The New York Herald Newspaper, March 9, 1863, Page 4

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The Richmond Yournals of the 6th inst. contain the extraordinary rumors that the Indianola has been blown up by the re- morning the people were surprised on awakening to find hailstones tumbling down, the streets frozen and slippery, and the wind quite winterish. The hail left a thin white coating upon the ground, which the mild afternoon turned into slush, only to be washed away by a shower of rain, and this was succeeded again, about eleven o'clock last night, by a storm of hail, which continued up to the hour of our going to press. Col. Henry B. Carrington, commander of the Department of Indiana, hes issued a proclamation against a copperhead secret society, known as K. G. C., or Knights of the Golden Circle. He warns all loyal men to shun this nest of traitors, as it is his intention to hunt the rebel rats who compose the order from their holes and hiding places, and to mete out to them the punishment they deserve. Owing to the absence of pennies, the grocers of New Haven, Connecticut, are giving nutmegs for change. Whether the article is genuine or manu- factured is not stated. The gold market was quieter on Saturday, the fluctua- tiens less violent, and the price higher. It closed at about 155. Exchange closed at 1700172. Stocks opened dull and woaker, but closed strong at an advance, Pacific Mail having risen 33¢ per cent in the course of the day. Money was casy on stocks at 6 per cent per annum. On gold the banks are lending par. President Lincoln, Powers, His Re- sponsibilitics and His Danger. President Lincoln has been invested by Con- gress with the extraordinary powers of a tem- porary dictatorship. With his existing land forces of seven hundred thousand men, the finest body of soldiers, the largest disciplined army and®he best appointed which any nation in the world has ever brought into the field, he has the power, if they are needed, to call out two or three millions more from the militia‘ reserves of the loyal States. With asnavy, fresh and salt water, equal to a land force of half a million of men, he has the power, if deemed necessary, to add to the naval branch of the service # thousand private armed steamers and sailing vessels. He has almost unlimited power over the finances and currency of the country; he has the power to declare an absolute suspension for the time being of the writ of habeas corpus in all cases affecting the government; and, with all these and other powers which he possesses, he has the men, the ways and means, the forces and reseurces at his command, fully competent, within six months, to put an end te the rebellion, and to re-establish the supreme authority of the Uni- ted States from Virginia to Texas. And this is what the loyal States demand, and have the right to expect, &% his hands—the sup- pression of the rebellion within the next six months, There must be no more trifling, no more joking, no more temporizing with blunder- ing subordinates, civil or military, in the Cabi- net or elsewhere. The war must now be ear- nestly pushed forward to decisive victories; and if the present Cabinet is unequal to the task it must be reorganized to meet the necessities of the crisis: These things, we say, must be done, if required, to secure a vigorous“and effective prosecution of the war; for the public mind of the loyal States is terribly in earnest in regard |&o this'subject. The broad and general popular reaction in the loyal States in their elections of last autumn against the administration was pro- duced by the fellies and blunders at Washing- ton, which resulted in our dgpressing army dis- asters of June, July and August last. President Lincoln was right when he subsequently de- dels, but that her armament fell into the hands of clared that the all-important thing required for the federals. Admiral Porter despatched to | the restoration of public confidence in his Cabi- Washington yesterday that both the Indianola | net is “military success.” He has the men, the and Webb were destroyed in the late engsge- | means and the powers at his command to secure ment, while @ host of reports were afloat | “military success,” and without a series of great throughout the capital that the Admiral had | Successes in the interval there will be » popu- telegraphed to the effect that his gunboats have passed through the canal into Lake Providence, and succeeded in destroying the Queen of the West and Indianola, and other armed veseels of the rebels. The only foundation, however, for these rumors is found in the statement of the Rich- mond