The New York Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1865, Page 8

“THE SOUTH. Activity of the Armies in the Southwest. . How the Pirate Tallahassee Escaped from Porter’s Fleet. Rebel Account of the Battle of Nashville. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SUMMIT, MISS, @tx Hundred Bales of Cotton, fwen- ty-three Houses and Oommis- sary Stores Burned, de, The Latest News from the South. {From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 31.) &e., ae. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL THOMAS’ AND GENERAL DICK TAYLOR'S FORCES. @eneral Taylor reports that the enemy in small force ame towards Clinton from Baton Rouge and Bayou @ara and returned. Activity is reported on the Missis- Saag Troops are going up and down. Most of y army are reported to have marched West from @elumbia and Clinton on the Tennessee river. 4 portion ef these forces, including A. J. Smith's, are sald to be in he vicinity of Huntaville.and Eastport, THR PLES? OFF MOBILB. la ‘There le no change in the fleet off Mobile. The enemy ‘fare still leaving Pascagoula, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SUMMIT, MISS. Ap accidental fire at Summit, Miss, on the New Or- Beans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, on Friday morning, destroyed twenty-three houses and six hundred Dales of cotton, with a quantity of commissary and @ther stores. Summit is seventy-five miles south of Beckson, in Pike county, Before the war it contained uo botels and twelve stores, GOLD STIFP AT RICHMOND. Gold yesterday was stiff at 45. WHE ESCAPE OF THE PIRATE TALLAHASSER PROM PORTER'S FLEET. The enemy’s newspapers have falsely reported the Pallabassce as captured. She rap into New Inlet just @fter the capture of Fort Fisher, when, discovering that ome important change—he knew not then what—had @ccurred in the military situation, her commander, Capt. MaMt, put to sea and made good his escape. He touched fhe South Carolina coast and put ashore a messenger with @espatches, who has reached this city. The news, if famy, brought by the messenger has uot been made gablic. ME TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR AT NASH- VILLE. Twthe House of Representatives on Monday, Mr. Mack- ‘Wa Introduced a preamble and resolutions setting forth that it is reported that the federal autboritics in Nesh- Wille are practicing most barbarous treatment en our Prisoners, curtailing their diet to bard tack end water, ‘and treating them in such manner as to cause their death ‘Dy degrees, and instructing the special Committee on ‘the Exchange of Prisoners to inquire and report upon @ald complaints. The resolutions were adopted. & Rebel Account of the Battle of Na: wille. (From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 96. Though it is nearly two months since a hattie of | <i le wos fought, a Southern account of it is just pub- |. Wefind itinthe Atlanta Appeal, faruished by ‘writer who seems to know what be is writing about. hile it te very late to apply the antidote to the poleon tained In the flaring accounts given by the Yankees of reverse, Sf we give place to the account as a matter history. "Yt shows that there has been no “rout” of "a army, nor any demoralisation in its ranks. After bing the fight at Franklin, the writer says:— the wounded placed in uoapltais, and we took up he woun: we q oe direction of Nasheille. where we established our lines, resting the right of fantry on the Chattanooga Railroad and our left near image yw and extending our right and left with to Cumberland river. Our infantry line was ‘Weill fortified, aud upon our infantry flanks we were con- @trecting small forts, to be manned with seventy-five or Lo eeemat ey men each; but before the completion of works, on the 15th instant, the enemy assaulted @ur extreme right and loft. It was for some a iain which was the demonstration and which the real ‘The assault upon our right resulted in a lors to enemy, in killed and wounded, of about three hun- 3 about one o'clock it became erident that the —( intended to give us battle upon oar left flank. half-past two o'clock he attacked the redoubt upon p onpeck flank with overwhelming numbers and carried reseohs, seaterieg about seventy-fve men and four pleces of artillery. hen attacked the other redoubt, i shree-quarters of @ mile in the rear ft attacking i front and flank, and @arried it, the men escaping to our line.” The memy advanced about halfa mile towards the left win of our infantry line; here we held them in cheek until Might closed in upon us and onded hostilities for the day. G@enoral Hood immediately withdrow everything from ‘the right of the Franklin pike, massed his whole force on the left, established Mine, and constructed strong gE pits in the course of the night, feeling assured that enemy did not outoumber us. “] have nevor indulged as high hopes of the results of pooming Dattle, because I was confident the Army of nessee had nover had 60 good an a, for a victory. Ihad seen the Army of Tennessee cn- er and whip the enemy with even greater disparity @f numbers in.the open fleld, and 1 did not believe it pos. sible for three timet our numbers to attack us in front and drive us from our fortifications. “At balf-past eight o'clock in the morning the skirmish. fag commenced, and at about ten o'clock our line was Wigorously assaulted with two, and in some places three, es of battle. The enemy was repulsed with great mighter. About twelve o'clock we were assaulted 9 the enemy was driven back. About Balf-past three o'clock our whole line was again asaanlted, Bough not with the same vigor of previous auite ; Dut, unfortunately, our loft centre gave way, from point division after division gave way in rapid suc. @easion to the extreme right, and the army left the fold $e confusion, If our lines had stood fifteen minutes Ne day the victory would have been ours. “Phe ground was so mareby that our artillery npon the Id was not brought off. We lost in the two daye about pieces, but our trains a artillery bad be gent back to Franklin, and was, therefore, sale 4 4“ uMicioncy of artillery is left in our hands field purposes, Wo havo had no rc re of losses in killed, wounded and prisoners. am satisfied that we did not lose, in killed and wounded, en the 16th and 16th, exceeding a thousand nd & Very small number of our mon wer captured by the enemy, except stragglers that he may have picked (ip on retreat. How many of these he may Lave gathered Bave no means