Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1864 — Page 2

WEEKLY. SENTINEL.

MONDAY, - - JAN. 18Correction.. .

of Wednesday mate a correctToTiTu the report of " ( hi Cambridge speech. It a vs tb h Gover- ' jor jrajwrooglv, reported yntg Jbat the Auditor of State had refused Wi.xstow, Lasix Jk G. aeeea t fei book, thus. prTerjCo)e them v from pajing tte interest last summer." And in ..thin conoecüoa tho Journal, speaVmg for ih Governor, adds; "Justke to Kistib require il to ' b said that th let arrangment was made to ( pajr the Interest; ha ha permitted the Oorernor'a , Secretary to üke from lis book coj.'es of the 9 transfera of oar Btt stock ad ha offereJ ' every facility for that purpose." This correction implies that brfort the late arrangement ol the . ('raravr't 10 pay the inier eat upon the State 7 stoxks, that the Auditor bad refused to permit .' the Governor or hi deputies to examine the pebv lie record in his office, or the books Id which the transfer of clocks are recorded. We prestme -' thia implication is jest aa error-AJUa aa the tniaitAtcmfnt which Rppeanl In the report of the Governor 'a speech, at Cambridge. . , If the Oovernor had been from the beginning of hi administration of State afftira, bt sioCerel y desirous to promote the. public welfare.