papers above alluded to. Despatches to Fortress Monroe say that the federal gunboats are making great destruction on Lake Providence. They further state the rebol Van Dorn repulsed a Union force near Fraffklin on the Ist inst., and captured 2,200 officers and men. An attack on Port Hudson by General Banks’ forces was looked upon in Richmond as immediate. The Richmond papers talk bokily of the im- pregnable condition of Vicksburg, Charleston and Chattanooga, As for Richmond itself, that is not even menaced; but under any circum- stances it can be defended by an effective force wei sixty thousand men. They boast that the best organizer of troops in the army, General Bragg, and the best manceuverer in the open field, John- ston, are in command at Chattanooga, and with Lee in Virginia, Gustavus Smith in North Carolina, and Beauregard in South Carolina and Georgia, there is no possible fear of a military blunder. They criticise our conscript law severely; but the Examiner does not anticipate that it will lead tos Northern revolution, for it considera “that the government of the United States has congealed | into @ despotism, and that its inhabitants have | actually sunk down into the characteristics of abject, trembling and undenying slaves.” By the arrival of the Fah-Kee from Port Royal | yesterday evening we have some very interesting intelligence to the 3d, at which time very heavy firing was heard in the direction of Savannah, which was supposed to be an attack by our troops on Fort McAllister, The destruction of the rebel steamer Nashville by the Montauk, on the Ogee- chee, has already been announced, but the infor- mation heretofore came only from rebel sources. To-day we give « most graphic account of that brilliant affair by our special correspondentg at Hilton Head and Port Royal. The public have now both sides of the story. We gave in our co- lumns yesterday an excellent map of the scene of action,” Jar revulsion against him, as the responsible head of the government, in the next autumn elections, which will bring him into irreparable The verdict of the people will be so over- whelming against him, with the repetition this year of anything like the military blunders, disappointments and disasters of last year, that Congress will be compelled to respond to the public judgment of the country. The House of Representatives, from the pressure of public opinion, will be constrained to institute arti- cles of impeachment against him, and the Se- nate, though controlled by a majority of his own party, will not be able to refuse a trial er to resist a judgment of “ inability” on the part of the President “to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” In the event of sucha judgment, the duties of his office “ will de- volve upon the Vice President;” and Mr. Hamlin has the reputation of a man of great experience in public life, and ef more than or- dinary administrative ability. We know that he is set down as a radical republican. Mr. Lincoln is a conservative; and we believe that he would have pursued, with any encourago- ment from his controlling party in Congress, a sound conservative war policy to this day; but still his failure by next autumn to put down this rebellion, with the overwhelming means and powers at his command, may result in his removal and in the promotion of the Vice Pre- | sident to bis place, and on the broad consti- tutional ground ef Mr. Lincoln’s “inability to dis- charge the powers and duties” of his office. We are in the midst of s mighty revolution, which is stirring the public mind to strange commotions, not only here, but throughout the civilized world. “We knew not what a day may bring forth;” but we do know, from the premonitory symptoms of the Northern elec- tions of last fall, and we know from the present agitation of the public mind throughout the loyal States, that the only safety to President Lincoln and his administration depends upon a vigorous, earnest, consistent, harmonious and successful prosecution of the war in the inter- val to the elections of next October and No- vember. Let him aet accordingly, and if his Cabinet, as now-constituted, stands in the way, let it be instantly reorganized, and let him pro- ceed to exercise the enormous responsibilities with which he is entrusted to extinguish this It is said that General Curtis is about to be removed from his command in the West on the grounds of inefficiency and dilatoriness, and that General Sumner will probably be his successor. Gen. Asboth, commanding the Department of Tennessee, has issued an order to the effect that if any Northern capperhead shall be found guilty