The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1864, Page 1

i ney NEW YORK HERALD. American citizens, 1 have the honor to IMPORTANT FRONI THE GULF. | St,"Tt'sor ocag™ the "sera of “au eeveramant . * ican citizens, I have this moment given orders. that in “| this aenaition anything Ba npyphedeny there Serv a Arrival of the George Washe | 20% ri ioadenp ect, rromeint sous obedient ser. “ vant, ; JusUS DK LA SERNA, ington and Creole. Governor of the tate of Tamau! “i eo et Se diti to th Mat Uiameas kena eee hae aan wv daye previous. The Expedition to tho Mata | sa uid sasund Seni. nt ate gorda Peninsula. opted ia eetaa ais hours, aa io Dut @ miles ~~ ae staff arrived fae 8 She Hae Sen. The Thirteenth Maine Regiment Hard | wi‘muming Pe Ne Ell Lake Ot}, some Pressed by the Enemy. Wii3a0.ninas, Unio Beiame Forces, The Granite City Shells the Rebels and fcatters Them. «— totally unexpected, the news of tBeir advent spread like wildfire, and within an hour it was known by every sol- dier in the’ division, The soldiers, wishing to catch a sight at their beloved commander, thronged the sidewalks, ind ae the Géneral, in anticipation of their desire, peram- dulated the streets of Brownsville, he was greeted by them with) three hearty cheers. General Herron, by authority vested in bim from Washingtep, commands the district The. Rebe Gunboat John F. Carr Burned. Strength and Fortifications of the Buemy: Coa: of the Rio Grande ava all troops that may be in said on the, Texas Const, district, He assumed command of the division on the 4th, and active operations wilkno doubt be immediate! amet Scene, Besroals bea —— bas won for itself im perishal me, will soon heard from on fields of Arrest of American Citizems im | slory and revown. 6 “i . ‘A8 yet no news of the Ninety-first has reached us; but Matamoros, Shey Will soon be huard frem. ‘HANG IN THR GOVERNMEN? OP MATAMOROS—OORTINAS a AGAIN AOTIVR, : 1m Settle orl oe ecoretiranpaerd arrar; Prompt and Efficacious Action of | mnie can vertices Sone staan tha wore. ‘owing commissioners, General Macedonio Capistran and Licentiate Andres Moreno, with authority vested in them by Governor. to settle the disagrod- ‘ment existing between the Parties, arrived under a f truce at the lines of Serna, and were admitted. General Dana. Governor ol Serna Deposed of All Autho:i- ‘Aific oonsiaasable siguatent™ they arrived at tho folio :, | wg conclusion, which throws Serna out in the cold, as he ty in Matamoros. | ceases to exercise hts authority as Governor, and makes | the wily Cortinas second in command of the forces of the State, Keagpistip eo of which—some 1,500—march THE PEACE OF TAMAULIPAS, | Ave bundrea Frotchmeb, fn 2 Exeaee Oy f ACTIVE OPitRATIONS D RBXPRCTED. oe. &., ee. an Gneral Dana and staff leave in a few days for Ma\ pees and A0tles operations will be immediately The fol%swving ia tho agreoment drawn up dy the Mext- can mmission to which T have alluded:— in the beroic city of Matamoros, on the Ist day of January, 1864, the Commissioners. to make the arrange. ments which were to insure the restoration of peace and order jn Tamaulipas were on one side General Macedonio Capistran and Lic. Andres Moreno, and on the other side tagor- com. ‘she steamers George Washington, Captain Gager, and ‘Oreole, Captain Thompson, from New » the former January 16, and the latter tho 15th, arrived Sb this port yesterday about noon, the Washicgton mo%ing a vapid trip of six days and four hours, Wo are indebted to Mr. F, 3. Xiien, pureer of the Wash. | B® Citizens Joso 1. Cavazos, Presvitero Antonio Zertucha * | and Franci-co de Leon, having mot in the ot ington, and Mr. nallory, 8 the Creole, for prompt delivery | government, and their pein og roleatisiharing beens Presented, agreed upon the following:— 1 —Conoral Manuel Ruiaz shall be recognized as having the political and military command of the State. 1.—All. the forces that oooupy the playa of. Matamoros shall put themselves under the order of Genoral Mace- donio Capistran, as General-in Chie of the Brigade of Operations on Tampico—Colonel Junn N, Covtinas betug On the.26h the almost unbearable monotony of this Wop.aeopss, come oa The goed and officers of the will retai eir les, organizati place was disturbed, aad we were suddenly plunged into | present, withort veing mol in po waa ef toad setate ef unusual excitement by the burried issuance of | count of former conduct, saving the right of third @ general order by which the whole command were di. | Persons but only for feults they may commit. in the rr evacuite jaz Of oi Broted to-hold themselves in instant readiness to march | moros three days after tha ratification of tis ages 4 & moment’s notice, with two days’ rations im their | and shall march for Tampieo to operate upon that plice. Baversacks, ~ Tuis order immodiately gavo,rise to a thou- peetaer ee poak shal jeene to these: teoope and and one absurd rumors; Some,who professed to itl.--'Tho forces that actualy sustain Governor Manne) ‘be knowing, affirmed that they had recetved positive in. | Ruiaz, except General Eufemio, Major Rojos, he being formation from officials tbat we wore to cross the river political chief and military commander of the oad @ r Si vatiih im Rulez, plaza by express order of the supremo govenment, shall ‘whe wae not more than five miles distant, The more wensible shook their heads at this wild report, aud Of lottors and popors, Mr. James F. Latham’s Despatches. Heavquangens, Uxirep.Stares Forces, BROW) sviitn, Texas, Deoe 31, 1863. ARREST OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN MATAMOROS. march algo upon Tampico, under the ers of the samo General-in-Chief, Macedonio Capistran, three days after the forces that occupy this city have commenced their hong tbat it was more probable that i the rebels were | mundane. may efter and’ commnand tu thie etyres ins ‘MaroBing against this place, as there were a sumber of | the towns of the State, sagen thn talogbartr thsassaen ‘Femrers current throughout the town that there was a poe yo] brea "by the national guard of this city large body of rebels not a great distance off. Thoferry- | — 1V.