The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. 34MES GORDON BENNETT, OPrics ¥. ¥. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. ACADEMY OF NUSIC.—Gunman Orgna—Faust. BIBLO'’S GARDEN. Broadway. Wir Risir-Law vor Lapims—Iniss ToroR. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Brosdway.—Navai Excace munts—Oun ExGiisn Gent. Emay. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Ticarr Max. OLYMPIC THEATRE. broadway.—Camitia's Hussam. BBY BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—M. 4—Doue Bor—SoaursorNew Yore. oe BOWEBY THEA’ ATRE. Bowery Bowery.—Mistixtos Boves— Vaur—Pappy THs Piree. or Luavs —Frexcn GIaNy, Ka veers: ail Dours, Ticket vening. Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Bread- oma, BURLESQUES, &0.—Uncis 514 Broad: —E: “Seam tte tn MERICAN THEATRE, No. WA Broadway.—Batars, panoutuse, BUnisgues, ac—Lntuins or Hetuaesee BROADWAY fig or 485 Broadwav.—Gru- jURSTRIAN PRRYORMAN: mastio amp Eat cms. Afternoon and Bvening. ake He 18 Broadway.—' Sram: Pe errenaa Tas OSCOPTICAN SEW YORE BUM OF r ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.. eye from 94. M. tin 10 P, M, mn tn = Brooklyn.—Ermiorun Sew York, Wednesday, January 6, 1864. ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY. Advertisements for the Wxxxty Haratp must bo band- @dim before ten o'clock every Wednesday evening. Its clroulation among the enterprising mechanics, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and gentlemen throughout the country is rapidly. Advertisements in- @erted in the Waraiy Heratp will thus be seen by a large portion of the active and energetic people of the United ‘Staten. THE SITUATION. Nothing of interest is transpiring in the Army Of the Potomae; but we are advised that some @tirring news from that quarter may be looked for at any moment. ovement contemplated, of course, cannot be divulged. The {guerillas continue their unex- pected assaults upon our troops. On Monday the Provost Marshal at Bealton Station was shot at between that place and the army headquarters, and one of the bearers of despatches attached to Genera! Kilpstrick’s division was either killed or captured between Stevensburg and Warrenton Junction. The latest news from Cumberland states that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is no longer in danger from the threatened ‘attacks of the rebel General Zarly. Despatches ffom Cairo on the 4th contain some interesting news from the Southwest. General Grierson was in full pursuit of General Forrest | end his guerillas, and had followed him to the south of Coldwater. General Forrest is reported to have received reinforcements from Okolona. The weather was intensely cold. Several sol- diera were frozen to death below Cairo, some at Island No. 10 (negroes), and some near Sand Bar river, six miles above Fort Pillow, on the 31st of December. The Mississippi is closed, and the Ohio is considerably clogged with ice. The Richmond papers write despondingly of the past events of 1863. The Hxaminer of the dst ultimo says that the gloomiest year of the struggle bas been concluded; that neither the hopes of intervention which buoyed up the spirits of the rebels in 1861, or the victory of Fredeicksr- burg in 1862, cheers them at the conclusion of the past year. It admits that the check given to General* Meade’s advance at Mine run, or Long- street’s partial success at Bean Station, are a poer set off to the severe loss which the rebels suffered ‘‘in the murderous assault at Knoxville.” A despatch received in Cincinnati from Cairo yesterday says tha' a delegation of prominent citizens of Arkansas had arrived there on their ‘way to Washington to make proposals for the re- admission of Arkansas into the Union. CONGRESS. The holiday recess having come to an end, Doth houses of Congress reassembled yesterday @t noon. There was, however, no quorum in either house, and but little business of importance ‘was transacted. Inthe Senate a message was received from the President earnestly recommending that the pay- ment of bounties to veteran soldiers be continued till the lst day of February next. Accompanying the message were letters from the Secretary of War and the Provost-Marshal General, stating that re-enlistments under the bounty aystem have pro- grossed satisfactorily, and that the continuance of the payment of the bounty will fill up the armies in the field with a class of troops in every way more desirable than newly recruited volunteers or drafted men. The papers were referred to the Military Committee. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill increasing the bounty to volunteers, and a bill amending the Enrolment act. The latter bill exempts the Vice President, Judges of Courts, heads of the Executive Depart- ments, Governors of States, and all persons physi- cally disabled, and recejye as substitates only those not liable to the draft. It also provides severe punishment for enrolling officers who may engage in the procurement of substitutes. A bill to prevent army and navy officers interfering with elections was introduced by Mr. Powell, and re- ferred to the Judiciary Committee. A motion to refer te the Judiciary Committee the President's suggestion regarding a reconstruction of the Union was discussed by Mr. Ten Eyck, and agreed to, whereupon the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives a bill providing for the payment of bounties and pensions to sol- diers called out in Ohio and Kentucky was intro- duced and referred, The President's message re- ative to extending the time of paying bounties to weteran soldiers to the ist day of February was referred to the Military Committee. A report of the commirsion for the settlement of claims egainst Peru, with a recommendation for an ap- Propriation to meet the awards, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. A resolution calling for information as to Jay Cooke & Co.'s gency for the-sale of government securities was adopted. A resolution directing inquiry as to the expediency of reducing the tax on coal from three pnd a-half to ove and a-half per cent was adopted, end a bill repealing the duties on coal and paper Bod paper envelopes was referred to the Ways ‘and Means Committec. Notice was given of bills to indemnify loyal citizens for loss of property by the war, pnd providing for the payment of boun ties to svidiere who have been uarg The precise nature of the” New YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1664, Genera Resecrans’ Repert—The Bettis | Boowrms ro Verunans.—It was’a short time Several unimportaat subjecta were disposed of, and the House adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. The New York Legislature organized yesterday. The republicans, being in a majority in both houses, elected their Speaker and subordinate officers without delay. Tho Governor's Message and the Comptroller's report wore received, and ordered to be printed. We publish in to-day’s paper the message in full, together with @ synop- sis of the Comptroller's report. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The steamship Ocean Queen, Captain Tinkle- paugh, from Aspinwall 27th ult., with the Pacific mails and $241,723 in treasure, from California, arrived at this port yesterday. The letter of our correspondent at Panama, published in another column, gives the details of the news from the West Coast, which will be found very interesting. The Board of Aldermen will meet to-day by special call. A special meeting of the Board of Councilmen will be held at one o'clock to-day for the purpose of making arrangements to attend the funeral of. the late Archbishop Hughes. We have received the reply of Chief Engineer Ishérwood, of the navy, te the speech of Mr. Dickerson, recently delivered before a jury of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, rela- tive to abuses in the navy, but for want of space are obliged to postpone the publication of it. Surrogate Tucker has finally decided the con- tested litigation concerning the two wills of Fran- cis Callan, deceased. The first will left the pro- perty of the deceased (valued at about $20,000) to religious and charitable institutions. The last will, which was contested on the ground of men- tal incapacity, but which the Surrogate sustains, leaves it to the sons of the deceased. The case of Francis Fitzpatrick, charged in the Oyer and Terminer with shooting the little girl Gilroy through the forehead, was submitted to the jury yesterday. The defence of Mr. J. H. Anthon, counsel for the prisoner, was that the pistol was not discharged by him, but by a soldier in the house who wanted to sell the pistol and discharged it. The jury rendered a verdict of manslaughter in the fourth degree, and the prisoner was remanded for sentence on Friday next. ‘The share market was buoyant yesterday, and nearly every stock on the list advanced in price. Gold was in- active, and during the forenoon the price touched 162: but that figure could not be sustained, and the premium immediately dropped to 1514, the market closing at 1515; a 151%. Twenty millions of the five per cent ‘Treasury notes—large denomination:—reached the Sub Treasury yesterday from Washington, and will be im- mediately passed over tothe bavks in part payment of the fifty million loan. Money continued in demand, and Dorrowers wore supplied at the legal rate of interest. Business continued very moderate yesterday, and but little was done in imported merchandise, savo in afow articles. At the Produce Exchange tho main feature was the active speculative movemont in mess pork, which sold freely for future delivery at prices which evidenced a good deal of confidence among the trade. Groceries were quiet, but, as a general thing, vory firm. Cotton was buoyant and frm. Petroleum was rather more activo, eapecialiy crude, whick sold quite {reely for future de- livery. Freighta were quict, but there waa a better - to the market. ‘The market fur beef cattle was deciéediy better ‘this week, owing chiefy to an anticipated short euppiy, growing out of the delay in forwarding supplics. Prices wore (rom ¥%6. to Xc. per pound better, ranging from ‘Tye. 1c. The bulk sold at 100. a J1sjc., but some went at 12c. alSc. The poorer grades st as low as T}<c., but scarcely aay went below 8c. The avorage price was about 10%{c. Milch cows wero steady at $30 0 $60. Vea's ‘wero active at 5c. @ 8c. Sheep and lambs were active at $4 8 $7 for common to prime. Extra choice shoep realized $l2a$l7 each. Swine were acarce and decidedly higher; corn fed sold at 6c. a 73{c., and atill fed 6%c. a Tc The total receipts