before s court martial of harboring, feeding or clothing deserters from the army, or ferrying them across streams, or furnishing them other fa- cilities to escape, he shall suffer death, MISCELLANEOUS WEWs. Old winter is determined not to leave us without shard straggle. The past week has sufficiently Jomonstrated this fact, without giving a scientific explanation of the why and the wherefore. On Saturday morning the snow fell in quite a promis. ing fashion; but a deluge of rain soon swept every season for confirmation to the present extra ses- | vestige of it out of existence. Aga yesterday . rebellion without further loss of time, or men | or money, in feeble enterprises, and let him | throw himself upon the confidence and support | of the conservative Union masses of the people \ in strengthening our armies East and West, and he will redeem the past, save the country, and retire at the close of his administration with | the blessings of a grateful people. Actixo Brioaprer Gewerans.—It appears | that a numtber of acting brigadier generals, | some of whom are entitled to special considera- | tion for their meritorious conduct in numerous | engagements, were left unconfirmed at the ad- | journment of the late session of Congress, and unless nominated again by the President will be technically thrown out of the service. We trast, therefore, that all meritorions cases of this sort will be submitted by the President in sion of the Sena NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARGH. 9, 1663. The New Engiand Elections—The True | Spades Are Tremps—Important Military | Tux Anuy or Tas PoToMAC— (ow Rengiand lctlons—te Trae | Opedes Are Trompe—impertnnt Mittary | Tuy Ana ov cam Pomme POsOrmer|] NEWS FROM WASHINGTON, ° The State election in New Hampshire takes ginning of April. The canvass in both States | has been interesting and excited, and we hope | ened upon the true issue of the election to vote for the Union and the censtitution—not for the nigger and the niggerheads.. The usual en- deavors to delude the people into an endorse- ment of the niggerhead party, by charging that all who oppose the nigger are peace men and copperheads, and are in favor of stopping the war and recognizing the Southern confederacy, have been made with unusual vigor. We hepe that these endeavors will meet with the suecess they achieved at the recent elections in the great Central States. The voters of New Hampshire and Connecti- cut ought by this time to be aware that the nig- gerhead party is the most hypocritical as well as the most dangerous which ever dis- graced a free country. During the canvass in this State the niggerheads denounced all con- servatives as traitors, and threatened to hang the conservative speakers. Now that the elec- tion is over we find these same niggerheads reeognizing and eulegizing thoge very conserva- tives whom they had threatened to hang as the real exponents of the war feeling of the people. At the war meeting held at the Cooper Institute on Friday last, who were the principal orators? James T. Brady, a “ traitorous” conservative, and John Van Buren, another conservative “traitor.” In this way the niggerheads blow hot and blow cold as the case demands. It makes all the difference in the world to them whether an election is nearat hand. Let the people of New England rightly appreciate this hypocrisy, and be unmoved by the loud de- nunclations of the niggerheads. The very can- didates whom the niggerheads now revile will be claimed as true patriots when the election is over. The issue is not one of men, as some of the niggerhead journals de- clare. The voters of New Hampshire and Connecticut are called upon to give their opinion in regard to great principles. ‘They should be deterred, therefore, by no clamors against certain candidates. The peo- ple of the Central States set New England an example in this rospect. They elected such men as Governor Seymeur, whom the nigger- heads called traitors. What is the result? Has Governor Seymour proved himself a traitor since his election? Do the niggerheads accuse -him of treason now? If there be a man in New Hampshire or Cennecticut who hesitates to vote for the conservative candidates on the ground that the niggerheads pronounce them traitors, let him consider the lesson of our election and hesitate no longer. The true issue of these elections fs, as we have ‘said, not ‘one of candidates, but of prin- ciples. “The voters of New*Hampshire snd Con- their comparative regard for the Union and the negro. They know, or ought to know, that if the niggerhead candidates are Slected this re. sult will be claimed as an