of telling. “The army was rallied on the night of the 16th and eae the 17th, and the retr-at made | a, order, bringing off everything but a few broken ‘Wagons, and the army is now going into camp al pisre and the surrounding country. I do not think tMat losses in men will amonnt to any considerable num- ‘Der. We found the people of Tennessee delighted at @ur coming, and ready, able and more than willing to far Bish us with abundant supplies; and in tears at our de por Would to God it was in our power to relieve therm once and forever from the terrible oppressious to ye they have been subjected for the last throe years, it most of the disasters that our armies have oxpe need are justly chargeable to the fact that our army at front bas been two small, while our army in the rear been entirely too large. “If one-half the men of the confederacy capable of Pearing arms would cease to shirk their duty to them ‘Belves, their familics and the country, and take their ns and come to the front, we could expel the invaders our soil within wix weeks’ time, Will they do it? worthy of indgp»ndence, they will; and the future Tine ne ib question. “ After three years of hard campaigning we find the Army of Tennesses back to Coristh, Som which We mroved in 1862. It is true the enemy has ma — marks Lurongh portions of the country, ant many monuments in the shaps of smouldering ruine \d houseless chimn * vanidalisin; is no nearer @rashed than |t was when we were at Corinth ihroe years English Snobs in Rebeldom, Wad ABBEL LEADERS covuRTING THE priTisH PENNY -A-LINERS. [From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 26) It is & mistake to suppose that the citizens of the Con @ederate States are desperately defending their country ‘against a powerful foe in order to produce artistic effects ‘the contemplation of spectators in foreign lands. iia ie not a drama we are enacting upon the sage, with ib and French ladies in the boxes, eyeing us le criticising and spplauulog Yet, in do evidently believe that this is precisely the 4s @ performance, and that their notive of our le of a patronizing character. No wonder they 108 Into this mistake; because any cockney of a British newspaper who comes amongst contract at one penny per line, but nnable to A Ryne ed own language, and utterly jood soolety In hix own country, has to present bimself here, and the chauces are that he ben Pao, + headquarters of ee ai ; is sure to Do ad to omlaea Mr. Davia, ax to bo able" to take gent "@ domestic pabite, and hia mode 0d oven big priivee yrawig with bis mn having a oo i F E ty mG ES a F spector General, C. 8, equally confidential with him; and, of course, that confidential talk to be printed in Liver 9 is especially diffuse and ‘I have seen mansion, and Mr. Davis instantly begins to fondie bis own children in the most oe aa bie. “Wake up Jeff, you little rebel, and f°, to ” This was the admirable sentence which fell from the lipeof our noble President; and then, we are told foll “ea scene which arew out all the tender affections," &c. ious iot! He is supposed to ined that the British golng to reveal mcene of pt, himself had no doubt the President was sitting for his portrait, and he sald to himself, now this will come well into one of my letters; any Liverpool man, who ts himself e father, cannot fail to be touched by the little tableau Tt is Agesilaus and his young Spar- tans—only Agesilaus evidently did not know it wasa reporter who surprised him in that game. Afterwares the re] F took observations of Mr. Davis in quite anoths om ing down on his knees oes his Makee. in St. Paul's Kas ." Think of that! is scene, was made more impressive by the fact “General R. E Leo was also an humble and devout wor. shipper.” Really, one would almost say that Liv must patronize those amiable ple a little. But th trait was inp oes complete. Fre" had to see the Pres! nt receiving official le on business, “showing that the statesman could iy with men as well as the father ;” he had to see him when Dr. Min- resented a petition from thirty Peary Con- foderate citizens, arrested and imprisoned by the enemy ; and when the President, in: of directing any retalia- tion, said ‘‘My heart bleeds.” Truly Liverpool will bave jotice of such a Christian in the end. It never enters the head of an English snob that it can be otherwise than a sincere gratification to us, in this little play we are acting here, to see that even the en- lightened readers of British newspapers in some measure patronize our humble efforts, and send people here who are to sit at the firesides of our chiefs, and not disdain to observe them in their most careless moments, nor to take notes of thein in their serious discourse, Yet, we repeat, it isa mistake, though not an unnatural one, seeing how the getty, creatures are received. It is no pleasure or Prido to the Confederate people to sec their Chief Magis- trate surrounding himself with British pragraph makers, and laying himself out to earn a European reputation Tather than to do Confederate businesa. Rebel Critique on Scott's Autobiography. {From the Richmond Dispatch, Jano] We Eos to our readers a few days ago an extract from the autobiography of Winfleld Scott, that illustrious defunct, who has been lying in stato in’s fine hotel in New York since the beginning of the war. His reputation was decently buried soon after the first battle of Manas- sas—his body still survives; though, having parted with his reputation, he is naturally engaged in trying to take his own life, and, judging from the specimen furnished !n his autobiography, he is endeavoring to do it with a ver dull instrument. ‘The ph copied in the Dispate is an attack upon old General Taylor, commonly called “Rough and Ready,” whom Scott’ the greatest man alive or dead, in his own eetimation, disposes of, now that Taylor is dead, in a truculent and mer. ciless fashion. We have nothii to say of the good taste of making a ia like de- scent into the tomb of an old comrade in arma This {sa thing eminertly in Scott’s line. But, whilo hi {a endeavoring to make General Taylor ridiculous, be treats his readers to an exhibition of characteristic com- Loe ag and pretention that throws completely into the shade honest Old Zach’s dofects and prejudices, and makes them quite dignified and respectable. In what we have to say on this subject we are not l= erned by antipathies to Scott because of his Uniontem, General Taylor was as good a Union man while he lived |. a8 Scott, and, for