The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 20, 1864, Page 1

r MW a re THE SUN. THIRTY VIRBT VEA WMBER 10121. } The Latest News —---@--— ---- nother Draft Ordered. | 300.000 MEN CALLED FOR. HE PURSUIT OF HOOD. ipture of Major-Gen. Johnson's Entire Division with all the Brigade Commanders, CAVALRY BRIGADE DESTROYED. NOTHING LATER FROM SEILER MAN. \portant Congressional Proceedings, THE CANADIAN RAIDS. SNATORS TALKING WAR. HE HOUSE--DAVIS’ RESOLUTIONS, wtaal Censure of Ad. ministration, &C., & Ces A Draft Ordered. ree Eundred Thousand Men Called For. Yar Department, Dee. 12-9 P. M. Major. | veral Diz :—A call and draft for J thousand troops, to make the We. three Lun- up the deficiency asioned by credits on the last cul!, bas Leen or- ed by the President, Epwis M. Stantos, Secretary of War. So far as this city ia concerned, no fours of the eesity of a draft to fill the quota need be appre- ded, provided a reasonably energetic system of uiting fa prosecuted. The quota, on the Uasis he old enro!'ment, would be a fraction leas than teen thousand; but the work of revising this ollment is now in progress by the C ty Vol- ! cer Committee, with the concurrence of the r Department, and it is confidendy belleved it will be reduced to about eighty thousand this byp thesis, the quota of the city under the sent requisition would be about eight thousand, spumber is further reduced by the slight sur- son the last call, together with the enlistments have been made since the wz of the prev ta. The exact number to be thus credited has been made public, but can hardly be leas than e or four thousand, This would leave the ac- number to be recruited about four or tive thou- 1; and aa fifty days must intervene between {aguance of the enll and the day ot drafting, Hl be strange indeed if New York cannot re- t the requisite uumber,—Ep Bus.) inforcing the Army —Order of the Secre+ tary of War ‘ashinaton, Dec. 19.—The following order has been issued ; War Darantuest, ADIUTANT-VENERAL'S OFTICR, > Decenber 19 ‘ eneral Ordera No. 801,--Every otheer and ao!- capable of duty is wanted in th , and if on duty they are ordered to their respective nizations \) Provost Marshale and Boards of Enrollment instructed to eraploy most diligent exertions in varding soldiers to the frout., and in arresting orters, shirkers, and all fii fur duty, who are ut without proper authority irgeous in charge of hospitale are directed to \ forward al! who are fit for service, taking care, ever not to expose any who are unfit, scruiting officers are enjoined to diligence, and e who are found guilty of neglect, or useloss, Adjutant General is directed to reesll immedi- gy, and send to their commands, very effort must be put forth to fill up the ‘® strengthen our arinies, and oli the putri- and gallant troops now suuting the reeling uy With victorious blows. ¢ order of the Secretary of War. E Townsenp, Asst. Adjt, Gen'l. GENERAL, THOMAS, Continued Success. (orrioraL } ‘ar Department, Dec, 15, 9 P. M —Major-Gen- Joun A. Dix, Now York :—The following re of bis operations on yesterday Las been re- ed frou Major-General Thomas: eadquarters Depirtment of the Cumberland, +spring Hill, Dee 15, 1804,—Tho enemy have \ vigorously pursued to-day, but bas studiously led any attack by my troops. I have sucereded sking a few prisoners—some two hundred or | e hundred—but our captures are light in com- gon with the successes of the past three days pursuit will be continued in the morning at an The Hllowing es of orders found in Breckenridge's camp, in Tennessee, wre trausinitted tor your informa- y hour as the troops can march eadquarters, West Virginia and East Tennea- Wrthevi le, Va, Dee Gesetar Onvrus, | {.—In accorilance w jnsiructions received | ithe Ordvance Department ab Richmon), that | 8 becor vital importance to buahand small ®, ammunition and lead, i ished: | \ lead which can be gleaned from battle-felds, | therwise obtarned, will Le collected by the tri- vordnance officers, and be sent to the nearest owl, All arms to be relieved of their loads for ng. The balls should be drawn, if practica- otherwise the loads should be dischurgod ink ss of sand or dirt, go that the lead may be re- red and turned into the ordnance depot, The ition of the commanding officers |s called to ecessity giving rise to this orer, and its mid rcement is stric:!y enjoined by cornmunding ors Major-Gen, Burcutsaipes. Sropparp Jonson, A, A, G scdquarters, Departmen! Weat Virginia and t Tenvesser, Wytheville, Va. Dee, 2.