endorsement of all the abolition schemes for prostituting the govern- meat into a grand nigger-breeding asso- ciation. They know, or ought to kaow, that the defeat of the niggerhead candidates will be regarded as a victory for the Union cause. It was eo in the Central States—it will be so in the New England States. In this view we may hope for a censervative triumph in jew Hampshire to-morrow and in Connecticut in April. Revolutions move slowly, however. The New England States have been pretty thoroughly impregnated with the poison of abolitionism. It may take longer to purify them than it did the Central States, where men think quickly, decide quickly and move quick- ly. We can scarcely say, therefore, that we confidently expect a conservative reaction in these elections. The work of regeneration is slow in ‘New England. More time will be re- quired, perhaps, before the people will stand shoulder to shoulder with those of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Epbraim has been joined to his ebony idols for a long while, and may not be induced to leave them so suddenly. It is true that the abuses, mismanagement, corruptions and parti- san practices of the niggerheads'in Congress and in the Cabinet must have disgusted many an honest New England man. It is true that the New England soldiers, ruthlessly sacrificed to the incompetency of Secretary Stanton, and the New England sailors, robbed and maltreated by Southern privateersmen through the incom- petency of Secretary Welles, must have some sympathizers among their friends at home. It is true that General McClellan was enthusiaatic- ally received in New England, and this fact shows that the leaven of sonservatism is at work. Still we have our doubts that the real issue of the contest is thoroughly comprehended in New Hampshire and Connecticut. The nig- gerheads are as subtle as the serpent they imi- tate, and the New England Eve has been only too willing to listen to them. New Englandérs do not yet seem to comprehend that the aboli- tionists are the worst copperheads, the eriginal peace men, the avowed advocates of foreign intervention, the first disunionists, the bitterest enemies of any plan of reconstruction which does not involve immediate emancipa- tion. They cannot yet distinguish be- tween a patriotic conservatism and an un- patriotic desire to secure peace at any price. The inevitable negro still obscures their poti- tical as well as their moral perceptions, and many of them still confound the nigger with the nation. In this view we can hardly anticipate ® splendid triumph for the Union, in spite of our naturally sanguine temperament. If the niggerheads carry the New England elections we shall not be terribly disappointed; if they lose the elections we shall be only the more rejoieed. Small favors will, therefore, be thank- fully received from New Hampshire and Con- necticut. If we cannot have a majority we shall be satisfied with a strong and intelligent mi- nority. Whatever may be the result of these elections, we shall rest contented in the belief that, by the Presidential election in 1864, even New England will be converted from the sins of niggerbeadism to the glorious light and liberty of Union conservatism, and will join the rest of the country in giving the abolition party | its death blow. Tue Oxe Tue Nexprvt.—President Lincoln has been invested by Congress with dictatorial powers; but the one thing needful for a vigorous war—that is, a reconstruction of the Cabi- net—remains to be doue, beginning with the War Office. Presipent Lacoun’s “Ou May oF THE * Sea” —Old Mr, Welles. ; Operations im the South west. The much despised spade turns out to be & place to-morrow; that in Connecticut im the be- { tramp in the Southwest, as appears from the map we published yesterday illustrating the three great Union expeditions on the Misais- that the people have been sufficiently enlight- | aippi. in the peninsular campaign of last year General McClellan was violently abused for resorting to the spade, though it turned out he saved by it thousands of lives. What the apade could accomplish in war was then matter of history, and illustrated in the case of the famous earthworks of Washington in the Revolution and of Tottleben at Sebastopol, and the counterworks of the English and French. It has since done something for the rebels at James Island, in the vicinity of Charleston, and also at Fredericksburg and Vicksburg. This year, however, the epade is the chief weapon of our armies in the Southwest— more potent than cannon to open the highway of the Father of Waters from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf. If