aught we know, might have remained the same after secession. It is pone even thet, in 1861, he might have planned the le of Manassas, in- stead of Winfield Scott. Wo are very glad he did not, both on account of our ancient love of Old Zach, and strong assurance that he would have proved a muc More troublesome “the great soldier of the age." But we admired him as an honest, genuine man, a6 well as a gallant and successful soldier. Thus much premised, we cannot express our contempt of the ignoble and ludicrous assault of Winfleld Scott upon the dead lion. It is quite characteristic of the vain id person that he dilates upon General Taylor's igno- rance—not of the militai mind you, but of litera-_| ture, of which the said Winfleld is such a brilliant orna- ment, Taylor had not enlarged and refreshed his mind by sei quoth Scott, or even by much converse with world, having made his home at the frontier and nal] Be had a great “contempt for learning of every kind.” In addition to this (oh, shocking!) if an officer looked like @ coxcomb he was given to calling him 80, and would not, to use his oft-repeuted phrase, “touch him with a pair of .” AB unpardonable offence in the eyes of ‘Fuss and Feathers.’’ The old man seems to have been as prejudiced and illiberal as Percy, surnamed Hotspur. Winfleld, who is familiar with the English classics, and who ig one of the first of classics himself, will remember :— Thad rather be a kitten, and cry mew, ‘Than one of these same’ metre-ballad mongers. And again:— But, Tremember, when the fight was done When f was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless with rage, leaning upon my sw Came there a certaln lord, trimly Frosh as a bridegroom, &., Ac, 'o be 80 ter'd with a in jay, Out of my get and m: fapat fence, Anawer'd negligently, T know not what, —Probably that he “would not touch him with a pair of tonge.”” It is tree enough that Old Zach had little learning; and if he bad possessed ever 80 much—as much, for Instance, as Scott and Bacon—we doubt whether it would have made hita any more efficient in the Northwest, in Florida, or Mexico, He might have talked Latin to Black Hawk, Greek to Osceola, and Hebrew to Santa Anna, withont once convincing them of the error of their ways. Why, even Scott, who, every one knows, is ag fariliar with each of these languages as with bis mother tongue, with which o0 man ever took greater liberties, could not con. vince the people of the United States that he was a better soldier than General Taylor. Every one knows that Scott is an author of great and versatile genius, that he wrote the Commentaries on the Bible, in such general use among evangelical persuasions, and also the Waverle ls, But this did not enable him so far to outshine old Zach in the field ax to become President of the United States, Hence those tears. However, Scott graciously concedes that Tayor had “a good store of common senee.”” It is a pity that Taylor cannot return the compliment. No man ever possessed leas of that substantial commodity than Winfield Scott. He oven admits, in his lofty style, that Taylor “was kind, sincere and hospitable, in a plain way.” No one ever said that of Suit, His kindness, sincerity and hos- pitatily were all of a gorgcous,} gala kind. Old Zach, FLV whose pedigree was ¢ have paid with eas» approached that and whose purse could 1's debts, never © ity at other peo- ple's expense. “The frontier and small posts had been his hom Undoubledly they had, although he had a ntation In Louisiana that would have enabled him to ‘© in baronial style. He preferred to do his duty, how- ever, on “the frontier and email posts,” whilst’ Scott flouriehed about in large cities, with equipages not paid for, and went to Europe, expecting to excite a eensation et reeling under the tread of hot Scott killed the d Chippewa, and has Snglish at Lund he not been repeating th Biography? The sting of this famous assault upon General Taylor Vew in the tailfof the paragraph. “In the blindness of his great weakness he, after being named for the Presidency, seriously wronged” Winfleld Scott. The autobiographer e sane performance in his auto does not condcecend to explain when and how. As lie has a remarkable memory for wrongs, we are surprised at the omission, We never heard ‘that Taylor ever Wronged S-ott before his nomination to the Prestdency, or afterwards, except by being elected. The head and front of his offending hath this extent, no more. Scett aftorwards tried to reach the same office, but all his lourning, literature and feathers failed to effect it. He had not “nade his home on the frontier and small posts,” nor did he make it in the White House. T wonder,” exclaims the author of Philip Firmin, reall old men humbugs?” Certainly not, We know One oid man, however, open to that imputation, It was not Zachary Taylor, Provincetown, Feb. 2, 1866. The Britich schooner Edith, from Cornwallis for New York, with # cargo of potatoes, came ashore on Race Point last night. The vessel was uninjured, Her cargo will be sold at once as the weather is very severe. Miustany Exeourioy at Fort Conemnve,—Jams Devitn, alias Pettiok Diamond, alias Frank Tully, 18 to- day, between the hours of twelve and three o'clock P.M, to suffer the extreme penalty of the law for de- sortion. The aofortunate man entered the army sen bounty man and deserted; again enlisted, received the bounty and deserted, and ‘a third time entisted, but this time in the navy, from which he was n by the mill- lary authorities, court martialed and renlenced to be shot. His apprehension was brought about from in- formation lodged against bim by the woman with whom he cohabited while in the city, and the facts of his de sertion were abundantly proved, and were still furthor substantiated by a fail confession which he made while upon trial, The sentence of the court was approved by the President, and Fort Qolumbus desiguaved we the place of gavcuvon, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Speech of the President on the Con- stitational Amendment. The Amendment Ratified by Rhode Island, Michigan and Mlinois, &., &e., &o. Speech of Mr. Lincolm om the Constitu- tional Amendment. ‘Wamumoron, Feb. 2, 1866. ‘The serenading party last night having played several airs before the White House, the President appeared at the centre upper window under the portico, and was greeted with loud cheers, ‘The President sald he supposed the passage through ‘Congress of the constitutional