—Cince- | ~The attention of commanding d to the scarcity of forage in this Department, the absolute necessity of usiug economy in the sumption, Evidences of waste have been ob- | run through the mik } movie. officers ia | ed heretofore. The proper officers wust in all 4 guperintend the issue of forage, and com- ding officers ane every company officer must bis strict personal attention, T, H, Mymeh 2. AG, I have found the rultroads thus far but lathe dis- turbed, and my trains will be up by ra'lroad in a | day or two at the farthest. The telegraph {s up | with me now, I find upon receiving more correct | reports of the operations of the 16th inst, that Maj. | Gen. Ei with all the brigade commanders, was captured tn the works which were captured by aasau!t, besides destroying 6 brigate of the enemy's cavalry and capturing its | commander, Rrigadierdieneral Rucker, Among the captures made toalay are the robe! Brigadier. | General Quarles, wounded, and a number of rebels also wounded, lying in the houses by the roadside, unable to go away, Gao, H. Thomas, Maigr-General Commanding. Johnson's rebel division, Nu reporta for t ay have reached the Depart- tent, excepting the following unofficial : Naaheille, Dee, 17,1 p. m.—This forenoon the rains have been # been made heavy that Kittle progres# has Our cavalry skirmished with the enemy a short distance south of Spring Hill, find- ing Forrest in command, The river is evelling rapidly. Epwin M. Stanton, Secsetary of War. GENERAL SHERMAN Nothing Later from Savan War Department, Washington, Dee, 11 ,—-Major Gen, Dit: No dispatch of a later date than thowe Of yesterisy have been received so day from Gen Bberwan. Fpwis M. Brastos, Seet'y of War. Description of Savannah, Tie City of Bavannab now menaced, if not al | ready captured by General Sherman, was the prin- 7) cipal commercial cite’ Zr Georgia previous to the It is the centre of @ vast rallway radiates over the entire South, aud which greatly | conduced to its wealth and prosperity. twenty Hines of railroad diverge from it cireetly ores branches The city was founied by General ( thorpe, in 173 and was held by the Britieh during the Revolutionary war. It stands tn the midat of rice plantations, and is surrounded b low awmnpy ground, It is built on the right ban of the Savannah river, eighteen wiles from its mouth, Lie ninety miles south west from Charles- ton, avd nearly two hundred south east from Mil- ledgeville. The city is built at an elevation of forty feot above low w mark, but the exbalations from the surrounding swamps render it very unhealthy at certain seasons of the year, Tle streets are wide and well paved, and at nt s.ade trees impart to it # charmingly pictureeque appearance, There are no less than twenty-our public squaros, shaded with India trees, and ,_rassy 7 enadea y of the two priv reety Broad end Bay—having ample carriage secotn- war. stem that | Nearly molations on » eides = ‘The city contains @ spleudid Cusvom House, built by the United States Government in 1880, at scost of $178,000, There are fourteen Protestant and three Catholic Churches, # Jew Synagogue and a tine public Hbrary. Tne space from the city to the rear js cut up with numerous rivera, creeks, and swamps, A cat ah river with Port Roy Fort Palaskt, ‘T'wo openings, known as Wilminy- tou aud Freebone's croeks connect Wersaw Sound with the Savannah river, which forms the bounda- ry line of Georgia and South Coroline, ‘This is four hundred and fifty niles jong, and the gation is good eight months in the year—trom Ne vember til Jone. Largo vessela ascend to Savan- nab, and steamers of two hundred tons navigate to Augusta, two hundred and fifty miles bigber up Heyoud that s theriver is navigable for small: r draft vessels, T approaches to the city by the sea are