the simple spade, with the aid of American ingenuity, can neutralize the frowning guns and formidable works of “the Gibraltarsof the Mississippi,” that will. be & great triumph of a peaceful implement of agricultural industry over the terrible enginery | of wan The cut-off from the river, commencing four or five miles above Vicksburg, and entering the river again below the city, near Warrenton, is only @ work of time, when the blue clay is cut away with the spade and the sand is reached. Then a new channel shall have been opened for our gunboats, leaving Vicksburg far to the east, and, it may be, cutting it off from naviga- tion. But, if the latter result do not follow, Big Black river—near Grand Gulf, on the Missis- sippi eide—can be ascended, and the rear of Vicksburg gained in that way, and the strong- hold reduced by siege andstarvation. This, the rebel newspapers say, is the object of the cut-off at Vicksburg. But theimportance of gaining time has sug- gested two other water routes by which Vicks- burg may be circumvented more rapidly, and already each is pronounced not only practica- ble, but a fait accompli. Our telegraphic intel- ligence published in yesterday's Henraup de- clares that the cut-off to Lake Providence is “g success,” and that Yazoo Pass is also “sup- posed to be a success.” By the latter boats would be enabled to reach the rear of Vicks- burg and the Tallabatchie, and perform a most important service in reducing the place. Yazoo Pass isnot to be confounded with the Yazoo river, which enters the Mississippi a few miles above Vicksburg. Yazoo Pass is two hundred and seventy-four miles above Vicksburg, and was formerly a navigable water course; ‘but its mouth was closed up by the Legislature of Mississippi in order to prevent the inundation of the adjacent country when the water was high in the river. This pass is row opened, and eouneets with Moon Lake, which; by & very crooked, narrew pass, connects with Coldwater river, whieb enters the Tallahatchie, which dis- charges itself into the Yazoo river, whence the rear of Vicksburg sbove the fortifications on the Yazeo river can be reached and all the steamboats on that river destreyed. The com- munications of Vicksburg with the country in the rear of it may be thus completely cut off. We learn that the gunboats have already started on this expedition, and every hope is enter- tained of its success. The rebel journals laugh at the enterprise, say it is utterly hopeless, and that every vessel which attempts it will fall into atrap. But w 1 soon see. No doubt is entértained by our generals that by way of Lake Providence, the Tensas and the Black river (im Western Louisiana), our boats will be able to enter the Red river, and thence the Atchafalaya, which leads direct to the Gulf, thus diverting the Mississippi from its present bed, fifty miles above Vicksburg, and, after a course of five hundred miles, direct- ing it into the Gulf of Mexico, filty miles west of New Orleans, cutting off that city, Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Natchez and Vieksburg— a work compared with which the capture of Babylon by turning aside the course of the Eu- phrates wag a mere bagatelle. The canal, five bundred yards in length, connecting the Missis- sippi with Lake Providence ds completed with entire success by the spade, and it will soon be determined whether the remainder of this pro- posed new route to the Gulf is practicable. It appears that in connection with this expedition another has started from New Orleans to meet it from below. At least so the best informed rebel journals say. Highly interesting news may therefore be expected at any moment from that region. These stupendous undertakings are charac- teristic of the country. When Napoleon was told by the chief officer under his command that it was impossible to storm the bridge of Lodi, he replied, “ Impossible is not French.” He took the colors in his own hand and led the way in that immortal charge in which the fu- ture Marshal Lannes equally shared the glory with him. The bridge was won. The word “impossible” is still less American than French. The epening of the Mississippi from its head waters to the sea is but a question of time, and must be accomplished, and when that is done it will be seen that spades are trumps. Deravutino Paymasters.