amendment for the abolish- ment of slavery throughout the United States was the cecasion to which he was indebted for the honor of this call, (Applause.) The oceasion was one of congratulation to the country and to the whole world But there is «@ task yet before us—to go forward and consummate by the vote of the States that which Congress so nobly began yesterday. (Applause, and cries “They will do it,” &c.) He had the honor to inform those present that Illinois had already to-day done the work. (Applause.) Maryland was about half through; but he folt proud that Illinois was @ little ahead, He thought this measure was a very fitting, if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the Great difficulty. (Applause.) He wished the reunion of all the States perfected, and so effective as to remove all causes of disturbance im the future; and to attain this end It was necessary that the original disturbing cause should, if possible, be rooted out He thought all would bear bim witness that he bad never shrunk from doing al) that he could to eradicate slavery by tesuing an emancipation proclamation. (Ap- plause.) But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated A question might be raised whether the proclamation was legally valid. It might be added that it only aided those who came into our lines, and that {t was inoperative as © those who did not give themselves up, or that it would have no effect upon the children of the slaves born hereafter. In fact, it would be urged that it did not meet the evil. But this amendment ts a king's care for all the evil (Applause.) It winds the whole thing ap. He would repeat that it was‘the fitting, if not in- dispensable adjunct, to the consummation of the great game we are playing. He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world, upon this great moral victory. ite. Mr. ADaxa, in view of the anticipated action of Oon- vy sages to the abolition of slavery nara jd not like voting for either the bill or the su Me es ey he be led into a dis- J was not to s oteatiy alightene rota leek Be ae was 6u! e upon sul sired to conte himself to the constitutional question, and contended that the bill was in conflict with the con- stitution, because in providing that certain slaves should be free at 0 certain time the negative was implied. ‘The constitution provided, that ev« male citizen over the supposed or live or thrive here, and alluded to the &mendment to the constitution of the United Whar) would effectually eradicate slavery from Mr, BaRws announced bis determination to vote in fa- vor of pe Lag he believed it competent for the Legis- between the to slavery and the ffrage. The vote was not a natural one, as was the right to lil He proceeded to show the Legislature had he abould give the Ol his ee?ty soppors In regard to he should give the earty support. In the amendment of the constitution of the United he said the copperheads in Con; would vote inst Proposition as they had done ) and ie ee ed for very little encouragement fro r. bs ‘Mr. McGrew said the proposition under consideration was one of great importance, and should not be acted upon hastily. He re" {mn common with the whole people of the State, to get rid of slavery as speedily as possible; but for the purpose of giving proper time for vestigation he moved to lay the and substitute on the table, and print the latter. Mr. Lamp suggested to make the subject the special hay} ine yacnentay, and the suggestion was accepted ir. McGrew. ut Cnar.ivg was opposed to the postponement of the question. He wanted to vote for the bill now. We don’t fant the bill on the table. Every copperhead in the tate wants niggers, and no loyal map wanted to have anything to do with them. Sir. MeGnaw said his only object was to give the House an opportunity to calmly consider the subject. No beet scenes could occur to the proposition by a sing! 6 de! ti Pins, opposed the bill because it proposed to take the property of loyal citizens without remune- ration, ‘which was unconstitutional. He bad always been an anti-slavery man, and had been stigmatized as an abolitionist; but he wanted to be just before he was onerous, Let us stand still and see the salvation of Mr. Scorr said he was in favor of the bill. but was quite willing to allow any reasonable time for invostiga- tion, Mr Vax Wrvxix was in favor of the speedy abolition of slavery; but he was not as well prepared to vote now upon the proposition before the House as he might pos- sibly be on Wednesday, He wanted to do away with the institution effectually, and he should support the propo- sition most likely to accomplish ite thorough eradication beyond the shadow of a doubt.. ‘he House refused to lay on the table and print. - Mr. Farcugon called the ayes and noes upon the sub- stitute, with the following result:—Ayes 18, nocs 81, The bill was then ordered to ite engrossment. section in regard to the right oteaut New York. THE METHOD OF RATIFYING THE AMENDMENT. Atzany, Fob. 2, 1865. ‘The constitutional amendment abolishing slavery will require to be ratified by formal bill. The concurrent resolution passed in the Senate to-day will have to be fol- lowed by such bill to comply with the &tate constitution. Rhode Island. THB CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Provinenon, R. I., Feb. 2, 1865, ‘The Rhode Island House of Representatives this morn- ing passed a resolution approving and adopting the pro- posed amendment to the United States constitution. Tho vote stood 62 yeas against 4 nays. The Rhode [sland Senate has also concurred in the passage of the resolution ratifying the constitutional amendment, THE SUICIDE OF MR. CUSHING. ‘The inquisition over the remains of Mr. Horace Cush- ing, late of No. 18 West Thirty-third street, who com- mitted suicide early on the morning of the 25th ultimo, Massachusetts. by Jumping from an upper window into the yard, was A RATIFICATION BILL INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGI8- | yesterday concluded before Coronel Gamble. LATURE. Mrs. Caroline E. Cushing testified that her husband left Boston, Feb. 2, 1865. A bill was presented in the House this afternoon ratify- ing the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery,and after a debate it was referred to the Committee on Fede- raj Relations, At the proper time It is presumed the bil) will be adopted nearly unanimously. GREAT REJOICING IN THE OLD BAY 8TATR. Boston, Feb. 2, 1865. National salutes were fired to-day in Boston and