all strongly guarded and fortified, Porter's Expedition. A correspondent of the Baltimore Aumnicas writes as followa: On Boavp tar U. 8.9% Santiigo pa Crna) Hampton Roan, Db 12-2 f rhrough the courtesy of Rear-Adm'r reer, 1 have been permitted to accompany the reat naval | about to take its departure from this agsiust up in ant point on the Southern comst; ant have been assigned ac- modations on board the steamer Saating Captain 0. B. ¢ lie destination, J # arrange ! pee hits not at present be stated, Buflice it to aay thet the expedition is nu doubt hy tar the larg- cai in tonnage, class of chips aud weight of meal of armament, that bas yet been sent against the enemy, The fleet, includiny’ transports and tenders wil! not pumber leas thun one bundred end fifty | vessels of al! graics By far the largest pore n of the fleet haa already suilec That portion now here embraces, however, the largest aud in simp ortent vessels and the army trace yorta, The eut.re expe- dition ig under commaad of Rear Avmiral py © P| Porter, whose name & d tume counection with the many brilliant operations on the M seise nd ite trivutaries during th.s war is #0 fam liar w your | readers that I need do nothiug more than meution and laud force harbor, to operat and oA, aithourb fully } img loac NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1864, our boat with the aasiatance of the |ittle steamtu, | Al‘ hea, succee ied in pulling out six of th devilish machines. We brought them aboard, and removed the cape and the charges, which were enormous. They wei. h about 600 pounds, and resemble very much our conical-chapeed sbell Nesites these | machines, the enemy “aavo two torpedo-boats which are ped like a cigar, Leing fifty feet long and submerced in the water—ouly their semoke- ata ks visible, Such @ boat ie dangerous in the extreme, but, thank God! we are aniply by a large and heavy boom of pine-logs around our veese), Every night the guns ere run out, be- i with grape, and the guns’ crows watch- ing by them, so that it would be no easy task to biow us up. There are also ten of ua on watch, pacing the dacks, being releved every two hours during the night, Since our entrance in the bay | we bave improved very much in the working of our vemsel and battery, which ta composed of four eleven-ivch Dahlgren guns. Wo have attained tuch efliciency In the use of the guna as to be able to load, run out, and fire the whole battery toirvean rounda in fifleen minutes. The gune work so easy that we reauced the crew to one-half, which Is by far the best, as there ie now more room to work in the turrets."’ - The Border Troubles. Troops for the Border, Boston, Deo, 19.—Goneral Dix has transmitted an authorization for raising a new cavalry regi- mentin New England, designed for frontier ser- vice. One battalion of four hundred men 1s to be recruited in Massachusetts The Canadians Waking. Quedec, Dec, 19.—Thirty companies of Volun- teers have been despatched to the frontier this week. Lemothe, Chief of Police of Montreal, has resigned, doubtless te avoid dismissal, It was re- poated that Coursal had aleo resigned, but it is uot true, Congressional Proceedings. AAAVIIith CONGRESS Second Seasion. SENATE Wash ngton, Deo W.—Mr. Burover presented @ petition from Henry Ward Leecher and Uiree thou- sand citizensof New York praying tor the abolition of slavery Mr. Grimes presented @ petition from the citizens of lows asking for the repeal of the reciprocity treaty, which was referred to the Committee on Forelyn Relations, Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, re- orted the House bill to enable abe s who have werved in the army the United Fiates The bill was read a first thine, Mr. Grimes asked! leave to introduce a bill to cre- ate the rank of Vice-Admiral iu the navy. The leave was granted, and the bill referred to the Naval Committee, rnuvy to become cltiwens of Mr Doolittle: ‘utroduced @ resolution authorizing the President to expend ten millions of dollars, or so much therect as may be necessary, to build for- na and floating batteries for the protection of ne lakes and frontiers against attacks of pirati-+ cal expeditions organized in the British provinces by enemies of the United Btates, Ho wished the resolution referred to the Committee on Naval Af- faire Mr. Burner suggested that it be referred to tho Comrnittee on Fore: gu Relations, Mr, I ittle bad no objections to such a re- ference, M: Sherman hoped that the Committee would report speedily upou the subject of a yeneral de- fence ot the borde anxiety on the sub hope lit would be act Mr. Howsr!