—Governor Serna ceases to exercise the government ‘Wears and all tho river steamers lying on this sido were ee eee im. . @horily afterwards seized, and from this fact the first-re- ‘was listened to with moro attention than formerty. of these surmises, however, proved to be correct, and true cause of this extraordinary animation was ex- It appears that the so-called Mexican Governor, erna, had levied a tax upon all the ol:izens of Matamoros, Ob tbe pretext of paying the expenses that would be in- ‘@orred by an attack frow Rivas, who was then marching pet the town. On Christmas morning an atiacho of Governor walked into the store-of Mr. J. Galvan, an American citizen woll known in Now York, and informed Bhim that the Goveraeor would like to see him at the in hag amit did to th ecoumnres taevie Palace as son as possibic. As Mr. Galvan was well no " be let thw with the oftiats and had boon invited to the | main at the point st witch. they. age nati these, agrees frequently, be sent his complimeats to the pemsh And ratified and Pee, Bs to the and accepted the invitation, In the conrec of | Pi\?7" Of Matamoros ug Boon as the ratification And ex. cl ne of th ft. the day no called atthe palace and inquired for the ech moment. rege gobs gD age oe hs end that they may provide themselves with everything Governor, He was politely informed that his Exceliency | Decessary toenter upon thelr march upon the city of ‘was busily Dut if he would step into an ante a Governor Serna incur an reeponst. — by his pettic acts, saving tho right ot per- VI.—ANl the authorities shall endeavor to preserve and Sees with their power to the union and peace of the ViJ.—None of the employes of the federation or of the State, no particular porson that may have taken parts In tho Tate anterior events of Matamoros, or signed the cail- fog of Governor Serna, abajl_ be molested in manner, and the employes of the féderation and of the State com- in this article shall retain. the bad that they batt beiore the movement of the Ith of Novem- ber ultimo, 7 VIII.—Tho right of the State to govern itself remaing intact, provided that it cannotask anything with arms X —Tho present agreoment being ratified, the princi ee ee ci pesioess, "Be ens then informed py tie, | stlete of both Toesee puarnotee. ite pessteal fotiment, that he wus required ‘to pay a tax of $10 = will-chastige any infraction with all the rigor of the M pot immedia' paid, he .might consider him 4 ‘* selfs prisoner, Mrs Gaivan replied ton wader such cir eo, Antonio Zertncha, ‘Cumstances he refused to pay it, and he was at thoir ser “ ot Francisco de Leon. view. The paymaster nodded to the guards who were —_ tiberto Moreno, , and be was immediately couducted to » ified and exchanged. boty ‘Delow, where he was shortly joined by Manuel Ruiaz, Joaquia Argueles, Snother merchant, and both were placed under guard. { Fac dh mf wr Ratael Quintero, Several attempts were made by them to communi- ‘om —. dN. se Cacgrag, }; Dut owing to the instructions received by the senti- | = . Corvinas, Felipe Vil with materials, wi a note Ameri Consul (Mr. Pierce}, explaining how bo had been en- Our Fort Esperanza Despatch. Boyes ‘thrown in. prison, and asa loyal American Pour Esrenanza, Texas, Jan. 2, 166%, Co geg goye This ray % 4 yor ded An expodition under the command of General Ransom, After 1a pricon some while ho was sent for by | Which lett here threo or four days ago with the design his . Mr. Galvan :protested to the Governor | of operating on the Matagorda peninsula, retarned Jast against the illegality of Loe ing and demanded | evening. Hea eae tion that No mona tag ote tice “ot | The Thirteenth Maine regiment, Lieutenant Gotone) condition wae finally accepted, and he was releared. | Hazeltine, disembarked withont loss aad drove in the HB PROTECTION gol os a AND GENERAL | pickets of the enemy down the peninswia. A squad of Mr. Gavan \ rooeeded to the American | OF cavalry then advanced for the purpose of cutting off their retreat and captoring them; but the robsls no sooner saw the movement than they made for their boate, aad the majority escaped. Thirteen horses and two men, however, were captured. At thie time about ove thousand of the enemy's cavalry wore seen approaching in our rear, andthe Thirteenth Maine prepared to receive them. nt Falling back to the cover of the sand bills along ihe beach, a breastwork of driftwood and sand was hastily thrown up, behind which our men were posted, and, though the rebels frequently attempted to dislodge them from this position, they were repulsed on every occasion with conskleradle loss, ‘The gunboat Granite City now, fortunately, came to our assistance, and commenced shelling the enemy, firing nearly two bundred shots, and compelling them to fall back. ‘This was the situation when night,set in. The Thirteenth Maine remained behind their works, throwing out pickets, as the enemy was atill in their Pa sad thongh out of range of the shells of the Granite City. Oonsul, and iy a sought protection of General oy to whom facts were stated by Mr. Pierce. ive to the following — CORRBSPONDENCR BETWEEN GEVRRAL DANA AXD.GOVERYOR ‘TarRTRENTE Baownavitix, Texas, Excellency Don Jrsvs Pt Tove thia moment been advised by the United States \vesaspe te yourcehy 20 pone to tas oe . x prigon ‘unless they complied wit! and mado See for considerable sums of money, ln pretext of paying the expences of defending tho. town bmw) An anticipated attack threatened by troops who im to be the troops of the (ederat and supreme govern of Mexico. wow called on to , and t x Army Corrs, Dee. 26, 1863 T 1 ‘olect the ri G which ats of American can do for the loyal , Woman and child of The traitors and'rebels—the cur- agsaseins from this side of the river who the States of Tamaulipas and satel aad protection to their Ty On & trade-in cotton and military and keep aliye.a ;ebellion which is ide 3 ‘ is the best friend | “Towards morning onr pickets reported a t *e% eoeive any | the part of the enemy, and when daylight, broke it wes pr Yection. discovered that they had retreated in The de te trast that the report T bave received of your, ’g intentions will not be confirmed by events. that ali the ions of friendehi) the United are to be consid- “oly as complimentary words. ut Excellency: that Ameri- forced loans in their own d do not know how to submit to them from any on oarth; at all events, i, will be time for them when ould oe fears of Amertcne to ve well founded your ‘oertatn- the peculiar ot on walsh id considering the that guaranteed by the responsibility of ‘nent to mine, in this instance | uterested ~' a Tho infantry remained upoo the peninsula until two P. M., and marctied down the beach, the wind all the time ie hard, thas compelling the Granite City tokeop on! ea. On the day following the.gale subsided, and the troops embarked in sa‘ety. 1 "s cavalry had evidently retreated to Mata. reported our situation ‘nO Sooner had the i than the rebel gunboat Jonn F. Carr arrived from there and commenced a vigorous fire on tho abandoned work. ile sho was thus en, the gale in- cteased, and, continul unable 4 make 35 gunboat vent her failing into oor hands. The Jobn F. Carr was @ light draught steamer, mount ing two guns, ene an eighteon-ponnder ane’ the other twelve-pounder howitzer. She might have pro ved of great value to the enemy in there wators but for this disaster, When our forces arrived at Brazos Sqntingo this vessel suc! tion ‘and that of my nation—na¥, more, ! di if any such measures bave bee) commenced they be forth. with Sinope eet about cd citizens are interested, ‘gball hold m, In ingtant coadiness for your Excel- feoey jishea Bow cease y's Excellency of my &0., ints DAWA , yours, Genera) Commanding To this unexpected pits Be Excellency Don pd re. plied as folio: MataMonos, Deo, 26, 1869. Gen, Dana, commanding Thirtooath Army ‘corps :— t anewer to your moto dated today, in which you | Nght dranght of to forced joan made by ‘his soyersment | probobie that thi NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1864. ‘The enemy boast publicly that MW we advance Lge they wil) drive us back with their gunboats. At the mouth Bernard there was also a large force, with earthworks thrown up, though Bo guns were sciote latter force, shen to fall back ‘tantra now 3 re for tbe keeping the gnem: intance po ong Me the jon of the From the largo re here and at Haw y Pb 1 nag ‘that there will soon be an engagemen| Bo of the probably, are there more de- ‘Bambers are entering our Maes, and these state that ethers are to their homes or tecing to the inte- rior, where there ia little chance of their being retaken. T learn thet Major General Herron bas been ordered to who will ro oi and assume ' Br ibs post ak Deerow’s it. General Barton, pont, will be or- Me, Henry Thompson's Despatch, New Ontaans, Jan. 14, 1864, topic of conversation, and J am glad (0 plate there are none receive it with more ploasure than the residents themselves. As ® general thing the people of Louisiana are well disposed towards it, and look hopefully forward to the time when al? the States in rebellion shall follow their example and return to their allegiance. They. frankly admit that the cause of the Southern confederacy is hopelessly gone, ahd inquire what they must do in ordor that the States may be once more restored to the Union. It is to be hoped that similar proclamations will soon de issued by the pfoper authorities, inviting the people to return to their allegiance, offering them a civil gov- ernment and a return to their righte and privileges ae citizens of the United States. © From experience I have ne hesitation in raying that if the same proclamation was iseued in every State now in rebellion the people, as a general thing, would re- cetve it with joy; for it promises a ray of hope that peace may finally result from it; and they are 0 heartily sick and tired of the war that, to oud this reign of terror, they will gladly embrace any offer which may resnit ja pance toa desolated country anda ruined and unhappy ‘Last evening theré wad.a meeting of the Union Asso- lation of the Second district at the rooms of tho Fifth District Court, Dr. Allen in chair. Speeches were made by J. Fisk, Faq., and Dr, A. P. Dostie. The former gentleman endeavored to impress upon his audience the importance of Genera! Ranks’ ro cont proclamation, advising them to prevare for tho coming election, rogister themselves, s¢e that their noigh- Dors wore registered, and take the oath prescribed by the President. Dr. Dostie snoke for some time upon the same subject, and said that the poople must submit to General Banks’ Proclamation as to a power over which they bad no con- trol, and that they must submit to f eheerfully if they wore in favor of having Louisiana restored to the Union. The *interests” in the community, he said, were the in- tarest of freedom and the jnterest of slavery. ‘There was a large attendance. and the majority wero in favor of cheorfully supporting the proclamation. ‘All remains quiet on the Teche, Your correspondent at Fort Esperanza sends you some very important news from Texas. Tho Alabama, which Drought the despatch, was dred at from a rebel bat- tory while steaming along the coast off the month of aan river, Ibe shells, fortunately, all passed over er. Whe Recent Trouble at Fort Jackson. TO THE EDITOR OF THR HBRALD. Hsanguarrers, Fourm Invaxtey, Corrs DAYRIQUR, Fort Jackson, La., Jan, 15, 1864. An article dated Fort St. Philip, La., Dec. 11, 1863, in reference to the recent troubles at Fort Jackson, has been going the rounde of the Northern press. The article in question has just come to my motice,and I feel it my aunty, vo state that it ts absolutely axd unqualiliedly false. .In- deod there ie scarcely a eestence in the entire letter that beara any semblance t the truth, The attack upon the personal character of Lieutenant Colonel Benedict is so mafic up of absurdities and faise- hoods that I must attribete it either to the author's de. siro for distinction as & sensation writer, regardicss of — or.an ignorance enpardonablo in a writer for pud- By inserting the above you wil) Com sige, yours, » CHAS. W. DREW, Be, meen Fourth infantry, Corps d’ Afrique. MEADE’S ARMY. Mr. Wiltiam Young’s Despatch. ARMY OF THE Potomac, Jan. 22, 1864. DESRRTERS FROM THE ENEMY AND WHAT IHEY APORT. Yesterday a deserter from the Firet North Carolina cavalry came into the picket lincs near Burke’s Station, displaying a white handkerchief az a fing of traco. He is @ native of Maryland, and stated that ancther diemounted man, one of his comrades, was near by, where their horses were standing, and that four more, with their horses and equiptnents, were but little further off, and that all of them were prepared to take the oath