were 4,022 beeves, 115 cows, 621 venis, 9,561 sheep and lambs and 9,088 swine. Why General Gr fs the Best Oandt- date for the Presidency. The newspaper organs of the administration camp throughout the country are sorely per- plexed with our active advocacy of the supe- rior claims of General Grant for the next Pre- sidency. Thus while some of the republican journals will havo it that the New York Heratp is blowing the trumpet of General Grant only for the purposes of a temporary sensation, others are vainly endeavoring to console them- selves with the idea that we have taken up the great hero of the West in order to kill him off; while others, again, have somewhat broadly hinted that the Heratp has been bought up for this pygpose at the low figure of thirty thousand dollars. Having fairly answered all such silly conjectures and accusations, we are now called upon to meet these particular questions:—Why has the Heratp turned the cold shoulder upon President Lincoln? Why has it turned against Mr. Secretary Chase? But, above all, why has it abandoned its original favorite, General McClellan? These inquiries are entitled to some atten- tion. Let us, therefore, briefly anewer them. First, then, with regard to President Lincoln. We have become satisfied that he is not the man to bring this war to a spoedy conclusion, nor the man who, with the suppression of the armed forces of the rebellion, can be safely re- lied upon for a quiet and orderly restoration of the Union. Secondly, having never believed in the boasted capacities of Secretary Chase for the Presidential office, we have never advocated his pretensions in this direction. Thirdly, while our faith in the great abilities of General McClellan as a soldier and in his qualifications for the Presidency continues unshaken, we have good reasons in his behalf to apprehend that if brought into the fleld as a Presidential can- didate in the coming campaign the misunder- standing between him and the administration would result in a partisan controversy so vio- lent and inflammatory as to endanger our vital safeguards of law and order in the loyal States. This consideration will also apply, more or less, to Mr. Lincoln himself and to Mr. Chase, each of whom is now confronted by the elements of an implacable opposition party. « It is eminently desirable that the party as- perities whioh have been created or aggravated by the men and measures of this administra- tion shall not appear in this Presidential con- test. With any candidate in opposition to the party in power there will be, in the present enormous federal budget of spoils and plunder, sufficient stimulus for all the evil passions of men on both sides, do what we may to keep them within the limits of an orderly contest. In fact, looking at the internal peace of the loyal States, no crisis of the warhas been so full of danger as will be the inevitable excite- ment of this approaching Presidential canvass with the people divided upon the sharp party lines suggested by the merits and demerits of this administration. Tow is this danger to be avoided’ Only by 4 Presidential candidate who stands clear of the party distractions and animosities of the day, whose publi¢ services are beyond the Teach of controversy, dnd whose popularity is beyond the graap of disorganizing politicians General Grant ia just this sort of man. From the biuffs of Vicksburg or the lofty peak of J t Mountain he may look down with 4 ie army aud Lave served lees thaa three years, | Smile of py Upon aay a\tompla of engiasering Le politicians to cut him off. But, in being per- feotly free from any entangling allisaces with any of the echoming cliques or factions of the past or the present day, be is in the best posi- tion to conciliate them all. Ho is extremely fortunate in being overlooked by tho politicians 8 possible Presidential candidate until he is trong enough to be their master or their friend, as they may choose to have him. Such a man for the Presidency, in commanding the aupport of the masses of the people of all parties, will make the Presidential campaign a joyous car- nival like that of 1840, instead-of a continuous epectacle of revolutionary violence and disor- ders. Let the people bring forward General Grant upon the simple but comprehensive platform of the suppression of the rebellion and the restoration of the Union, and we may anticipate a more peaceable and triumphant election than that of any other Presidential contest since the second election of Monroe. Let this, then, be our answer to the inquiry why we have dropped President Lincoln and have given up General McClellan to advocate the claimsof General Grant. It is because we believe Genoral Grant to be the most desirable and moat available man for the crisis, the best calculated to secure a peaceable and satisfac- tory election, and the best qualified to concili- ate all parties and all sections in the work of finishing up the war and re-establishing the territorial and constitutional integrity of tho Union. Hence we advocate the claims and qualifications of General Grant against all com- petitors. Who comes next? Revision or THe Crry Cuarrer anp THK Re- CNION OF THE Executive DeraRTMENTS OF THE Merropo.itan GoveRNmENT.