—I concur entirely with the Senator frem Obie, that the committee to whom this bill shall be referred will make as carly @ report aa ta practicable upon the subject, for there in great anxiety aloug the frontier, Wer arein hourly dan- There was a great deal of of border defonce, and Le d upon promptly, ger of repetitions of there raids and outrages which have teen ao frequently committed upon peaceful citizens of the border We must show our power ; the tion must show bis teeth on thia side of the border, and teach these men who have been harboring the rebel vipers in thetr hosorma, that eveu Canada, with its pretended neutrality, cannot be permitted to be # plece of refuge for such charac. ters, Mr. Foster was norry tod ffer from the chairman of the Committee on Forelyu Relations, This was & question which awcerned the defenses of the coun- try. He did not why a matter concerning the defenses of the lakes shoul be roferred to the Com- mittee on Fo n Relations any more thau the question of .he detense of the Pacific or Atlantic coast, He hepaxi the senate would concur im the motion to refer it to the Military Committee, Mr, Jobuson said it was tinmsterial to what com. mittee the resolution was reierred. Either of the raid# were cornmitted there was der the law of pation, the parties thin the linate of the United States or pursue nd force is under eomusand nto the adjoining terntor He ib The cos peraiing Wr aoe he at the foct—tuut | beloved that right to be settled aa definitely is any Has eas ls roper —number sixty-five, ine | Other question in aternational law. Tt was under | Ie the Way vous a anid most powertyl veel hu that provision that Ue excellent patriotic soldier, | clu mos etree Is divided into fiye divisions, General Dix, issued op order aguthorizng | formed into four others With a lorge reserve HON) aw by tho pepers that the ‘enatees of swaller vessels of the United States or the Secretary of Brate, bet- astivring seen, The voble flagship ‘4 gay with brilliant sigual tiny The feet respond tirst to the ‘ceperul agnel," then come the signals trom the | Tuesday Morning, Dee, 13—6 A. M —Now cones | nips of the various isions, There goes a | signal to the mast-bead of the grim-lookint [ron siden, ok her irunclad aate!lites respond, | and putts are all beaviug upenchors a ) potting under ¥ ering musts of the press fr, ere ewart oy as to avail for « sloopsenf- cty beudins sails so | reeze aud rave Coul Our own ood Bbhip aw heaving up the tramp a9 thoy not loth tw 2 »where , blue jackets ave auchor with # will, and their lively ye round and round shows they are start’ We aro getiine ready tow the monitor Maho pm As ‘tis desirable to save the coal of the rpeniturs, they are all to be towed except ¢ ° eduock, which bag proved such a good Bea-Lont that she is expected to take care of herer Bhe bas just @teamed by usin gallant style, while we | aro wa.ting to tako its tow the Mahe arin transports Mg Dbey ol pped vat duriag the ny 10 otel are We out seaward bY this time ko-—We ere pow fully off, the whole ficet | moving out ot Hampton waters in gallant style, | breeze A bright eky overbe and simooth sea, May the sufeguard and diclence, 1, a favoring 1 of Battles * and graut us good success, Affairs In Mobile Bay. A correspondent of the Cincinnati © writing on board the Monitur Chickasay, io Mo- | bile Bay, Dec, 4 says: We : MMEROTAL city @ nightly, and uot & uay passes but they bring off refugees trom the rebel service, | end contraba Without num cr Last week they told ua of the siukony of two ut Huntsville and Tuscalo caulked with cotton. T! were sitgllur to the Tennessee, but emailer, The remaining gunboats are the Morgan and two English blockace rungers; also