of alle- giance. Colonel Floyd, of the One Hundred and Fifty- fifth New York Volunteers, sent a detachment out, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Byrnes, to ascertain the truth of this statement, who shertiy returned with the balance of the squad of deserters and the six horses. They represent that there are many others anxious to leave their regiment, which is stationed about ten miles from Fredericksourg. The attempts to desert are go numerons that a double line of pickets has been established to prevent that popular method of leaving the rebel service. They went down the Rappahannock, crossed the river below their pickets, and kept outside of them. The President’s amnesty prociamation is creating a state of feeling in the rebel army that threatens its utter demoralization.. One soldier will get hold of it and read it to his comrade, and so it passes from one to another. There is a great demand for this important document, and it is songht for with eagerness by the rebel soldiers, who are anxious that some measures should be adopted by oar military authorities for its more general distribution within the rebel lines. One serious difficulty which the rebels have to encoun- ter now is the scarcity of forage for their horses. The supply is nearly exhausted, and there je little lett except cornstalks. : Everything that the families of the rebel soldiers re quire to eat is scarce and very high, and they bave al- most literally “nothing to wear,” and no money to buy food or clothing with. One of these deserters bad on a new pair of common boots, for which he paid one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Their names are R. G. Goodwin and W. H. Johnson, Company A; T. C. Carney and B. F. Saunders, ali ‘of Ashe county; W. B. Tye, of Union county, N. C.; and J. A. Anderson, ot Cumberland, Md.—all deserters from the First North Carolina cavairy. PROMOTION OF MAJOR BYRNES. Major Byrnes, or the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York ‘Volunteers, has been promoted to a lieutenant colopal, and Adjutant R. J. Winterbotham, of Iowa, of the same regiment,a West Pofot graduate, will be ap: pointed -major. THR WhaTHeR, ETC. The woather bas been mild and spring-like. Goneral Hampbreys, Chief of General Méade’e etaff, came up 40-day. Recruits and returning convalescents are daily swelling tho ranks of this army, and if they continue to rusb up it will be materially enlarged, Mr. N. Davidson's Despatch. CotrErrsr Court Hover, Va., Jan, 22, 1864. ‘THR FIRST ARMY DALL OF THE RASON {9 to come off at the headquarters of-Gen, Carr, command: ing the Third division of the Third army corps, on next Monday night. The house is large and commodious, and stands directly beside the railway, about one mile this side of Brandy Station, and in sight of the residence of Hon. J, M. Botts, A ballroom eighty by sixty fect is being added, and supper has been provided for a very large mumbor of gueste. Tho President, Seoretary of War,and Gon. Halleck are among the invited guests. A *pecial train will be run to carry ladies directly to the house, where platforms and walks have deca jaid to pro- tect them from the mud, The ball is given by tho officers of the Third corps, cach brigade of which will be repay fonted. Many of their New York friende of both sexes Are expected to join in tho feativttios, The arrangements Are under the superintendence of Capt, J. B. Passitt, of Gen, Bieney’s ata” nnd aonear to be admirably adapted to auccenm, NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Passage'in the House of the Bill Amend- ing the Internal Revenue Act. All Spirits on Hand to be Taxed. The Whiskey Speculators All Aback. an Two Cente’Per Pound Levied on Cotton. SYNOPSIS OF THE. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL. Forthcoming Democratic Nationa) Address, ae, he ‘ : Wastncron, Jan. 22, 1864. UHR REVEQOS BILL AND THE WHISKEY TAX. Notwithstanding the earnest protest of Mr. Stevens, thé Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, the Revenue bill as amended, taxing the stock of domestic ‘Spirite ow band forty cents per gation additional, and im- ported spirits the same amount, was passed by the House, The only hope of the speculators now is in the Senate Aisagreeing with the Honge; but in view of the large ma jority in its favor in tho House, and the great unanimity of leading Western members on the subject, there Is little probability of that body interfering. The principal argu- ment which bas been used to secure this much had been tho fact that, In anticipation of a largely increased tax, tho distilleries ‘Ts been Funning night and day for some months past, and that unless tho tax is appliod to that alroay produced it would add nothing to the revenys for at least a year to come. Mf. Stevi nnd’ himself unablo to control the AGO Of tho Houso as tormerly in regard to financial Yoattera; and it is prdbable that other revenue bills to bo reported will bo materially altered and amended before docoming law. THB TAX ON TOBACCO, PETROLEUM, BrC. It ig understood that next week tho bill increasing the tax on tobacco, petroleum and other important Articles, ill be reported, It is not knowy, what action the Com: miittee of Ways and Mong bo® taken on these matters. In fact there is reaggn 1 beliove that no definite decision has vot boon rgached on the articles mentionod; but it ys understood that tho committes decline to receive any further argamonts from interegted parties in regard tq the amount and rates of taxation to be applied. FORTHCOMING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL ADDRESS. ‘The domocratic caucus on Wednesday evening decided to isaue an address to the poople, aud voted that a com- mittee of one frm each delegation should be appointed, to reporteat a subsequent meeting, The names of the vommittee have not yet been announced, as each delega. tion is to appoint ite representative ow the committee. ‘The: address will tke strong ground in favor of the Vigoroys prosecution of the war for the suppression of the rebellion, and for furnishing ail the mén and means necessary for that object, aud the re-establishment of the authority of the constitution over the whole country, While avoiding a factions opposition to the administra: tion, the demogratic membors of