—The city of New York has now a chief magistrate who has been elected to his position by a Mattering vote of his fellow citizens, iindependeht of party cliques, regardless of secret cabals and juntas, and irrespective of plundering and profligate high-contracting “rings.’’ Ho is the magistrate in whom our citizens should place confidence, if they could not conscientiously in any pre- vious chief magistrate for many years; and to him might be confidently entrusted preroga- tives years ago filched from the city and usurped by the State gavernment. At present the Mayor of the great city of New York is little better than an automaton. His execu- tive officers, between whom and the chief magis- trate the utmost unity and confidence should prevail, are aelected or appointed without his advice. - He has no control over them. His supervisory direction is a nullity. There is no harmony or union in their movements. The one is not responsible for the doings of the other, and, for all practical purposes tending to the city’s good, New York might as well be @ colony of Great Britain as the appendage to | the State government at Albgay which it now is, “The Mayor may give advice, but.he can- not afford redress. % Tho extreme point of dis- union bas been reached.” Now, how can these things te cemedied ? How can a reunion between the executive de- partments of the government of the city of New York be effected? This is no time for tho Legia- lature at Albany to enco ¢ disunion in any shape, but, oa the contrary, fo do all in ita power to maintaia the cohesivencas of all our governmental organizations, local and State, as well as national. To be effective, to work harmoniously and smoothly and swim- mingly, to discover and punish corruption, to unearth the contracting rascals who have been burrowing for years if the city treasury, to exact strict accountability fromvall officers in the discharge of official duties, it is necessary that the appointing powor of the chief execu- tive officers in the city government should be placed in the hands of the chief magistrate of* the city. To secure this it will be necessary to revise and amend the city charter. Aud now that the Legislature will take into considera- tion the matter of the imbroglio inh which the Police Commissioners are involved, it is a pro- per time to consider the suggestion of a com- plete overhauling of the city charter, so far as . the powers and prerogatives of the Mayor are concerned. The charter should be amended 80 as to vest in the Mayor the appointment of the Comptroller, the Police Commissioners, the Street Commissioner, the Croton Aqueduct Commissioners, the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction, the Counsel to the Corporation, the Commissioners of Public In- struction, &c., all subject to the approval of a majority of the Board of Aldermen. By this means we shall have a strong aad effective municipal government—one department acting harmoniously and effectively with another, and all working for the benefit of the city and the reduotion of the burthens imposed upon tax- payers. JovrnauisM, Morsina ayo Evyentno,—The new editors of the evening Commercial make great boasts of what they are going to do. Be- sides possessing all the brains, they intend to monopolize all the news and readers of the city journals. It is evident from this that they are the merest tyros and greenhorns, and have not the first idea of journalism. The aggregate circulation of the morning newspapers of this city is from two hundred thousand to two hun- dred and fifty thousand, of which that of the HERatp amounts to one-half, being the largest circulation possessed by any daily journal in the world. The total circulation of the evening journals combined does not exceed twenty-five thousand. The reason of this is very simple. Business men prefer the morning papers, be- cause they give the news fresh, well digested and without curtailment; whereas the evening papers can only publish it by scraps, composed of pickings and atealings from the columns of their morning contemporaries. There is another reason why they take morning papers in preference. They rise to thoir perusal with clear heads, and at break- fast time a newspaper is to them a business a4 well as an intellectual necessity. But when a man has finished the labors of the day ho re- turns home, not to read newspapers, but te reat and enjoy himself in the bosom of his family These new-fledged evening editors are, there- fore, slightly out in thoir caloulations when they talk about displacing or even competing with tho morning papers. The experience of the press of this and all other countries shows that tue thing is not to be done. In London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin it has been tried scores of times, and has invariably ended ingrain to those attempting it. The sanguine spirits who have undertaken to galvanize the Commercial into a live mewapapor had better take warning by (these examples, The only way in which they can pave themselves from loss is by converting that vencratle shoot into a etockjobbing jour nal, for ie conduct of which they have apecial qualifications, Genoral Roscorans, ia his coccatly published report, tolls the etory ef his march to Ohatta- nooge, and of the great battle fought by the army under bis command on its way to that place. On tho 12th of September