their famous ram Nasivilie, The main ab p channe! is full of spilesy extending acros# to the Island Fort, fully one mile, Just outside the | spiles turpedoes are laid, which are not visible to | tae eye but marked by buoys, Afew wighiwaiues the rebel rama op account of being | ter informed, he supposed, as to wh t would be the course of the Lome Government, hud directed Gen- era) Dix to re cind that part of tis late oruer, Hoe (Jobuson) bad no dourt the Whule power of the | Colonial Government would be exerted to prevent such raids iututure. Bull it wit perhaps, proper for the Beuate to take every poss. ble precaution to | prevent ub 6 webs apd to enabie us to wit either withla our own limite or seross our frontiers Mr. Dooditie:s I be for goe, that the Canadian verhineak abd ut ties are interceted io the ria uslion to prevent tu tuture gay further hostile or piratical incur ty bhoge provinces into the Lulted Btate. i they do uot prevent | them, we wll know wiut the const quence s will be War! Goud grunt it may be w LThope and | fruat ibiumy. 2 will labor and do all in my power, Ons. st legrity of th Coot the | aod the n w war | Leiween the Funed 8 wit 3 Lut the torow necess.t glect or! hoe ity, Lauds come let 16 come, We | will ond the q stiou when » come Ly pertect free trade t nthe Cuied Sales wud Coneda, and pub an end to the jursdictlon of Grewt Britain ip any of ber provinces ju North Atmenca Mr, Bulaner—Tbe qiesiion belore the Sonate is g@imply i reference We bill, Lb 18 a question of | the order of Dusimes., Now, look wt ie chur wcter, ib le plain that it coue rus warily un sentially fureleu relations, in wil I bave ou the suloecs ul teterenc don me it I glance ousraxe. S thas these agents vo. tuc rele te ther enserprise merely by pluuder—that they muked evi: rob w bank, uF Ww eteal a boree? Their object was much bigher aus uy | ing. In one Word, it Was to elbro vu Govorus. mient of ihe United Btates wiih ble le abot Great Britain, tor the purpose of be the revels | lion, For my wir, duu dewriiged net w Le Cuugbt in why such trap, | aim un Mg that) wuyshing shoulu be done ou vur dice Ww lure nish apy seeming apology tor buat tueign ine Verveuvion which bes oy coustauily menaced, and which waa foreshadowed in the moat hasty fud unjustifiable cession of ocean belliverency to rebel slave-monvers, Who bad not a single port or or zecourt. Nobody sees the wrong we have suf- fered more clearly than Ido; but I see other things aloo While never ceasing to claim our just rights and reminding this power always of duties which it bar plainly neglected, 1 cannot forvet that we are engaged at thie tuoment in @ war for the suppres gion of ajong-continued and moet virulent rebel- lion, which has thus far tacked our best enenics, To this work let us now dedicate ourselves without arousing another, through whose alliance the re- bellion may be encouraged and strengthened, Mr. Sherman said the Senator from Massachu- fetta (Mr, Suniner) had allnded to but one of the outrages committed by the rebels from Canada. He hat probably forgotten the much moro serious affair which took place on Lake Erie, He (Mr. Sherman, bappened to be in Toledo at the time of their cecurrance, One of our veasels, engaged in commerce between Detroit and Sandusky, Was en- tered by men with arms concealed abont their per- fons, Whon they bad got on the vessel, the arin suddenly appeared. The vessel was smred ant mannys!, and at once became « vosselof-war under the rebel flag. Thun the rebel flag wan kept float. {ng for eome hours within might of three reapecta- ble cities, Another veasel, the Bay City, also en- gaged in peaceful commerce, wan seized op the same day, and lay off Sandusky within a fow miles of shore, Rebel officers were bell aa prisoners of war, who were only kept from recapture and relosse by the steamer Michigen. bere was a pian to ateze that veasel alec and, if they had done so, they might have laid under tri- bute Detroit, Sandusky and Cleveland in twenty- tour hours; they might havo destroyed ® com- merre ejual to our entire commerce on the ocean. Mr. Sherman desired that another fact should be remembered ; that for some reason not yet din cloged, this plot failed, the marauders went into Canada, and the authorities shielded them, and dis- charged them frou arrest, It was not to be won- dered at that people in whose midst such things occurred, shold feel glarum and anxiety, They tolght have seized hundreds of vessels plying be- tween Butlalo and Detroit, bad they succeeded in capturing the Michigan, as there was no artoed vinwl ‘on the Lake except that cue He (Sherman) expreased bis aiucere regret that the order of Gen Dix, which waa in strict acoordance with eruatiooal law, should have been revoked, He beleved that the spirit of the order wae the only way iu which we could mevt these marauders, He desired ale» to call attention to a very siniti- cant article published in the Loudon Timas, Janus. ry Tkb, 1862, It wae semi offictal in tts character, and referred to the treaty arrangement of 1816, In that article {t was said thet Great Britain could throw a naval force into tLe lakes through the Wellaud Canal before we could prepare a force to meet it, It was prudent, Mr, Bherman thought, wove thie matter attention, If war broke out be- tween these two countries it Would not be like the war of 1312, or the Revolution, It would bee fight between the two preatest powers of the globe Mr. Grimes—The true way to defend ourselves on tho Northern frontier ie to have arseuals ant armories there, Wo bave ten tapas of opt where Great Lritan bas one; we owm mearly the steamboats that ply there, and we shall con+ Houe to own them #o Jong as Wo mainte'n our present navagation laws, All you want whem dif. ficulties shall occur lesween us and Great Britain, is to beve en arinament which you can throw on these ships aud take possession of the mouth of the Welland Canal, The true way is to ree peal the Reciprocity Treaty, Great Hritan is bot gy to fight for Canada, There is 4 pauio now tu Canada, and itdoes uot pro- ceed from any fear of war ; it proceeds trom the lear they have of their pockets, The moment you repeal the Reciprocity, that moment the stock tn every railroad ww Canada will become utterly worthless ; every man of wealth and mesus will have tu become beukrupt, The resolution waa finally reforred w the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, Mr. Lane, of Kansas, introduced a bill to enable the people of Colorads to form a Btate government, and it waa referred to the Coumittee on Territorics, Mr. Henderson tutroduced a jo.nt regolution to provide against the period.cal invesien of Missouri by the rebels On motion, Mr, Bumner's bill to remove the dia- qualification for conveying the mails on account of color, was takev up and passed, ayes 21, nays 6. Mr. Wilson called up the Senate joint resolution to free the wives and children of colored goldiers, Tt was ea\imated, be ssid, that from seventy-five to oné hundred thousand wives and children of these men were kept in slavery now, and It wad a burn ing shatne to this country and an indecency to the American people that it should be eo, The bill ought to have passed long ago, A bill was passed at the last session which made the black soldier freo whenever he enlisted, Tena of thousan le of them had enlisted since the passage of that aut, More than twenty thousand slaves, at least, had enlisted since Iaat winter, There waa no doubts about the right of the Government in the case. Mr. Powell advocated the reference of the bill to the Judiciary Committes, as also did Mr, Hen k 6 Pending the discussion on the su! ject the Senate adjourned MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. W'laon introduced joint resolution declar- ng which States are not entitled to representation in the toral college, Mr Grinnell introduced a bi!! to amend the reve- nue laws by changing the time fur levying the tax on whiskey Mr. Davis, of Maryland, offered the resolution re- ported by him on Thursday, and which the House then tabled, declaring that Congress bas the consti- tutional right to an authoritative volce in declaring } und preseriting the foreign policy of the United States, aud itis the duty of the Executive Depart- tent bo respect tint