceeds of the public lands, and the expenses of the Post Office Department had been greatly and wunnecesarily i y He eaid the tariff of 1857 had been eminently beneficial to the industry of the country, and was continually improv- ingevery year. It had alsogreatly enlarged our commerce with foreign countries. He argued that the tariff instead of increasing commerce would be actually prohibitory on many articles, would require» much larger force to execute it, and be liable to much more fraud. There could not be a better plan devised for putting down the merchants of the country, and it would do more harm to the city of New York than if it were to be shelled. He read extracts from letters and estimates from the Custom House and merchants to show the ac- tion of the bill on iron, steel, &c., and contended that = Wels Bate we be ————_ _ "| of increased. referred to the great advantages of the warehousing system, which the bill proposes to abaiish. What justi- fication can there be for sucha bill? He supposed he would be told that the Chicago platform requires it. Chicago platform has got to be a sort of higher lw— higher than the consitution and the rights of the people. ir. Simmons, (rep) of R. 1., pee Lap ops te ee of = by ee 4 aries we who was le for the condition o| govern- ment? ‘The fenator's y had the power in both Larger toes — og the range — — t this tariff, by raising price of productions, would bo vastly for the benefit of the laborers and pro: ducers in the country. By the warehousing system he said the government was actually giving credit and losing interest to the amount of a million dollars a year. After an executive seesion the Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasixerox, Feb. 14, 1861. Mr. Moorman, (rep.) of Pa., asked leave to introduce a resolution that Washington's Farewell Address be read by the Clerk in this hall on the 224 of February, and the Presidgnt and President elect, members of the Cabinet, Judy the Supreme Court, members of the Senate, chief of the military and naval officers and the Oom- missioners of the Peace Convention be invited to be present. Mr. Wastmurse, (rep.) of Il., said that this would call for a seesion of the House on that day. Mr. Morr, (rep.) of Pa., replied that there ought to ‘be one to hear the Farewell Address. The resolutions, being objected t#, were not considersd. Mr. Hixpmay, (opp.) of Ark., wanted Mr. Moorhead to omit the invitation to the military and naval officers. Mr. Lake, (opp.) of Va., asked, but failed to obtain leave, to introduce a regolution for the appointment of a committee of three to report whether the Superintendent of the Census Bureau has heretofore instructed the clerks of that Bureau to make out from the census returns the names of the heads of families for the purpose of sending them certain political speeches. Mr. Hivpmay said that Mr. Kennedy had not anly vio- lated the postal but other laws. PERSONAL MATTER. Mr. Pryor, (opp.) of Va., obtained leave to introduce the following as a question of privilege:— Whereas, the following statement in the New York Times ne —It is that, in addision wed by the seceding members of ‘Library— to the other frauds per C 5 we taken from wilds prodably he beat fn this county. cannot be ‘of the ‘one of tI Tieamen took the trouble jemen torevurn his books, but, on the contrary, cautious to have them carefully packed and sent off Tam further in: formed that & member {row ou of the border States, who favors thought his State sure to nent orders for w of one thousand dollars’ of ke recently, wi ‘under the rules of the 9 were Wicaes ‘This is here to be very near akin to what Webster defines as “theft:” therefore Resolved, That @ select committee of three be inted to inquire Into the truth of the *tatement, and that the com- mittee have power to send for persons and papers, with leave to report at any time, The resolution was passed. Mr. Sraytoy, (rep.) of Ohio, rose to a question of privilege, and called attention to the of Saturday's debate as it appeared in the Globe, saykog his 4 (Mr, Cox) was therein represented as making which were not uttered in this hall, Mr. Cox, (opp.) of Ohio, explained that the sub- etantial correction of his remarks were made at the re- quest of Mr. Giddings’ successor, Mr. Hutchins. That gentleman had asked him (Mr. Cox) to allow him to in- vert a paragraph defending Mr. Giddings, and requesting him to write one in repiy. Mr. Hureutys, (rep of Obio, snid that was trae. Mr. Stawron said the conduct of Mr, Cox by a matter of taste. As for himself, he never reporters notes, nor did he indulge in anything bearing in the re- motest degree on personal character, was reported as replying to a speech in which this en ps Mme graph appeared. Tt placed him in a position of having rmitted a remark of Sir. Cox to go out without reply. 0 speech that be Stanton) ri to did not contain one word paragr . Gidd) would not certainly choose him or his defender. fe Otr. Stanton) did not agree witn him in all bis anti- slavery sentiments, but he accorded to him sincerity, courage and geal; and he bad heard Southern men Ne on all subjects except about negroes, His ue (Mr. Cox) had shown an extraor- inary taate and inclination in raking up Ohio 3 ond bringing their dirty linen here and washing it in the fire of the House. He did not choose to arraiga his col- league for this, however strong the temptation, An indi- vidual, to make his name immortal, burned the of Ephesus, and if his colleague wished to acquire an im- mortal historical name by the courte he bad pursued, ho was welcome to the position. Mr, Cox eaid it canme with bad grace from Mr, Stanton to arraign him under the pretence of @ question of privi- lege, when, from the beginning of his Congress! term ntil now, he had been pursued by his opponents in a personally vindictive stylo which has no parallel in polit- cal campaigning. Mis colleague had gone out of his to court the favor of the abolition wing. Hoe (Mr. Gox, did attack Mr. Gidgings, His colleague knew it, but on that occasion he did not see proper to repl: » He wanted it to be remembered that his colleague (Mp, Tlutehins) introduced Ohio ee oa ‘and also that hig (Mr, Cox’s) remarks about Mr, Giddings were in reepoug me ‘VED ON GUTS