other home at eight o’clock on the morning of the 24th of Jandary, and on his return in the afternoon he seemed to be excited, and subsequently, at his request, a doctor wat sont for, “Mr Costing told ‘bis wife abet, he had crossed the ferry several times, and also stood on the pier looking at the water. He ‘also remarked to her that if any person had touched him on the shoulder be thought be would have jumped into th ter. He complai pain in his head, and said he felt rather flighty On the doctor’s arrival he scemed to think that Mr Cushing had an attack of brain fever, and ibed accordingly ; he cities, and there was also a genoral ringing of bells | rested quietly during the night up to about six o’clock the following morning, when he asked Mrs. Cushing to throughout the State In honor of the passage of the con- t him a drink of water; as she arove to do so deceased stitutional amendment abolishing slavery througbout the | 6° Our or bed, threw up the window and instantly leaped land. down into the yard; Mre Cushing knew of no cause which should prompt him to commit the act, John J. Crane, M. D., deposed to having been attend- ing deceased for several yoars; during the past few years (said the doctor) be has suffered at times great depression Of spirits, the result, in my opinion, of a system of per- secution, continaally foll up, by those to whom he was indebted at the time of his failure in 1861; deceased mind had become so depressod that he showed confirmed symptoms of melancholy, and in one of these fits of melancholy, in my opinion, he committed the act which caused his death. The jury found ‘That the deceased came to his death by concussion of the brain, with fracture of the skull, the result of injuries received by Jumping out of a window on the morning of January 25, 1865, while laboring under temporary aberration of mind.”” Deceased was forty- five years of age and a native of Massachusetts. A CONVICT HANGS HIMSELF. ‘The Twenty-first precinct pelice yesterday sent a dis- patch to ntral office station that « convict named George Witte had committed suicide by hanging himself Tlinet BATIFICATION OF Ti CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT BY THB LEGISLATURE. Carcaco, Feb. 2, 1865. ‘The General Assembly of Illinois yesterday ratified the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. The vote in the Senate stood 18 yeas, against 6 nays, and in the House 48 against 28. Five democratic Senators voted aye. Michigan. THE AMENTMENT RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Dwrrorr, Mich., Feb. 2, 1865. The constitutional amendment abolishing slavery was ratified by the Legislature this morning. Ohio, SALUTE AT COLUMBUS. Cincinnati, Feb. 2, 1865. One hundred guns were fired at Columbus, Ohio, this evening, in honor of the constitutional amendment abol- ishing slavery. at the dock, foot of Twent: remains were conveyed to house, and Coroner Gamble notified to hold an inquest. Deceased was thirty-five years of age and born in Ire- land. A SEAMAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Coroner Collin yesterday held an inquest at the Sailor's lies oy peumeaede. Home, in Cherry street, on the body of Joho Bond, a ANNAPOLIS, Feb, 1, 1865. | Seaman, who committed suicide by jumping from a win- A message was received from Governor Bradford, | dow of his room, @ the fourth floor of the premises, to stating that he had just received from the Seeretary of | the rear yard. When found, early in the morning, de- State of the United States notification of the fact that the joint resolution proposing an arnendment to the Con- | ceased was quite dead. In his fall deceased broke the stitution of the United States abolishing slavery forever | iron yore. vad — [agen PR = bo 1 28 1. | arm, and also lacerating his scalp. Bond was suifering had been adopted by Congress, and concluding ap fol- | f° Sherration of mind, caused by the too free indul lows:— Tr a thie proposidL amendment req: {ftcation | gence in spiriiuous liquors. Deceased had shipped in the ‘As this proposed amendment requires the ratification | (Powhatan, bound for Ualifornis, and was lo Rave sailed statures of three-fourths of the States, which Proceedings in the Maryland Legis- lature. ry reason to believe ft will promptly receive, | Yesterday. He was thirty years of age and @ native of liest opportunity of bringing the subject to | the United States. your attention, in the hope that Maryland will be the ™ t Bret State to adopt the amendment proposed.” City Intelifgene Inrenvat Revence Coutactions ww Janvary.—The re- turns at the offices of the several collectors in this city show that during the month of January just onded the large sum of $8,214,676 was collected as internal revenue. This sum was made up in the various districts as fol- lows, Mr. McCacuey moved that ihe message be referred to mmittee on Fedora! Relations. Mr. ANneason opposed its reference to any committee. The motion to refer was rejected. Mr. Harris asked the una 18 consent of the House {fer a suitable resolution on the subject, 1ams objected, mn of Mr, Motes, by a vote of the House, leave was granted, and Mr. Harris offered the following: — Whereas, it is provided rticle of the constitu. tion of the United States « that Congress, when- rde of both House m it necessary, shall ndments to thi ution, or, on the is applic f the Legislatures of two thirds of the ‘several “, ‘ * States, shall call a eoGvention for proposing amendments, Tus Ermyovogiat Socrry.—The Ethnological Society Pannen gp \iild to all intents and pur. | held their twenty-second anniversary meoting on the 224 artof the said constitution ratified by the ral States, or by tons in th H Mas the one oF the other im of ratification may be propo by the Congress; And whereas, by the Thirty-eighth ( ngres of the United States, at the seoond session thereof, begun and held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the 6th day of December, 164, It we he Senate and Ho: sof Ainerica in houses concurring). that the following article to the Legislatures of the several States as an ment (o the constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of sali Legistatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, ax a part of said constitu. tion lo 18, Section 1. Neither als cept ana punishment ult., when the following gentlemen were elected corres. ponding members:—Sefior Navarro, Consul General of the Mexican republic; Rev. Dr. King, of Athens, Greece; Dr. E. W. Lyle, of the Shanghae Mission, and ‘the Rev. Mr. Riggs. The old board of officers were reélocted, with a single exception—Mr. Charice L. Brace having been chown corresponding secretary, vice Mr. George Gibbs, who resigned. After the election the society were entertained by Mr. George Squiers, who gave au —* account of late explorations made by him in eru. Tas Boxn Strewt Hommorarmc Disrensany.