Congress oppose such of its measores as they claim to be unconstitutional, With a very few exceptions they are in favor of coming cat fairly and squarely on the war platform. : YALLANDIGHAM’S CASB BEPORS THR SUPREME court. A question affecting the banishment of Clement L. Val- landigbam came before the Supreme Court of the United States to-day. It wae originally ex pare, Vallandigham being the petitioner. The motion for a writ of certiorari to the Judge Advocate General was argued by ex-Senator Pugh for and Judgo Advocate Holt in opposition thereto NEPOTISM. Senator Howard, of Michigan, has appointed his son clerk of (be Special Committee on the Pacific Railroad. ‘ THB ARMY. Gen, Kilpatrick leaves for the front to-morrow. It is reported that he is to be assigned to a separate and im- portant command at an early date, It ts understood that Col, McKitvey is to be relieved of the command of the convalescent camp by Col. Brown, of the lnvitid corps, and that the former will report to Gen. Beintvelman, at Columbus, Ohio. NAVIGATION OF THE POTOMAC. The ice is rapidly disappearing from the Potomac, and naviation js again resumed. Several vessels have ar- rived to-day that have been jcebound nearly two weeks in the river. SPEAKER COLPAX’S RECEPTION. ‘The second weekly reception of Speaker Colfax was held to-night, and was very fully attended by the mem- bers of Congress and other distinguished gentlemen. There were also many ladies present, Mr. Colfax’s re. ceptions are among the most popular and brilliant of the social gatherings which distinguish the present season over either of those which bave passed since the break- ing out of the war, THIRTY-BIGHTH CONGRESS. FIRST &BSSION. House of Representatives. Wasmnetow, Jan. 22, 1964. THP COMMUTER ON COINAGR, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ‘The SPEAKER apnounced the following gentlemen as the cewly authorized Committee on a Uniform System of Comage, Weights and Measures :—Messrs. Kasson, of lowa Schenck, of Ohio; Winfield, of New York; Williams, of vauiia, and Grider, of Kentucky. TOR ADIOURNNRNT. In wae then resolved that when the House adjourn it be unti! Monday, at balf-past twelve o’clook. PARSAGE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE RILL. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill to ncrease the internal revenue, and agreed to the amend. ment reported from the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Steven, (rep.) of Pa., offered a substitute for the amended bill. He said it was similar to the bili as origi- nally reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, making more distinct the feature that a tax of sixty cents per gallo on spirits shall be levied on that which may be r sold, or distilled apd removedor consumption iter the 12th of January, 1804. He said the jegisiators of 1862, when the internal tax system was inaugurated, after a free and full discussions distinctly declared that all ovr taxes-should be prospective. This principle was decidcd by those who at that time bad control of the logielstion of Coneress. They had a right to t that was the policy of the ‘country, To depart n it now by adhering to the amevdments ‘agreed today, would be rink injustice to those who had governed themselves by this principle. The House then voted on and rejected the substi tute—51 against 100, ‘The amended bil) was then passed by a yote of 87 yous distil against 63 Mays, as follows:— VrateMessrs, Aley, Allison, Ames, Av Bailey, Bacdwin of Mich. Baldw: 4 . Blain, Biair of West Va, Boutwe'l, Boyd, Broomedl, Brown of West ‘Va. Ambrose W, Cob, Creaweil, Davis, Deming, Di.on, Driges. Farnsworth, Ganson, Gu: hi Grine Griswold, Male, Hall, “i Habbard 1 of Conn: Hulbard, Hutchins, Jenckes, alot ‘ Rneson. Kelle Ketogg ot Mich, Keir aac! N.Y. Keroon, Le eat, Main, lung, Meindoe, Miler of 8: Ya paige Ri jueonatd Mrers. | Norion, Joli, ONeill of Pa. Perham, Pike, Randall of Ky., Rice i Me. Rice of Mane Rioneld, Witag neo ge: ding, Steele OF N.Y, Sweat, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson. Van Valvenbargh. Waviaworth, Washbarne. o barn -f Nase, Whaley, Wheeler, Williams. j dom, Winferd, Wood! Fidge, Teaman Nave=Menwre, Janes A. Allen, William J, Alien; Ancona, . Chanler. Coffroth, Cole, Mniton, Dawson, Eden, bdger- Biss Blow, Brooks. Prown of f X. ton, Eldriige, English, Penton. Finck, Frank, Harding, Har pngicn, Harris of Mey, Herrick, Holman, Johnson of Uhio, Kaanp, Larear, Le Blond, Lopg, Mailers, McAllister, Me 1, Me . Miller of Pa., Mori, Morrie of B. Y., Siriton, Noble, O'Neill of Onio, Ort: ‘erry. ie) Pruyo, Radford, Randal! of Pa, " of N. H., Rosa, Schenck, Scott, Shanon, mich, Smnithery Sean ding Steele of Ne J Sinar, Voorhees, Elian Ward. c i bilten, A. White, W. White, Wilder, Fernando Wood, Theo bill, a# passed, provides that after ihe of this act in lien of the duty in the act of July 1 i802 aod “jn addition to duties payable for licenses, there snail be levied, collected and paid on all spirits that may be dis- tilled aod sold or removed tor coneumption and sale of Gret proof, tbe duty of sixty cents on cach and ever, gallon, and said duty shall be a tien and charge on Fuel apirita, and algo On the interes} Of all ersond w defquil PRICE THREE CENTS. in the distillery used for distilling the same, with the ‘Stills, vousels, fixtures and tools therein, and in the lot or tract of land whoreou the distillery i gituated until the duty shall be paid; and all whiskey, of any other spirits, ‘on being roctitied or mixed with aby other spirit or fluid whatever, or into which any matter whatever may be in- fased, and to be sold as whikkoy, brandy, rum, gin, wine, or by any other name aad not otherwise provided for b} ‘this Act, Or tho act to which it is amendatory, u pay-an additional tax of twenty cents per gallon, pro- vi that the said duty on spirituous beverages enume- rated im this act shall be collected at no lower rate than the basis of frst proof, and shall be increased in tion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof, provided that all spirits on hand for sale, whether —_— to the date of this act or mot, shill be ub: ject to rates of duty provided by this act from and after the 12th day of January, 1864, excopt that spi- rita which avo been already taxed under of July 1, 