v« , Obe Mr, Farnsworth, of Dlinols, moved to lay the resolution on the table Disavreed to, Yous 493 naya, 78 Mr Kelenck said he u the resolution to he the sar Foreign Affairs on Thuraday, | tabled, with the #ingle exception that the words * Executive Department’ were substituted for the word * President," The question was takeu on the tirat part of the lution, Wit. + esulved, Viat Cougresa bas @ constitutional rivhtto mu suthoritative yolce preseriblog the foreizn policy of the United arate: as well atin the recognith of new powers an: other th ngs, and ib iw the constitutional duty of the Execut've Departient to respect that policy not less in diplomatic \evotistions, than in the use of the national force wheu authorized by lew, This was egreed to by a vole of 115 yeas against 4 nays, Nays. —Mosers, Blaing, Boutweil, Cole, Kellogg Mich. Litthejolu, Pomeroy, Biaith, Van Valken- burg. The question was next put ou agreeing to the second branc 1 of the rea Aud the propriety elgn policy by Congress is sufficiently proved by the vote which prononneed {aud such proposit while 5 for dip 1. Vis. funy doc'aration of any for- nding and undetermined, is vot w ft topic Me, Broomall moved to lay this clause on the table, but the question was decided tive by w vote uf G1 against 66, The letter the resolution was thea agreed to by a Yow of OF yeas againat 69 uays; iy the dear Urauca of in declaring and | matic explanation with apy foreign power, | {Page ONR CENT1IN D> icy. Yeas—Morsrs, Win, J. Allen, Allison, Ames, Ancona, Anderson, Raldwin, Mich. ; Baxter, Bliss, Biow, Boyd, Chanter, © » Cox, Cravens, Davia, Md. : Dawson, Dennison, Eden, EVdridge, Finck, Gansen, Gartieid, Grider,Griswold, Harri ton, Harris, D). ; Herrick, Higby, Holman, Hub bard, lowa ; Jencaos, Kernan, Kuapp, Law, Lasear, Le Biond, peed Marcy Dowell, MoKinney, Moorbeal, Morrill, ) O: Neleon, N O'Ne'IL O. ; Orth, Pendleton, Perry, Price, P. uyny Randall, Pa; Ross, Schenck, Scot, Sloane, Smith- ers, Steele, NY. ; Stevens, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, ieee Voorhies, Wadaworth, Jos, A. White, iiaemes, TAX ON WHISKEY. Mr. Stevens reported from the Commitee of Ways and Means « bill, substituting the word ‘“January" for the word “February’ tu the 65th section of the Rerenne Act of 1864, and providing that in addition to the duty now impe by law, all spirits of domentic protuction held for sale on January lat, 1865, shall Le subject to » duty of filly cents per gallon, Messrs Btevens and Morrill explained, that while the Committee approved of altering the time, they merely reported the additional whiskey tex in obedience to the resolution of the House, but which they bg hehe be struck out, r. hburne, of Lilinola, briefly appealed to the House to put on the additional ‘ax, Mr. Morrill moved to strike out the additional waerey tax, ® Was agreed to by 65 against 60, The bill was then passed with the additional tax stricken out, and merely changing the time from February to January. Mr. paeiding, of Ohio, made a port of the vi Adjourned, bh in su of the President's 1 Messngee- News Items. (Bp Telegraph to the New York Sun.) Tut rete! Generals Marnmduke, Cabell and Gor don passed thivugh Boston yesterday, en ruute w Fort Warren, Tae iron-clad gunboat Manyunk was successfully launched yesterday afternoon from the shipyard of Mason & Boowden, of South Pittsburg. Tus Secretary of Btate sent a communication to the House in reply to the resolution directing Bim to transmit all correspondence in full tn relation to the troubles on the Northern border, Hoe reports tha, bese difficulties are not merely local, but have @pisen mainly out of the attitude of Great Britain towards us at the beginning of this civil war. Tar joint resolution introduced into the Heuse yosterday by Representative Wilson, of Iowa, re- g1rding certain States not entitied to representation in the Electoral College, includes the States of Vir- ginta, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisians, Tex- es, Arkangas and Tennesse, The resolution wae referred to the Judiciary Comraittee, Linut,-Gxnenat Guant bas again made ¢, fy. ing trip to the