the pag of the Cumberland was acattered all ov: country—at the north end of Foo dieg eae taln, in all the gaps of that monntain, and all the roads that the enemy might be pes widely acattored that between its two fanks there proved to be an actual interval of fifty- seven miles; and on that same day General Rosecrans learned that the rebel army, com- posdd of Bragg’s, Johnston’s and Longstreet’s forces, was concentrated at Lafayette, on his immediate front—only fifteen miles from a vital point in his line. Here was a great error—the error of General Rosecrans—and an error whose results are apparent in all the operations that gucceeded to it, and whose effecta were felt by our men in the disadvanta- geous terms upon which it compelled them to meet the enemy. From that day they were overmarched, first, that they might be concen- trated, and then that they might get so near to Chattanooga that the enemy should not be able to seize the road betwoen that place and our army. On the 19th, when our force was not yet well concentrated, we were engaged in this movement towards Chattanooga, and the enemy, engaged ia the samo movement, was abead of us; but on that day one of Rosecrans’ generals made a happy mistake. Informed that a rebel brigade was isolated on his front, that general sent out two brigades to capture it. His two brigades, sent out to capture an isolated force, fell in with the whole rebel army, weat at it with magnifi- ceat pluck, and a0 brought on the battle of Chickamauga—ia other words, compelled Bragg to fight us where we were—while, if loft alone, he would have continued his movoment towards our loft, have acived tho road to Chattanooga, secured that point, and had General Rosecrans ia a moat uncomforta- bly tight place. Such were the more important of the disad- vantageous circumstances under which our mea were hurried into battle; but the battle of the first day was in every way a great suc- cess, On the seoond day Gen. Rosecrans found that his ogders and ideas were aot properly car- tied out. General McCook was delinquent on at least five points, and all important ones. Gene- ral Crittendea was delinquent on three points, one of which caused a delay “that proved of serious consequences.” But the greatest dolin- quent of all was General Wood, commanding a ‘division of Crittenden’s corps, who, being order- ed to move or extend his line ao that it should connect with another division on his left,.0o far‘ misunderstood this order as to withdraw com- pletely from the lips of battle. Lute the gap thas-made the enemy rushed, aad. our'line was broken. General Rosecrans praises: his thiee corps commanders in chosen terms. Thomas is praised nobly and without reserve. McCook is praised for “prompt and willing execution of orders, to the best of his ability;” and, if we measure by the Give delinquenciés above allud- ed to, wo must conclude that his ability is not great, To General Crittenden General Rose- crans returns his thanks “for tho promptness and military good sense with which he sent his division towards the battle on the 19th,” but fails to mention any of his achievements on tho 20th. Fee ey Battles lost through the failure of corps or division commanders to understand or carry out thoir orders the general commander must be held responsible for. It is his businesa to know hia men 40 well before battle that no such trouble can occur at 4 critical moment, and the more especially if he has commanded his army for over a year. In no one point does the dif- ference between great commanders and medi- ocre ones show more clearly than in this of the knowledge and choice of subordinate com- manders. Napoleon's euccesses are in a great measure attributable to his strength in this par- ticular. Rosecrans failed here. Pope failed here also, and Meade is likely to do the samo. Indeed, the only one of our commanders who has not failed in this respect is General Grant. His subordinates never fail to obey orders. McClernand did fail, and then McOlernand had to go home. That is Graat’s plan, and it is the ouly plan that can give our armios success. Venauity of tax New Yor« Herauy: ano Loypon Traas.—The other day the Tribune in- serted a paragraph in its foreign correspond- ence stating that the London Times was as venal as the New Yor«.Heraty. This may or may not be so. We are like the London Times in our influence and in our position at the bead of the American press. We are like the London Times in our enterprise and in the malice which our success provokes from our contemporaries. If, as we suppose, the London Times is not venal, thon we are exactly like it. But the Heratp has been in existence for many years, and we dofy the Tribune, or any other paper, to prove one instance of venality against us. But it ill becomes the Tribune to begin cast- ing stones and calling bard names. The ve- nality of that paper is notorious. For proof of it we have only to turn to the files of the War Department, where we find a gun contract issued to the Tribune. We know, also, that almost every owner of tho Tribune haa government contract for something or other. One has a horse contract, another a shoddy contract, another a patent medicine contract, another a land job, and so on. We also know from official documents that five or six of the Tribune writers