—Some time ago, it will be remembered, a certain paymaster was sent to the West with a vast sum of money to pay off the army of General Grant, and, falling by the wayside, he took to the faro table at Columbus, Ohio, where he was carefully at- tended to by gang of gamblers. They fol- lowed him te Cincinnati, and thence to Louis- ville, and the end was that the military official came out minus some $263,000 of the soldiers’ pay. The whole crowd were arrested, and it was then said that they would be handed over to General Grant’s troops, to settle the account with them. What has become of the case? Did it ever reach an issue, or has it been smothered up? The public would like to know. Or is the official in question the pay- master who called on the President the other day to “ pay his respects,” and was the reci- pient of the magisterial joke—“Pay your respects! Yes; I am told you never pay any- thing else.” Fort McAuuster.—It is supposed that Fort McAllister, on the Ogeechee river, Georgia, was built to protect the rebel steamer Nashville, which had gene up into that stream in her last vain efforts to escape from “the Yankees.” But, as the Nashvilte has been destroyed, the ques- tion recurs, what further object can there be in shelling the fort? A referetioe to the map will show that the fort commands the back door into Savannah and the shortest route for the movement of » land force against the city. Syurtoms or Aorion.—A year ago # great out- cry was raised against the general then in com- mand of theArmy of the Potomac because he did not advance against the enemy over impracti- cable roads during the rainy season. The ex- perience of two other generals since at the head of the same army demonstrates that to be “stuck in the mud” in Virginia is not peculiar to any one general. It is an inevitable result of “the sacred soil,” and the rebel chiefs, whe are supposed to know the country better than our generals, have to share the common lot. Their movements are equally crippled, unless 80 far as they have railroads at command. We are glad to learn, however, that three days ago the roads were in such fine condition in the vi- cinity of the Rappahannock that military move- ments were quite practicable, which fact, coupled with the reconnoissances recently made, would indicate that we may soon have stirring news from the Army of the Potomac. The snow and rain storm that has since inter- vened at the North may, perhaps, have extend- ed to Virginia and arrested any contemplated eperations; but the storm is light, and two or three dry days will be sufficient to put the roeds in good order again. The Army of the Potomacis described as in excellent condition and fine ‘spirits, ready for any enterprise to which it may be led by General Hooker. Tax Pomrs or Mmurary Inrerest.—There are several points through which our armies have to reach the heart of the rebellion, all of which, in turn, are destined to become the scenes of deadly contest. These points are:— 1—The line of the Duck river, from Shelbyville to Chat- tanooga. 2—Vickaburg. 3—Port Hudson, 4—Mobile. 6—Savapaah, 6—Charleston. ‘1.—Wilmington. 6—Richmond. Chattanooga commands Northern Goorgia and Alabama, as Vicksburg and Port Hudson protect the Mississippi. The coast cities must fall in succession before the end is reached, and it may not be long before Charleston and Savannah are in the hands of the government. General Hooker is now getting his army into good condition, and is only held back by the state of the roads. General Rosecrans, no doubt, is regarded in the West for the same reason. But this difficulty will soon be re- moved. . Tas Franca Manouina Uron tue City oF Mexico.—Marshal Forey bas asnanounced in such 8 way that he is about to march upon the City of Mexieo that we are led to infer that he intends to avoid Puebla. As he has only about thirty thousand men that he can spare for that undertaking, we would not be sur- prised ‘at soom tearing of a disaster to the French armis.. The further the army of the Em- perot penetrates into the interior of the coun-' try the more diffioulty will it find. It will be farther from its base of reinforcement and sup- plies,and a severe defeat at such a distance would be tantamount to the annihilation of the whole French Army of Mexico. The capital is very strong, and we predict that before it is taken General Forey will have more to do than he has calchisted. He ought not to reckon without his hest. Tax Amenpep Tax Law.