1 or reased he lay (862, shall not bear more than the ‘udditional inci provided by this act, ‘The second section provides for the seizure aud forfeit: ure of spirits or other articies taxed in this bill when there is reason to bolieve that the same are possossed cr held for the purp se of being gold in defraud of the in- revenue laws; the penalty on conviction to be 3500, or not less than double the amount of duties fraud. ulently attempted to bo evaded. The third section provides that all distilled spirits, upon which an excise duty ia imposed by law, may be exported wjthout. the payne ity; and, ‘when the any case bo allowed on any distilled spirits upon which anrexcise duty shall haye been paid, either before or after. it shall have been placed in a bonded warehouse, aforesaid. But no provision of this act I bé construed to repeal existing laws, which pro: vi distitled spirits may be removed from the place of manufacture or bonded warehouse for the purpose of being redistilled for exportation, or which provides for the manufacture for exportation of medicines, composi- tions, perfumery and cosmetics, The fourth section provides that from and after the passage of this act, in lieu of the duties hereto ore levied, there shatt be pdid on all cotton produce or sold. and removed for consumption, and upoo which no duty has been paid, a duty of two cents & pound, provided that on all cotton on which the duty of a half cent has been paid, tho additions! duty of one and a half cent shalt be levied and collected; and provided further, that all pro- visions of law whereby cotton in the hands of manufac. turers of cotton fabrics on Octobor 1, 1862, and prior thereto is exempted from taxation, are hereby repoaled, and the aia bo subject to tho rate of taxation iim- posed by this ac! ‘The bill also provides that frpm and after the passage of this act, in addition to the duties heretofore imposed by law, there shall be levied, collected and paid on spirits distilled from grain or other matorials, whother of Ameri- can or foreign production, imported from foreign coun es, I Mest proof,» duty of forty cents on each and ivory waltoa! do low rate of duty shall be levied or collected than upon the basis of first proof, and shall be increased in proportion for any groater strength than the strongth of first proot, and that upon all such spirits, im- ported prior to- the passage of this act, there shall be levied, coliected and paid an additional tax of forty ceats per gailon, to be collected under the direction and ac- cording to the regulations established by the Secretary of the Treasury. % It is made the duty of assessors and assistant assessors to assess the additional duties levied by this act upon ali spirits and cotton on which tbe duty already prescribed shall have been paid or weed at the time when thie act takes effect. ‘Tho duties so aasessed shall be a lien in iayor of the United Siates upon all the real and personal astate of the owner of such spirits or cotton, to be en forced in the same manner as is provided in tho vase of manufacturers who aeglect or refuse to pay the duties provided by the act, to which thig ig an addition: provided that the addition.l daty of one anda batt cont per. pound shalt b upon cotton gold by tho Wnitol States previous passage of this act, aud on which a duty of on ove vent per pound has been paid, and upon all co sold on which.no duty has been paid, » daty of two cents per’ pod shall be assessed and coilected, THI, CONVISCATION ACs ‘The House resumed the consideration of the jolut reso lution amendatory of the Confiscation act. Mr. SravivixG, (rep.) of Ohio, indicated an amendment he meant to oiler, that no proceedings shall work any feiture of real estate 0’ the offender contrary to the provisions of the constitution. fe expressed his views in favor of confiscation, declaring that he had more re spect for the open and avowed traitor in the field than for their sympathizers. He was for compelling the rebels: to submit. If this could not be doue he would drive thein into expatriation, if not into extermination. Mr. Stevens, (rep.) of Pa., denied ‘that the consti tutionh ss the least reference to any of the pro- visions of the pending resolution, The forfeiture Of estates in fee was purelv a proceeding under the Jaws of war and of nations over which the constitution bas no control or effect whate ‘The property of alien nemies ie to be seized and treated as enemy’s property. the rebels had risen to & separate government, baving deen recdgnized as beillgerents, not only by foreign ga tions, but by our own. So far as they are concerned, they are resolved from the guarantees of the constitution. Whichever nation conyers bas a right to treat the other as a conquered province, They are in the atritnde of a foreign nation. If « State, ag a state, makes war and becomes a belligerent Power, we can, when we conquer it, treat it as avy other foreign nation. Aud this is not a question under, but outside of, the constitution. By the laws of war the conqueror may éeize and convert to his own use everything belonging to the enemy, and sell it to pay ths expenses of the war and the damages occa: ry it. the Confederate States have voluntarily thrown themse! ves out of the provisions of the constitution, and placed themselves under the law of nations, it iseur duty to knock off every shackel from every limb. Tbe cry for the “Union as it was, and the constitution as itis,” was but an attempt (o perpetuate slavery. May the God of Ju @ paralyze all such eiforte. There were no further proceedings on tho joint resolu- tion. BOUNTY FOR HONORARLY DISCHARGED + OLDIFKE. Mr. Warp, (opp.) of N. introduced a bill which, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, to ameod the act entitled an act to authorize the emplovment of volunteers t in euforeiog the laws and pi lic prope: approved J Ww61, u every nom-commiesi person, who nas orably’ discharged the army of tbe United States, within two 3 {rom the date of their enlistment, by reasou of the expiration of term of service, Consolidation of any reggiment, battalion or compauy, in consequence of disease contracted vice, of ‘other cavise, shail be led to same bounty as is granted, or m att same class of persons who are discharged ‘o'clock the House adjourned