—Tho tenth annual report of the Bond Street Hommopathic hor involuntary seret- umes, whereof the pa il eaie¢ within the United Fiaton occnan ples sanices teleets serene Dispousary has just been issued by Dr. Otto Fulgraff, psheetlon 2; Congress shall have power to enforce this article | manager and founder of the institution, and, as usual, appropriate legislation. ae, i thucted fy the General Assembly of Maryland, That | TePresents the progress of bomm@opathy to be most rapid, he ufo amendment be and the , a and the same is bereby con. “even among people in the lower walks of life.” During the past year 17,106 cases wore treated at the dispensary, 8,067 at their residences, end 42,765 prescriptions were given to pationts. These facts, Dr. Fulgraif contends, -afford a sufficient contradiction to practitioners of the old school, who have been in the habit of ridiculing homeopathy, by representing that the followers of that system treat their patients ona ‘diet of soup made by ‘A branch dispensary ith street, and a collec. parpore of establishing in the northeastern part ai firmed and rat A motion was made to again suepond the rules that the resolution might be read the secoud time, which prevailed by a vote of 52 yeas to 26 nays, and the resolution was read and passed by yeas and uays, aa fullows:— Yeas—Messrs. Speaker, Agnew, Ander 1, Bartel, Buhrman, Clift, Cook, Crouite, Chmmin ered, Dean, Eavey, Everhart, ininbieton, Harri, Hagen, od: ott Keefer, King, Kirt verton, by, Markey, MeCanleg, MeCul 1, Mules, Norris, Pater, Pen- Rinehart, Shaw, buerry, Show: Allegany, Bmith of Frederick, Wardwell, Willis, Wooden and ew, Comegys, Fooks, sun, Lee of Queen’ Anne's, Naira, Rider, Robinge art, Tolson, Usilton, W an, Hy) of Baltimore city, 1 lough, Mier of Washing nington, ington, Poteet sere Blothower, Biniih ot Hopes, Tarr, Tull, Valliant, Leigh 'r—08, .—Mesara, Calvert, C, Faweett, Handy, Hopkins, J Malone, Miller of Anu Sliver, mith of Dorohes ner, Williams and Wilso A series of resolutions approving of the Course of the national administration, denouncing the rebellion and slavery, and requesting compensation by the general ah pind for the slaves of loyal owners emancipated yy the new constitution, wore rec’ by the gentleman and ono hundred coplos ordered to be printed. <3 8 1 tion has been made for the another branch establishment of the city. Tue Weercunetem Burotanims,—Corrrotion.—In the account of the arrest of burglars in Westchester county, which was published yesterday, the name of John Mul- lor appeared among the arrested, and charged with burg. 1 lary. This was an error. Mr, Muller is not charged w that or any other crime, but was merely beld by Justice Meeks as & witness, Important? Notice. — Housekeepers are cartioned Against two men going to houses for the ostensible pur- pore of purchasing, stating they have orders from the Debate in the Legisiature of West Vire | agent to see the property. Their plan is to separate, so ginia on the Abolition of Slavery. as to take an opportunity when hot noticed of pockeulDg HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 80 valuable article. very one showing their houses Moxnay, Jan. 80, 1865. The bill to abolish slavery in this tate was read @ second time. Mr. Lamp offered @ substitute for the bill in the ehape @ Fesalublon Proposing 1 amend tho eeyeuth potion to a stranger should be particular to ask for a permit, which is to be left at the hous, and not to allow two persons to separate and look at different parts of the house ‘ai Lue anioe time. The police are now on the track of Maony sieved, and ng doubt they will sgen be detected, EUROPE. Arrival of the Africa at Halifax. TWO DAYS LATER NEWS, No British Troops En Route for ‘Canada. STATE OF THE MARKETS, &., &o., &. Haurax, Fob. 2, 1865. ‘The steamship Africa, from Liverpool at two o'clock on the afternoon of the Zist, via Queenstown on the 22d of January, arrived here at half-past three o'clock this morning. She has twenty-four passengers for this port and twenty-five for Boston. ‘The dates per the Africa are two days later than those already received. ‘The Africa sailed at half-past ten o'clock this morning for Boston, where she will be due to-morrow (Friday) evening. ‘The political news by the Africa is unimportant. The London Glove authoritatively contradicts the rumors that British troops were to embark for Canada ‘The steamship Australasian, from New York, arrived ‘at Queenstown about noon on the Sist of January. The ship Brilliant, from Gottenburg for Boston, had lost sails and put into Fayal on the 28th of December. The ship Gem, for New York, put into Port Monthon on the ist of January. Great Britain. ‘The London Globe authoritatively states that the re- from America that British troops are about to em- k for Canada to meet a possible war from the contem- lated recognition of the Southern confederacy by Eng- PB ee ee bs in ‘commander of the steamer ing, jor to her conversion to the rebel cruiser ‘Shenandoak, as again been before s magistrate, charged with enlist- ing seamen to serve on the Shenandoah. ther con- clusive evidence was adduced, and the prisoner was com- mitted for trial, but was subsequently admitted to bail. The commander of the Peruvian war ship Union, who was arrested fora violation of the Foreign Enlistment act, by, enlisting seamen in the Thames river, but who t off by some legal irregularity, was again arrested on e arrival of bis ship at Plymouth, and conveyed in custody to London. He is charged with repeating the offence at Plymouth. Part of his enlistments are saidto be intended for another Peruvian war steamer which was out in France. This second steamer is named the America She arrived at Plymouth on the 20th from Nantes, to take on board the crew which head been engaged for her. The captain of the Union had been brought before a magistrate at Dartford, on the 20th, but the case was dismissed from insufficient evidence, The new steamer Colombian, belonging to the West India and Pacific Steamship Company, which lef— Liverpool on the 10th of January, sunk on the 