—We devote a large portion of our space this morning to the publication of an accurate and convenient table of the taxes imposed by Congress in the Internal Revenue bill and in the amendatory law just passed. The taxes levied by the former remain, in most cases, the same as in the original act. The amendatory law, however, imposes a considerable number of new license and other taxes, and contains some important provisions in relation to exemption from inter- nal duty. We have not space to call attention to the changes made; but those interested will find them noted in the valuable table presented in other columns. The table gives at a glance the rates of taxation as they now stand, and should be preserved for reference by all tax- payers and persons interested in the Tax law. New Hampshire Election. To-morrow the first of the State elections for 1863 will be held in New Hampshire. The canvass has been car- ried on by both partics in an unusually lively aad exciting manner, owing more particularly to tho fact that the strength of each is known to be so noarly equal that s little extra exertion on ogher sido might change the result. The canvassers have been ac- tive and energetic, the stump speakers have roared and fothed until they have become completely exhausted, and the candidates havo been rampant, until no doubt the people have beoome by this time heartily sick and disgusted with the whole affair, and will finally go to the polis and deposit tneir ballots as their own better judg- ments will dictate, without regard to tho various cries of niggerbeads and copperheads, abolitionists and peace de- mocrats; and thus we shall nv doubt after all have an honest election in the old Granite State. There are two officers on the Stato ticket to be chosen, together with throe mombers of Congress, State Logi -la- ture and county officers. The following are the names of the pripcipal candicates:— Conservative. Abolition. Governor...........+ Ire A. Eastman. Jeseph A. Gilmore. R. R. Commissioner. .Jas. 8. Cheney. Joseph H. Buffum. ‘CONGRES. --Daniel Marcy. Jool Eastman. John H. George. Edward H. ‘Wm. Burns. Jas. W. Patterson. ‘The abolitionists, fearing the success of the conserva. tives,-warmed tnto temporary existence the fragments of the old Bell-Everett party, and succeeded in getting the nomination of a couple of military rapa, in order, if pos- sible, to carry off a sufficient number of votes to do‘eat the election by the :people and to throw the of Governor on the Lagisiature, which it i con. coded will contain @ majority of abolition members. It is Daroly possible that this schomo may succeed. The pames of thetwo men thus nominated are Walter Harri- man, Colonel of the Eloventh regiment, for Governor, ‘and John C. Coughlin, Colovel of the Teath regiment, for Railroad Commisatoner. ‘The following table shows the vote for Governor in 1862, compared with the estimate of the votes this year, based on the canvass of the Republican Central Committee: — Vote, 1962. Bstimate, 1863. Abolition. .. 160 35,036 Conservative 566 33,193 Abolition majority 3,684 2,904 It will be seen that the abolition estimate has incroas- od the aggregate vote ovor six thousand, while it is weil known that since the election of 1862 about six thousand ‘voters have left tho State and gone to the war. The con- rervative leaders say that if their opponents have esti- mated the domooratic strength rightly they have 10 fears of the result. ‘ Movements of European Steamers. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA AT BOSTON. Boston, March 8, 1863. ‘The Arabia arrived this forenoon. The mails and bag of the Associated Pross will be sent by to.night’s train doe In New York Monday morning. BAILING OF THR JURA. Porrianp, Me., March 8, 1563. ‘The Jura, Captain Aiton, sailed at ten this morning 5 wes & severe northeast wath sista Nae ae and ay now Storm in Buffalo. evra cenqeprinst nny ie Recetas PR saa is via the New York Central were aolaved several hours, the last man and the iast horse into the contest in New trict of Columbia. They are reported to be Messrs. Olin, of New York; D. W. Carter, of Ohio; Fisher, of Delaware, aelected from the residents of the District. ‘where he has been Minister for a year or two back. IMPORTANT TRHATY WITH INDIAN TRIBES. Rey. Clinton C. Hutchinson, of Kansas, was confirmed on Saturday as agent for the Uttawas, Chippewas and Christian Indians of that State. These tribes were, until recently, connected with the Sacs and Foxes, aad as their aro well advanced in civilization, are to become citiseas fm five years, receive inalienable head rights of eighty acres of land each, and thore are to be set apart twenty thousand acres of valuable lands to endow « manual labor university. The remainder of their tands, about thirty thousand acres, will be sold to actual settlers—enly to such persons as shall be acceptable to the council of the tribe. Tne Ottawas are not wealtby, but they thus give largely to establish a university, to which they propose te admit advanced pupils from other tribes, aud to this end they will ask