have been appointed to fine offices under this administration. Poor Greeley’s partaers think him too silly to be admitted to a full share of these ill-gotten gains; but they give him the bones and the drippings. Besides this, he has, or recently had, a contract to supply prison beef to our State prisons. This is the paper which hes the impudence to talk about venality. It reminds us of Satan rebuiking sin De. Bautows at Hrs Own Vaivation,—Dr. Bellows dectared at the Cooper Institute, on Tuesday evening, that the negroos are as good as himself Well, this may be tree Indead we have no doubt that many nogroes are even better than Dr. Bellowa; for they are not sugh demagogues as he is Burws or 4 Pearaar. —We geo by tho Tribune that the Massachusetts Logislaturo is going to have a negro chaplain. *Aflor that let the Massachusetts prople elect negro legislators, and thon the Bay State will bo @9 abolition paradine ago decided by the Board ef Supervisors of this city that the bounty appropriated for old sol- diers re-enlisting would only be paid to vete. rans whose time expires up to the 4th of July next. This action at once shut out some five or ix thousand veterans who are now in the field, ‘and whose term of service will not expire until after the period named, and who, if they should wish £0 re-enlist, would have to do ae on terms of great inequality with their other compatriots. The matter was brought to the attention of the Supervisors and of the War Department, and yesterday the Board of Supervisors passed @ resolution agresing to pay the bounty to all veterans enlisting up to the 3lst of December next. This isa correct proceeding, and will ia- sure us—that is, the State of New York, and others that may act as wisely—a splendid army of tried troops for the military operations of the next campaign. ABELARD AND GRant.—Tho New York Times ia coming round to Grant in a aneaking way, uawerthy of the modern Abelard who edita the paper. Lot him come out like a man, and confess that he is as much attached to Grant asthe ancient Abelard wasto Heloise: MEADE'’S ARMY. Another Movement of the Army ef the Potemac—Activity of the Guorillas, dc. MB. WM. YOUNG'S DESPATOH. ARMY ov tan Poromad, Jaa. 6, 1864. ‘The readors of tho Hanatp may look once more for stirring nows from the Army of the Potomac. 1 need not @ay what ia to be the nature of the intelligence, and ‘would mot do ee iff could. It is sufficient te add, in this connection, that there will bo ag much or more excite. meat in this army during the ensuing three or four months agin any othor department where the Hanats bas its correspondente. Guerilias have aot ceased their annoyances. Last ight Lioutonaat James Smith, of the Twontieth Now York Volunteers, Provost Marshal at Bealotoa, was shot at botwoen that peint and army headquartom. One of Kilpatrick's despatch bearers was either captured or Killed bet woon Stevensburg and Warrentoa Junction. ‘The weathor to-day bas been mild and pieasaat, but ths ovouing it ts quite cold agnia. The Press Despatoh. Hmapquanrses, ARMY or tam Poromad, Jan. 6, 1864. Nothing of intoreet ia tramapiring. All are ondeavoring to keop comfortable. Three inches of anow foll last aight. Tho weather was picasant to-day, but is vory cold to-night. Tho enrolment of citizens ia this army is nearly com Ploted, including whites aad blacks. Tae number sub- ject to draft will be very considerable. Tho following ciroular was published to-day: — Prevost Marasit's Daragruent, Gzanquaatens, Amur or heaton Jan. 4, 1864. Sutlera will hereafter obtain printed invoices from and pod ave os approved eee pe Goueral, same as whou Ir goods teams. TR PATIOS, Provost Marghal Genoral THE SHENAMDOAH VALLEY. Mr. T. 0; Wilson’s Despatch. , Cumpancann, >, Ma.) Jaa. 6, £004. Ourmbortand and New Greek are Gow commipored. aafo: General Kelloy faa caused the utmost activity to prevail in the whole dopartment, aad partioulariy slong the railroad tine. . Railroad travel has been resumed. Themaii train from Baitimore arrived this evening. There.is no reason now Spparont why trade and travel on the road should wot be unrestrictedly Tesumod. It seoms that Early’s great raid, got up a6 an offset to the late succosaful movomonts of the troops in this do- Partmont, bas proved a failure, aad is likely to ead ta aa tnglorious fizzle. It is snowing still. {Our Washington Despaten. Wasamatos, Jan. 6, rr From toformation cocotved bere there is Uove that Kariy’s movement ie tks Bootaldon feild valisy ja for no other purpose than to protect that scotioe, and the railroads aouth of that! poiat, from our cavalry raids. It will be rocoliscted that @ similar movement was made tast winter by Jones, aud there is no doubt that tho success Of Avorill is attributable principally to tho dolay of the rovoia in ocoupying that position. Earty bas nono of his own division, but has beea fur. niahod with one brigade from cach of the other divisions of Ewoll’s corps, evidently for the purpose of loading us to wrong conclusions from the roports of rebel prisoners and deserters. No approboaston is now felt coucerning the operations of Karly i that region An Arkansas De fom Em Route to Washington. Caramman, Jaa. 6, 1964. ‘A Gapaich from Cairo saye:—A delegation of pro- minont citizens Crom Arkanaas baa arrived hore, on rowe