17th off Brest, where she was _ supposed to have run for shelter. Thirty of her crew and one passenger were drowned. Only three of the crew were saved. The lost passenger was Mr. John Beis of Liverpool, the representative of the Panama mpany. It is denied that her Majesty, Queen Victoria, will open Parliament in person. The first Cabinet Council of the 19th of January. All tho fifteen present. ‘Mr, Wallace, the eminent musical composer, ts seri- ously ill at Paris, and not expected to recover. ear was held on the binet Ministers were The Atlantic Telegraph Cable. ‘The shipping of the Atlantic telegraph cable, from the works of Messrs. Glass, Eliot & Co., to the vesse! which is to convey it to the steamehip Great Eastorn, com- menced on the 19th of January, and will continue with out intermission until the end of pay when all the cable will be coiled on board of the great ship. The London Times has a very hopeful article on the eta eo and says that should the weather prove favor- able for laying the cable there can be little doubt that it will be successfully done. ‘The Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company have made a fourth and final call upon the sharebolders of that company, France. M. Proudhon is dead. The London News makes the important an- Rouncement that at the same time that the Emperor made Prince Napoleon Vice President of the Council h resolved in case of his own death during the mi- nority of the Prince Imperial, that the Prince Napoleon should be ep poe and that the resolution was taken with the consent of the Em: The weekly return of the Bank of France shows an increase of cash on hand of over three and a half mil- ans of france. The rentes have declined to 66f. 95c. Denmark. ‘The Ministers have presented a bill in the Rigsraad for the abolition of all transit duties in Denmark. Germany. Ata meeting of the Holstein land proprietors it was Tosolved to present an address to Aut and Prussia de- nouncing the former address drawn up by Baron Vou Scheel PI n, urgently requesting a convocation of the estates, and demanding that the rights and desires of &: mney and Holstein to exist under their own duke, as of Germany, be granted without restriction. 1 Austrian government bas refused to receive either of the addresses, having determined on the principle of Pu ceren’ any manifestation upon the question of the ichies. India. ‘The Bombay mail of December 28, and of Calcutta of December 21, is received. News generally anticipated. THE VERY LATEST. Lonpo, Jan. 22, 1865. The British news to-day is unimportant. Tn the Spanish Senate the opposition moved an amend- ment to the Queen's address, declaring a new electoral law necessary, demanding representation for the Au- tilles, and the preservation of St. Dowingo to Spain. Commevetal tn yronee. Lec Ju, 20—Evening. Ballion in the bank Consol# for money, has tnereased £71,0 AmuucaN Srock-.—The market has been inactive. Illinois Contral Railroad, 493 Erie Railroad, 2334; United States five twenties, a 46, The funds continue dull;’ but there Is no matertal flue- tuation in the rate of discount, The demand for discount Was moderate at unchanged rates. It is rumored that @ new loan for Mexico is contemplated. The London Times? city article believes that the rumor is premature, but believes that if the loan is brought out it will be for the purpose of developing the resources of Mexico and benefiting the present bondholders, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. e weekly cotton market was received by the Peru- vian ot Portland.) MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. The Manchester market was quiet and firmer. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET. The breadstuils market was generally dull. Wheat, however, was firmer, Bichardson, Spence & Co., Big’ land, Aihya & Co., and others’ report:—Flour d Wheat firmer, baving recovered from the decline of Tuesday. Corn very dull. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. The provision market was generally firmer. Gordon, Bruce & Co. and others report:—Beef stiil advancing. Pork firm; the market is bare. Bacon active and ad- vanced 1s, Butter firm. Lard active and advanced fz, a 1s. 6d. ; old, 668. Tallow quiet and firm. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. ‘The Brokers’ Circular reports:—Ashes firmer at 31s. for both pots and pearls, Sugar quiet. Coffee quiet and steady. Rice upward and advanced 3d. a 6d. Linseed tnsctive and declined 6d. a 9d. Linseod cakes quiet and steady at £9 (xtra quality). Linseed oil steady. Whale and cod oils firmer at 6d.; holders demand an ad- vance. Petroleum steady at 2a. for refined. LONDON MARKETS. Broadstufs quiet and steady. Iron dull. Sugar heavy; and declined. Coffee quict. Tea steady. Rice upward. Tallow firmer, Li downward. Spirits turpentine advancing—quoted at 678. a 67s. 6d. ‘troleum stead; ‘at £18 per ton for crude, 9s. 1d. a 2s. 1344. for refin Sperm oil firm at £65, Linseed oi! dull. THE LATHOT MARKETS. 0 fe 2% jane Jan, 21—Evening. ‘ont for mon a q prey rooms ilinole eaten Railroad, 49% a 5034; Erie Railroad, 34 36, Liverroor, Jan. 21, 1) 866. Cortor.—Sales 6,000 bales, including 2,000 bales to speculators and exporters. e market is Ormer, but “Somers The market is inactive. irre, — . Provisions. —Beol frm at 100s. for fine mees, Bacon active, Lard buoyant at 660. a 5 Pans, Jan. $2, 1866, c. ‘The Bourse closed firm; rentes 6if. Bi a », Brooklyn City News. ‘Tas Lars Sormnersxpart Ronente.—The remains of the late Morris H. Roberts, one of the Superintendents of the Poor of this city, who was stricken down by discase contracted while in the performance of bis duties in cameting the pnp teks yeeterday conveyed to their last ng PI ¢ in Greenwood Cemetery, from the resi- dence of tong No. 273 Hudson avenue. A very large concourse of relatives and sympathizing friends _—— the body } the 5 nas, fortitude Lodge reemasons, some years bean 8 worthy membir, " bi H HS BEES i itl 2 account of the charge against him, and a mary able time to reply, and shall be allowed to be ‘counsel and to summon Witnesses before the essisting, procul por loess is pee ce mer and are col ami ished by fo a xcoeding three thousand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding three years. Any justice of the peace, on a written request from the attorneys on solicitors genera!, or county attorney in Upper and any recorder, police magistrate, ee Of sessions, without regia, wey neize any vessel