the assistance of generous white bro- thers, This is @ plan of the In@ans themselves. The trite has ever boon loyal, and for this has suffered at the hands Of the border ruMfans, THE BALTIMORE AND onfPrarLnouD. The rebel guerilias having beon expelled, with the re- moval of Tee’s army from Northorn Virginia, the Baltl- more and Ohio Railroad between Harper's Ferry and the Western side of the glleghapy Mountains has been fully ce pared, and is now doing au enormous busivess. Five han- dred cars, each of mine tons capacity, ono balf of which are laden with the products of the Great West, arrive daily im Baltimore, and two passenger trains, traversing the whole line of three hundred and eighty miles, from Wheeling and Parkersburg. A second daily passenger train has ‘been pus on within the last ten days, to meet the public demand. Millions of doliars have boon expended in re- pairing the damages done to the road by the rebels from time to time; for, more than any other great highway tn the United States, this has been the scene of battles, skirmishes, running fights, sicges, capitulations, raids and Gestructive robet explosions and bonfires. The same causes which have kept our army ‘stuck in the mad’ on the have chocked the movements of rebel guerilins this winter, and with the drying of the “sa- cred seil”’ they will be wanted neater Richmond, “Go far ag this Baltimore and Obio road is concerned, tas compa- By are acting as if the war were nearly ended; Gad the safety with which the roed is now travelled estab- Hahes the loyalty of the. population along the whele line Potomac to the Uhie river. or ™ COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVEXUB. ‘The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made the following decision concerning the assessment and oolleo- tion of taxes where the liability existed previous to the 34 of March, 1863, namely:—The act of the Sd inst., amending the Excise law of July 1, 1862, will mot relieve parties from payment of taxes previously assessed, er from lability to assesament in all cases where such lia- bility existed at the time of the passage of the Grst named act. AN HONORABLE SXCBPTION. It is said that Hoa. Stephen Baker, ef New York, te the aly member of the Inte House of Representatives who positively refused to receive a third mileage. The aggre- gate amount paid te gentiemen on this account is pro- Dably $80,000, APPOINTMENT OF A COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. Thomas Olcott, of Albany, well known in financial Circles, has been nominated by thej President as Comp- troller of the Currency, under the act providing a na- tional currency, secured by United States bonds. ARRIVAL OF GOV. JOHNGON, OF TENNESSEE. Governor Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, has arrived here. ARREST OF A NOTED HOTEL THIEF. Detectives Hogan and Dugan this afternoon arresied ‘one of the most adroit hotel and Western river thieves ia the country, named Rasche Nobiec, as he was leaving the city in a railroad train for the North. He haa plundered pearly all our hotels and amassed considerable booty. ‘The proofs against him are such as will certainly secure his conviction. ARRIVAL OF REBEL PRISONERS. Last night a large number of secesh prisoners arrived here from Chicago. It is supposed that they are Vir- @inians or Carolinians, and have beon sent here for con- venience in exchange. THE SESSION OF THE SENATE. It is thought that the Senate will sit during this week. DECLINES THR APPOINTMENT. Hon. J. F. Potter, who was nominated for Governor of Dacctah Territory, instead of Nevada as printed, bas de- clined the appointment on account of domestic affiction. CAPTURED SPHRS AND OUKRILLAS. A large invoice of spies and guerillas captured in Mis- souri arrived here this morning, and aro quartered at present in the Soldier's Retreas, under a strong guard. They are to be tried for various offences under the mili- tary laws, This company of prisoners is the hardest ooking lot of miscellaneous scamps ever imported from Dixte. ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Fifty-two rebel prisoners arrived here to-day from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. THR APPOINTMENT OF OUTOOING CONGRESSMEN 70 FAT OFFICES, The appointment of so many outgoing Congressmen to fat offices , created by them in the latter part of the late seasion of Congress, occasions much comment here. i : i Sisting of Antoine Buffalo, A-au-gaw nab, Mer-he-naw-way, Keesh-ko-ta-way, (A daw-we-go-zhig, Au-ke-wen-zel, Aa- mouse and Obe guad, together” with their in Joseph @. & 3s a $8 i a] i i g nF ef; in Egyte ale u &: i a i