for Washington, to make arrangomonts for Arkansas to resume hor position in tho Mr. Anschute's artista will appear to oight ia Faust at the Academy of Music. the Arion Socioty will assist 00 thia occasion, and will sing the “Soldiors’ Chorus,” in which they are @ guccessful, ITALIAN OPERA. Mr. Grau's artiste dnaugurated Itairsa Opera in Albany tast night. The new Acatiemy of Music was, we boar, crowded, and the performance was e success. BNOLIOM OFBRA. Mr. Harrison announces a performance to-night of Eng- lish Opera at his beautiful theatre (the Park) in Brook- ign, Toe Bobemiaa Giri will be a wg chard, Mr Castio and Br. 8. C. constul in the opera oa. test, 4 large and fash Tesloa- ablo audience filled the theatre. MR. DSMPSTER'S FAREWELL CONCERT. Last Monday evening the popular balied sloger, Mr. Dempeter, gave his farowell oe ‘Thore was & & largo and aoe ena Boston, and will thea return to Europe. Toe Baoapwat AmpurramaTea.—Tbis admirably man- aged circus is crowded aightly, and tho performances appear to give general satisfaction. London has its Aatioy’s, Paris bas its Cirque reason why our Amphitheatre institution, It may, tadeed, be laid down as life, that no child ought to be good unless tte casionally take it to the circus. The Burning of S'. Je:epn’s Catholic College. Puwapaema, Jan. §, 1964, Information has been received “here of the burning of St. Joseph's Catholic College, near Montrose, in Susque- hanna county. The fire took place at @ iste hour last Friday night, after the pupils had retired. Thore were about @ bundred boys ‘a the but all fortunaseiy qacaped. A low Tow oir pal, Rev. Hugh Monahan, was absent in this city at the time.’ It is reported that tho church attached Lo the college was also bur Buvguaston, N. Y¥., Jan, 6, 1964. | MR Joseph's College, distant about Afteon miles from this piace, waa entirely destroyed on Now Yoar's night. ‘Tho butiding was uninsured aad oogt about five thousand dollars, The chapel was elegantly fitted up and adorned. ‘Tho college was ta & fourishiog condition, there boing nearly ono bp he eee io Ssendance There wore |, aasiated by four clorgy- inate toaghern "ane Ree wore all destroyed loss cannot easily be estimated. The Mozart Rog! nt Homeward Boand. Banawocns, Pa., Jno. 6, 1964. Tuo Mozart cogimont (the Fortieth Now York Voiua- (oora) loft here at ten minutes to three P M for Now York Thia ts tho only regiment that haa passed bere in that direction to-day Arrivals and Departares. ARRIVALS, Gooat: Queen=0 Dicksags Blog's Poumon De pio Bice, " i Blenmslp Asp ¥ D one, ieee oT patra waren ety king inker, () 1 (o'st, 1s Pradtio ‘Molsoory, Ak Wiliams Mo Agu ira F An. Reassembling of Both Houses of Congress. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. The Continuance of Bountics to Voteraa Volunteers Recommended. AMENDMENTS TO THE ENROLMENT ACP. Proposed Repeal of the Coal and Bary Wasmuraron, Jaa. 6, £864. MORE LOCAL TENDSE MOTHS REQUIRED. ‘The Gpeoial message of the President, based upes the requirements of the Secretary of War im regaré to the Payment of bougties, readers necessary the introduction ‘of a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury te {saue from one to two hundred millions more legal tenders immodiatety te moot the @emands upon the Treasury on this aocéunt, ‘The matter bad beon previously spoken about among Senators and members; but until to-day the Preasure was not eateomed go great ag to demand a ape cial Prosideatial mossage. After tho annunciations made. by Messrs. Sherman and Feasendon in the Sonate there ia no doubt that this messago, and the consequent legisia- tion im reference to bounties, will occasion a further lasue of greenbacks. Eight millions eight hundred thousand dollars more ta five per cont two yoars Treasury notes wore transmitted to the banks of the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Boston ¢o-day.WA further amount will ge forward te- morrow, SOLDINRS BOONTING, RE-ENLISTMENTS, BTC. , ‘The bill introduced tate the Senate to-day by Mr. Wu- 0a, oxtending tho time for the paymont of bouatios until tho 15th of Fobruary, bas occasioned no little rejeioing hore among those interested in the increase of the army; and the intelligence of the proposition bas already been transmitted to tho Geld, for the purpose of reassuring re- giments who wore about giving up the idea of re-entering theservice. Very (ow have beoa willing to re-omist an- leag granted a furlough immodiately, and it boing impos- @ible to allow all to leave the Geld at tho samotime, a groat majority of those who would otherwise bave re-ea- listed horeafter have dotermined not to do #o im con- aequonce of the suspension of the payment of government hen ka bountiss. It is believed that this bill will be immediately _ parsed by Congress, as cach day’s dolay at this time must prove of incalculable detriment to the army. Great complaint is made in military circles of the in- justice of the decision of some of the County Superri sora of New York aot to pay county bountics to vote rana whose present torm ef service does not expire be- fore the Fourth of July. There are but afew New Vert regiments (0 be mustered out of service bofere that timo, amd ag @ consequence re-ealistmonts are net caly Giscouraged in the other regiments, but thoir men whe will re-enter