till Monday. of two years. GENERAL KELLEY’S DEPARTMENT. a service At fi Sheriff Harris Released from Parole— The Trade Reguliations—Sentences of Courts Martial, &e. MR. THEODORE C, WILSON'S DESPATCH. Heapgvarrens, Weer VinciNia, Jan, 22, 1864. Jesse Harris, Sueritf of Randolph county, Wost Virginia, who was seriously wounded by Jackson's fofes Inst tall, taken prisoner and paroled, is to be released form his parole by the rendition of A, C. Snyder, of Greenbrier county, who was captured by General Averill’s forces in October tast. This case has beda the canse of much vexa- tion between the Commissioners for Exchange of Pris- oners and Governors Boreman and Letcher. Considerable amusement was created at Cumberland to-day in o the drumming out of camp of @ private arth Pennsylvania Volunteers, convicted fmon thief. i Inquiry baving: Piatto of Goueral Kelley, through General Hallecky by tho Secretary of the Treasury, as to what part, or if any part, of West Virginia the presont trade regulations may bo relaxed in or eutirely removed, General K. replied as follows :— ‘Tolegram from the General-in Ohief just received, In my jndgroent the trade regulations established by the goverument, aifecting the States in insurrection, shou! d be entirely abolished in all of West ¥irginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains. The military surveillance ox- ercised by Our troops at the outposts ‘In the mountains prevents merchandise from passing within the enemy's lines” or into other districts. ‘To accomplish tbls purpose I presume it to be the object of the government in estab- lishing and enforcing these trade regulations, and pot to rate & revenue from a harassed aud fimpovorished peo- ple, whose loyalty has been tried by fire and sword, and | not’found wanting, B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier General. Severa] courts martial commenced at different points within the limits of this department have just concluded their labors. Among the sentences approved by General | Kolley and enforced are the following :— First Lieutenant Wm. 8, Spaiggs, Ooe Hundred and Sixteonth Ohio Volunteers, for uttering contemptuoas and disrespectful language against the President of the Uvited States, dishonorably dismissed the service, Captain A, J. Lydd, Third regiment Virginia mounted infantry, is dismissed from the soryice for writing an in discreet comimupication to the editors of the Wheeling Intelligencer, and which communication was published te said paper, thereby being the means of indirectly giving military information, as also encouragement, to the ene- my. Tne contraband information published was tn rela- tlon to the numerical strength and actious and transactions of Goneral Averijl’s command. Captain Colin Springer, Fourteenth Pevnsylvapia caval- ty, tried on four charges, cashiered, and to be kept ip close confinement until ho refunds certain amounts of money unlawfally obtained and due to the government First Lieutenant Amos G. Boyle, Fifty-fourth Pennayl- vaoia Volunteers; First Liewtenant Heary Sbulta, Third Virginia regiment mounted infautry, First Lieutenant John N. Fosoo, Ninety-first Ohio Volunteers, and First M NORTH CAROLINA. IMPORTANT FRO A Convention Called to Secede from the Southern Confederacy, Boson, Jan. 22, 1964, A correspondent of the Traveller, in writing from New- bern, N. C., states that tnformation had reached there thas a call had boon isanod at Raleigh for a State conven. tion for the purpose of secating from their allegiance to the Southern confederacy, Tho writer says Governor Vance and nearly evory leading man of North Caroling desire to return to the Union. Re also saya:—"*An army of five thousand mon under General Butler could mareh to Raleigh, take possossion of the capital and free the State from the rule of the traitors In one month's time, §uch an army would reveive an enthysiastic weleome there and all slong the line of march. So say men who know.’? GENERAL BUTLE 'S DEPARTMENT. ‘oRTRR'S Monnon, Jan. 20, 1864. Tho following despatch bas just been received from Falso Cape, by telograph via Norfolk, to Colonel Biggs, ¥éFtresa Monroo:— We are landing the cargo of the Thomas Swan on the beach. If tho weather remains good we shall save alt her cargo in good order. The tide ebds and dows ia the ship. Send a guard to sce w the goods, &o. A. AINSWORTH, Forty barrels of common whiskey, seized by govero- ment, was sold yesterday in Norfolk, at auction, at ac average of eight dollars per gallon. The United States frigate Minnesota arrived ia Rampton Roads last evening, from the North Carolina Blockading: squadron. Admiral S. P, Leo returned on the Minnesota. Three rebels, a doctor and two pickets, ured it. Slatorsville, arrived here this moraiug on the Yorktown boat, Thos. A. Morgan. Jubn F. Drowny and John Melntyre, refugees from Wil- mington, N, C., arrived in Norfolk yesterday, ‘the tatter claims to be a British subject. The French sloop of-war Grenade sailed from Norfolic: yesterday fot New York via Baltimoge. ‘Tho steamer Convoy. arrived from Point Laokunt, ro~ ports the Roglish brig Hunter at anchor uear the mouth of the Rapprbannock, with « mutinous craw on board, Tho French sloop-o*-war Catinet, from Nassau, arrived tite evening and anchored in Hampton Roads, abrangt the vortress. Government Steamboat Charters, de. Nouworw, Va., Jao. 21, 1804 The Militury Commission, Goneral Wistar, Prasideat, now in session here, bids fair to be worth to the govern- ment all it will cost, if no other way, for the soarching evpove it 13 making of fravdulent steambaot charters. There aro new developments of interest every day, In tho cage of the charter of the steamor South America, witnesses testify that she was more than twenty-one yourgold when she was hired by the governmedt; that sho was not worth over twenty thous ina dollars, of which moro than bal’ wag in her engine; that she was in charter gome five months at four hundred dollars per day, earning for her ownors sixty thonsand dollars; that whem she wont ont of service her bulk was so rotten that her wag taken out wud pat into anew boat, minent steamboat owner testified that a ship broker, named N. be Motreaty:, og A pamael beer and intiuenge in chartering ¥ for the government i New York city than any one elso: that In