fitted for warlil PI on the people of any foreign State. Moreover, collectors of customs, and various other legal and militia officers, are enjoined to seize vessels and arms about to pass the frontier, if it 1s supposed that such vessels op ‘arms are intended for Ing on ey pes leah et tnmediately cere who make such setzures are r the detention of the property ec seized, and the ow: ay petition the eourt and bave the caso tried. Under certain Gyre mpm property may be restored on the claimant giving ‘that it shall not be employed in hostilities Arms sup- ed to be intended for hostile purposes may be seized in any house on a warrant at the request of the attorneys: or Solicitors General, or county attorneys, or without such. request, H there be information on oath: and to make such seizures constables may enter houses by force at any bour of day or night. The arms are then to be obtained at the order of the ‘letrate issuing the warrant, unleas the owner shall isfy th rate that such arms were not for the purposes sup! Bat petition the Superior Courts for the restoration of the property. The act is to be for a year, and thence till the end of the next parliamentary session, with the writ of habeas corpus. gular appearanee, but it probably means that any person may havea writ, but that the cauecs of arrcet provided for in the act will be sufficient answer to the application for it. All the clauses are very stringent, and place unusual powers {n the hands of the overnment, which a free people should be chary of con- ferring, but this is rendered neceseary by the ¢lrcum~ stances. Alien actsin England usually applied to for- eigners contriving machinations against the “agp not a this bill does, to foreigners conspiring agai: foreign governments, and the act passed after Oraini’s attempt on the French emperor was not an act for reparation, but for the punishment of offend ers by British courts, Novertheless, all writers hold overnmente obliged to prevent machinations against friendly States. The mode is for themselves to consider. With respect to warlike expeditions, ie &o, the model of the bill 1s that passed in the Unit States to revent aid being given to the Canadian rebels of 1887. The severity of the measure is the natural reaction agains’. the foolish indulgence of opinions which have favored raids and so forth. Justas in France, so soon as it was found advisable to conciliate the British Co the King, who bad encouraged invasions of England by the Pretender, turned that unfortunate Prince out of hig: Kingdom. The difference between our case and that of France is that she was at war with England and acting openly, while we are at peace with the United Stat and ‘berefore those who wickedly encourrge the erimi proceedings of refugees, are acting in opposition tq the policy of their own government, {The bil! alluded to above has passed the Canadian Parliament by a vete of one hundred and four to-four,— Ep. Henabo.) The Rendition of Burley. A letter from Detroit states that the prisoner Buriey- would be taken, under military guard, by special train to- Suspension Bridge, and thence to Detroit, as soon as ther necessary papers could be prepared, Judge momma ef Quebec, At the opening of the Court of Queen's mrnae Qui on Tuesday, Judge Mondelet, in the course of bi eats: to the Grand Jury, said:— Another and a greater source of danger lies in the com duct of numbers of strangers, who, flying from which they lack the courage to oncounter, ap asylum on our soll, where they are certain of Ii to perfect seourity, Were their course confined to their conduct, however little entitled to merit the respect of their own countrymen, and the of those in the midst of whom they come to- shield themselves from danger, would, so.far, sav them from the active interference of the «government and of those whose duty it is to maintain order in thie country. But the instant that—deaf to that fecling of gratitude which should control their evil itien— they so far forget their duty to us as to unger the peace of this country by their outrages inst a nation. with which England ourselves are on terms of friend- ship, whether they organize their plans of dep bere, or, that carrying them out against the citizens the United States or against their property in violation of the laws there in force, take-refuge {n this coun- try, it 1s of vital importance our government should actasit hasof late—leaving to our courts to decide ther those who are arrested have violated our own . be tried according to the law they have the United States. Confederation in Nova Scotia. {From the Montreal Herald.} Nova Scotia papers contain accounts of the first electo- ral gun which bas been Gred in that province in the war ~ of confederation. The election took place at Annapolis, a county on the north coast, of which we think Pictou is the chief town. It has always been considered a safe constituency for the present Ministerial party in the province, and their candidate was chosen at the Inst elec- tion by a majority of more than two hundred. In the resent election the Ministerial candidate hasbeen beaten ody ‘@ majority of about the same number, making a change m the complexion of the constituency of between four and five hundred. We do not learn much about this event; but the opponents of confederation say the batue was fought wholly on that ground. A large meeting ad Colchester had also pronounced against the scheme. Evening Stock Exchan; 0. rucespay, feb, 2, 1865. $10000 Am gold..... 2043; 200 she Pittsburg RR 5000 do. . 204% «200 dO. .ceceee. 18 1000 Rock Island’ RR 100 do ry 90 oo ES % BS Song 82. 82, 10000, do 204% 100 shs NY Cen RR. 100 do. 103! Di Mirvss.—In Williameburg, February 2, Franx, youngest child of Leonard and Mary E. Minuse, aged 2 years, 3 montha.and 20 days. jaan Levant and ee the =_ ape, thoes o is paren’ john inure . pgp Kop ag 8 after g Moray. —I Kk Wedn February 1, URRAY, Inthe 40th year of Bags.” Epwarp M. Munnar, in the 40th of his son, Ses the funeral, which wi P ™ friends ‘rt the family a ine ples toes Bx, ton wee Siar of the Sea eburch, corne morning, ai take place from St, Mi of Court and Luqucer streeta, on Saturday ten o'clock, when there will be a requiem high mas: for the repose of his soul. The remalos will then bere moved to the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, at half-pas) ° ba O00 oe Os, Deaths Bea Third Page.) MISCELLANEOUS. Ro aiigemed on Prsreten Joints, and are the nm anerisms where