the service have dotormined to ro-salist im ethor sections where this decision dees net apply, dhereby iossoning'very materialty‘the number. to be orodited to the quota. ‘Tho mustering officers of the army are already allew- dng moa to re-onlist in sections where tho intgest bouwn- tios are paid, without reference t tho” oountion to which tho moa belong, tes eter ¢ Sen taer eine ‘War to the contrary notwitustending. "05 PATMRNT OF sorprmrs’ eourTens 118 BKROL: MENT AOT. 4 Thoro waa a consultation yesterday between aperticn of the Military Committees of the House and Senave, the Pregident and Secretary of War, im rolation to the peiley” to be pursued in regard to the payments of bounties for cnlistmonts, and in regard hha to tho Enrolment act. The paymont of the dollar bounty will no doubt be continued until the Lat of February; in accordance with the recommendation of the President. The three hundred dollar exemption clause will be retained, but the classes will be consolidated and tue oumber of exemptions reduced. Tho amendments te thisact will, probably be the first business attended and thdy will be pressed until such altorations have been made a3 aro rogardod aa cpsoutial to render the law effective. : THE TAX AND BXCISH LAWS. The sub-committes of the Committee of Ways and Moans of the House upon the proposed amondments of the ‘Tax and Exciso taws are busily at work. Nothing authes- tic t@ known in regard to their action further than that fm most instances the rates of taxation will be increased te tho extent recommended by the Secrotary of tho Trea. @ury and Commissioner of Internal Rovonue, and on seme articles will, it is believed, be even in oxceas of their recommendations PROOREDINGS OF CONGREaS. In consequence of the interruption of travel caused by tho receat aevero woather, anow storms, &c., thore was Bot @ quorum in either house of Congress to-day, and tuerefore no important business was transacted, and after short sessions thoy adjoursed until to-morrow, The rem Qing Of the trains having again become somowhat regular, it ia oxpocted that most of tho mombors wil be on hand to-morrow and tho business of logisiation be actively re- sumed. REMOVAL OF THR SRAT OF GOVERNMENT ‘Mr. Washburn, of [liinois, created some amusement to-day, by a statoment that be intended ‘to introduce @ resolution for the removal of the seat of govoramost Crom this barroa and isolated district. THE ARMY APPOINTMENTS. Of the brigadier gonorais to be sent in for confirmation during the present agssion st ts understood that there will bo but on from the Army of the Potomac, and, in this case, without regard to the gervices of more de eorving ‘TRS (DLE ARMY OFFIONRS. The resolution of Congress, calling om the Secretary-ef War for a list of gonoral officers in idleness, has stirred ‘ap quite ao oxcitemom among that class, who are appre- hensive of logisiation upon the subject, and qumerous ‘epplications are being made for acsigumneat te active service. GENBRAL MBINTZBLMAN TO TAKE TUS FIBLD, It is reported that General Hointzelman is to be given 0 important command immediately. THE NAVIGATION OF THE FOTOMAG. Tp consequence of the floating ice in the Potomae, it as beoa found necessary to sheath with trou the bows of some of the gunboats of the Mott!ia THR STRAMRS COMMODORE REED. To-morrow the steamer Commodore Reed, Captain HiM, loaves the Navy Yard for aotive service, THIRTY-BIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST GRESSION. ‘ammunaron , Jan. 6, 1864, MAGS (ROM THD PARI ENT—LEVTER FROM THR HBOREFA RY OF WAR AND THR PROVOST MAROUAL GRNERAL—eme CONTINUATION OF BOUNTING TO VRTRRAN AOLDINRA RROPE MENDED, BTC. The following Message was sent to Congress to-day by the President of the United States: — Gawtiaway ov Tan Saxata any Hoos ov Reragsayearivas — By @ joint reaolution of your honorable bodies, ap- proved Dec. 23, 1863, the paying of bounties to voteraa » voluntesrs, a8 now practised by the War Departmont, to the extent of three hundred dollars in oach case, ia pre. hibited aftor the Afth day of the present month. | trams mit, for your consideration, & communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by one from the Provost ‘Maratal Genera! to him, both relating to the mubject above mentioned. I earnestly recommend that the taw bo 90 modified aa to allow bountios to be paid aa now aro at loaat uotil the ensuing Lat day of Fobruary Lam not without anxiety leat I appear to be importu- nate in thus recalling your attention to & subject upon which you have #0 recontly acted, and nothing but a deep conviction that the public intorest demands it oould ta- duce mo to incur the hazard of being misunderstood om , this point. The oxecutive approval waa given by mo % tho resolution mentioned, and it is now by a clogor attoa tion and a Caller knowlodgo of facts that I feel constrained to recommend @ reconsideration of the subject. ABRAHAM LINOOLN Janmany 6, 1904. ‘Tho Seoretary of War A. moanage, says no one oonne vo crossing ‘tho military foroe oe oi ay torminal on of tho rebellion, and fAssdayd mu ference of opinion oniets in Fo sap to Ube meri Of the fyetom Of raising troops by voluatoaes aad the paymagnl of hountins, aud Who system of emtaing an Md Oquele force by drast, yot wer accompanying the My * doave the nooeas'ty of tm ‘ ’