northward. He left Washington on Friday evening, at mix o'clock, for hae home in Burtngton, New Jersey, which he reached on Saturday morning, at three o'clock, passing through Philadelphia about ten o'clock, Hoe was accompa- nied by iris wife and family and several officers of his staff, Judge Kelley, Colonel Burton H. Jenks and Colonel Price were occupants, by invitation of the Lieutenant-Genera!, of the oar in which he rode, Ma. Pevpieron, chairman of & comrnittee of Congress appointed to Inquire {nto the expe- dievey of providing that the heads of departmeute shall occupy seats on the floor of the House of Reprosentatives, yesterday reported in favor of the proposition, and reported a biN on the subject. It provides that all the heads of Congrens shall be en- titled to seats on the floor of the House, without the privilege of voting, but with right to partici- pate in debate on subjects relating to their several departinenta, and that two days of each week sball be devoted the answoring of questions by them, of which Tdue notice shall have been given by members, The Secretaries to have the right of declining to answer, if in their estime tion, the Information should be Likely to prove detrimenta! to the public luterests, General [telligence. (By Mail to the New York Sun.) Tux soldiers of Grant's army, in order to supply thermselves with water, have dug wells from w 80 feet deep. The uumber of wella about Peters burgh is said to be at least 600. Is New Orleans, the Mayor regulates the price of loaves of bread every week according to the market price of flour, and the bakers have to couform tw the standard, Tueee ore mxty prisoners awaiting trial at City Polut- all charged with desertion to the enemy for the purpose of receiving the benefit of Jef Davie’ order No. 66, offertng to send to their bomes all deserters from the Uuiou arules, Tap Berlin correspondent of the London Stam, ta a recent letter, asserts that the vast majority of Germans nine-tenths of the poople and she of Gerwany—favor the couse oi the Uniou iu tae American contest, Aiatve arrival from Nassau states that several blockade runners had left Nassau for souihera porta, and that two or thr t thew had bean chased back by Federal eru Large numbers of passengers were offering to come to Now York, but there were no Vessels bo bring them. Tur torpedoes In Roanoko River destroyed a few days since the double-wuder Otsego, 10 Quin, Vid tons, built at New York; the Bayle purchased, apd Picket Boat No, 6, built at # weton by 8. Smith. Bome of the other vessobs narrowly escaped uw like fate “Jonw ©. Barcxinnivar, M four yours Vice Presidcut of the Ciatted Bistes ine recent order, kiudly luvites the people of Fast Tea nesweo to returu tu their homes and “enter upow the pursutie as peaceable citizong,”" Ho guaran te rotection not only to al! who have entered the Union service but wish to leave it, but, further, to all refugees of whatever kind ; and he prom’ then that they shall pot be required to pert military aervice—if they are * above ur below the moilitary aye.'' How kind} Genenat Roseorans publishes « card in refer ence & some alleged aspermous of lua cheracter He says whatever may bave been the cause of his remove! from the Department of Missour’, it was not that his campalnn ageiust Price wags falure, Ho asserts that it waa ss asfal, and truitful a good to the Federal cause, Nor haw the Premder,s, ever lotimate! dissatisfaction with bis manugyve. ment of civil matters in Missouri ‘Lhe charge 4 | be le gn opium eater, Geueral Kowcrana Ukewise says is unfounded, jor Generul,” wud | At the meeting of the citizeus of Troy, NM ¥, ow Raturday, called to express approval of General ! Dix's or ler for the arrest of robvers from Causds, General Wool presided, and made the fallowing re- warkw: ‘I promme the object of the meeting bum been made koown & you. [ts importance Las r ference t our auer and ite towns frow retc!s ae semabled tn Ca. * with probably @ yood many syinpathivers in that country, why geeu prepared to make raids upoa Our border towns and truutier, and even others further remuved from the border, Continued on the lat page,