Philadelobia FE. A. Sonder & Co enjoyed the monoply, and at Fortress Monroe there was a similar ring. The commisaion @x- torted by the New York and Philadelphia brokers was nover leas than five per cont on the charter money. Im one caso & ferry boat, chartered by Brown & Wilde (the Boaton agents of BK. A. Souder & Co.), was made to pay a commission of $50 per day before sho could be got into the government employ. she after wards fell Into the bands of the Fortress Monroe ring a nd ber owners had to pay the same exorbitant tax on acherter party of $200 per day One of the parties ia tho ring was a quartermaster’s clerk, whose influence was. such that he was paid a commission of $25 per to s0- cure the charter of the steamer Champion, made $2,500 in three montha, <a MEAGHER’S PANEGYRIC ON CORCORAN. A Beautiful Tribute to the Gallant DeadsGreat Crowd in Cooper Insti- tute—Euthusiasm of the People for the Fenian Brotherhood, é&c. ‘The announcement that Brigadier General Thoma: Francis Meagher, the soldier and orator, was te deliver the funeral oration of the late laménted Genera) Corcoran, drew together, last night at the Cooper Inatitute, proba- bly the largest crowd of our Irish fellow citizens which hag ever fitled that spacious ballding. When it is said that a crowd was there it conveys but a faint idea of its numbers, for almost as many bad to remain oateide the building, chagrined and disappointed at not gaining ic. gress, as were closely packed inside. Ob the stage wa lenitid bust of tho Inte Geveral Corcoran, which reflected a likeness of what he was We ited by the celebrated Ameri itor Powe: oleited the admiration of the and the representatives of several Irish Among them were the Fenian: nth, 1" societies. both civic the Knights of St. Patric Protherhood, 10 fall uniform; Corcoran’s oll Sixt under Colonel Bagley; the Ancient Order of Hi and various others too numorons fo mention, ‘Two interesting youths supported the guidone of tho Sixty-ninth, draped in mourning, oo either side of tho bust. ‘Among the loading men on the platform may be men- tioned Rev. Dr. Ne!ligan, James B. Nicholeon, Judgo William H. Mansfield, John A Willi Judgo Denis ta in Wm.’ H. Lyons, Jobn "Phalen, Jobn .E. D. Connery, Thomas Dunphy, William C. Abbott, Captain K. B. Daly. ‘The Corcoran Legion, now ia service, was represented by the following officers:—Captain Joho Convery, One Hundred and Seventioth New York, Captain D. L. Sulli- van, Sixty ninth New York u Guar in Doran, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth New York Volut . Captain Ahearn, One Ru and Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers; Lieutenant Novins, Sixty. oi New York National Guard. On ting himself before the vast audience, General Meagher was received with tremendous applanse Colonel Jobn 0. Mahony, of the Fenian Brotherhood, in- troduced him broifiy,aud in ap appropriate speech. General then rose to speak, and was again greeted with loud applause. After the ebuilition subsided the General commenced bis oration, He opened »: re‘erence to the legends of the McCarthy of the KA ister, who was found weeping beneath a the indiesoluble ties which for the suffering of hig country as an ilustration ad ‘s every Irishman to hie pati ge After eleborating this io a beautiful and efige@ va mover, he came to the immediate subject of @ecoarge, and reviewed his career. Ho of the fi Goneral Corcoran had taken in connec- t reception accorded to the Prince of Wales in thl remarking that although & popular mania seemed w have seized on the citizens at that time Corco: his jadividaal de- the colors of boy whose Tan stood tirm and almost alone in termmmation not to point the bayonets or dip the Sixty-niath regiment to a beardless ancestors had sought the ruin of ‘Ireland for contories. He then proceeded to speak in sarcastic terms of the manner in which the ‘beardiess boy of Eng- land”? was foveived hare, sae pees Oe on cecum, ral Corcoran in an eloquent and affect strain. He spoke of him as a soldier, a loyal citizen of United States, an unswerving Irishman and an exomplary Christian. The spenker made several eloquent all to passages: In the life of General Corcoran, which space will vot per- mit to be published, and concluded hie oration in the fol- lowing touching maoner:—-With bim did the glorious ject of having Ireland*re-establisbed as a nation; feet, army, magitraey and senate of her own. in rights rivileges of #nation, the equal of the tiest, the Oldest and most powerful; with It . ness, the busiest life at home; with credit tability—the firat measure of national abroad, Thus did the glorious project Treland reestabliched aa becomo to him the ambition of hig mil it was which Fe nesiness, solilit: a vation Henee it was that be joined tho Fenian e remained faithful to it to tbe last. How weareation was to him, and bow sensitively finsolt botwoon Ht and whatever might imporil cleney, was well known to them all, But the soldier, the faithfol friend, the faithfal Trishman to-night, not where he often wiehed and hoped be might be laid to rest—deep in the the shadow of the pillar towers, with the ing as he was borne to his grave, with an bis head with alt the beautiiul the past spesking to those who came speaking to them from the raith, the cloister, the hely well, im the cadenoes of the in the legend, in the lyric, tm the voices of the moua talus, in the same sunshine, in the same rain, in the same wind, underneath the same sky and shamrock he knew ty sill i g rel i i E 2 E 2 = fn s i and loved and with tn fo the reon sod, im the midst of those shadows, with all these iliar voides, with ‘all wild, tender aod glorio sights and influences wage nim--did be wish and pray and hope to be laid to sleep, Brothers wish, his prayer, his hope shall time let him rest in the under the starry argh of and within sight the city Licutenavt Jedediah G. Waldo, Tenth Virginia Volunteers, 1 be dismissed the service, Captain Wm. B. Smith and Captain Horace G, Tibbals, Twoifth Obio Volunteers, cashierod Woather to day very moderate, dead as she honored bim when living, fame will never sound atrn to those ashos of Montgomery and Addis atefully and fondly treaeared, be penerer General Moagher altuded to the Fen therhood and the hope of Ireland's Ci ment, the audience rose and cheered