regardless of hie own personal advancement and pl aggrandisement, a different state of feeling v. would now exlat in tb public ailnd. Instead of awarding honest ef -purpose 40 hie political - Opponent, Ilia Exeeiteoey baa denounced alt who " wi,u!J not' field fmpUcUlj'to" nfs judgment,' 6plnioua and, purposes at ycopperheads,, , ''butter- . nuU" and "traitors. " Has Governor Mobtox a whit more intereat in maintaining a good Goveroraent, than the humblest citizen of Indiana, -wbo may happeu to entertain different political ' seutimeuU ' from him? . Wh.it personal sue- . ...rifle baa he mad to promote the pub lie - Interest, vn in' hie own view .of the question, since the ' trouble of ' the , country , commenced t II he. not otherwise - been personally benefitted by the terrible civil - war in which the nation has been engaged? Even in the paper in which the correction i made upon . which we are commenting, there is nearly a col- - tas of fulsome puff or of Ilia Excellency, which reads very much like a pateot medicine adver tisement. It admits that the people of Indiana have done $omthinf toward furnishing meu and money in response to the calls or the President, - but the court organ insists that without the un- . paralleled genius and unapproachable patriotism t of, Ilia Excellency, the action of the people wouldn't have amounted to a hill of black-eyed pea. If the Governor had any Idea .of true gre.ttiitiet or if his public action was influenced by the single deaire to promote the public good, self would bare been ' forgottrti, ' and he t would, be willing to let the people thenKelve dütcurer his merits and not attempt - to Instruct them therein as childrcu are learned ' '' the Iphrtbnt. The bigotry, arrogance and intolerance of the party n power has no parallel in .n th htatory of the Uovernment, and in corruption : history has no such infamous recoid. And Got, MoaroM ia anxioua, nay more, he ia ambitious to t be regarded, as the leading spirit and repiencuta f . lira man of such a party and auch a state of pub' "lic affairs. J'- ' 1 1 . Democratic National Cetnretatlem The Democratic National Committee, by an , unanimous- vote, htre dmded to hold tin tional Democra'.w Convention for the nouaiuation of candidates fur I'reident and Vice President, 1 , at Chicago, on the Fourth of July next. . The deferring of the convention to ao late a day may '. make it expodieut to hold our f Ute Conrettion -. for the State oflieea to te filial at the next October election, at an earlier date than was proposed . at the last meeting of the State Central Commit. -' tee, which was immediately after the time fixed fur the assembling of the National Convention, Not t illed. We publish this niomin? an address or eppea! from Governor Moaro.v, to th people of Indi- ' ana. a'ating that her quota ander the laat rail of the President for troops, Is nnt yet full, and urging upon, thern "that full aud complete support which is due from the Stat." The tele- ' graph, we suppose, semi officially, published . to the country that the quota of Indiana was full, but it appears, according to the Governor, that lhi. announcement was premtture. The Governor earnestly appeals Mthat the varioua recruiting officen, county and township authorities and military committees will not cease in their exertions until the quota of tie State has been completely filled." ' District Delegate to the National Democratic Convention. Firat Diatrlct A. T. WHiTTutacr, of Vauder-; burg comity, and Ci'TLxa S Ooaai.va. of Martin, ; delegates. S. M. HoU'omb, of Gibson, and Gaoaua K. (iatts, of Knox, contingents. Second District Lkti Spams, of Clarke, and Joh L. Mt!aio, of Wa-hinjtton, delegtea., Hamilto.' Smith, of Terry, aud A. M. Black, of Orne, contingenjs. . Thinl Diatrtct -Wm. McEwe, of Btrth )lo mew, and Mens SiuiLnt. of Jackson, delegates SrLvaaca Maxtill, of .Drown, and Tuoa. AmTao.to, of S v itxerUnd, contingent. t ' Fourth District Maacca Lrvv. of Dearborn, and Jonif S. Camtbell, of'Huh, delegates. .W.U. Dodo, of Ohio, and James B. Four, of Decatur, eontingenta. 1 Filth District Lara Divxu.t, of Wayne and. Wjs., ArrLKGATK, of Fayette, delegates. " 0. Gair, of Ueury, and Eli TiOMAN, of Union, contingents. - Sixth District A. B. Cosdcitt, of Morgan, and II II Dodd. of M Ion, delegates . B. W. Coorta. of Hancock, and W. II. Jaxyisoa. of Johnson, contingents. " ' - . Seventh Dutrict. Joiijt G. Dan, of Vigo, and Akdt HturuaiTS, of Ureen, dele-' irate. Mklvi McKke, of Putnam, and StkM O Bratox, of Sullivan, contingent. Eighth District. Saxvll C. Willmoji, of Montgomery, and E. F. Li csa, of Warren, delegate. Willi a k A. SatosTta, of Fountain, and J. C. AmaoATK, of Carroll, contingents. Ninth District. J.' A. TatLoa, of Cass and Hoaaca Coaaix, or Marshall, delegates. Ww H. LoioHOtiPOi, of Miami, and Johx C. WsLata, of Laporte, contingents. Tenth .District. Dario ' H. Colkkick, of Allen, and J. V. Losu. of Kociuko, delegates. C. W. Seelet, f Elkhart, and 8. W. Sraorr, of Dck lb, contingents. Kleventh Dii-trict-u .'. P Milliqax, of IIuitingtoo, and David Stud as a Eta, ef Adams, delegates Newtos Ht awELt, of Wells, and Howam Coe, of Grant, contingents. t2T"Tbe copperheads and rebels are having a fresu spasm of hostility to puritanism. The Richmond Ditpatelt is shocked to se the Lite 'of Oliver Cromwell for sale in that city. It thinks that this book" should be accompanied by the Life of -Abraham Lincoln', 'and "the Life of the late lamented John Brown, whose soul ia marchinic on in th track of Cromwell." "In all soberness," says the Dispatch, "have the Yankees taken Richmond, that the life of the hiJous Paritan, Oliver Cromwell, Is to bo thrust into our face at this temn of the yearf" rr70reeley the sum of $18,000 was th result of plat collections for the orphans, in th Catholic churches of New York, on Christmas. HJTMr. Spnrgon tb London preacher lately remonstrated with tb youoaj ladies of hia eon. gTegation, tor faintfns; away to often.

Ttie UriolulUn f Senator

JDVlS of ; . Kentucky. ; - 1 t At the request of many of our readers ana to the exclusion of oilier matter, we publish the re solutions offt fed by Mr. Path f Kentucky. In the Senate, on the &llt iiist. It will be recollect i Vf n.. tri.:, thit Kli iai f rr I at niMtftl Uli th l). m rralic narir: mat uc "s elected as a Unionist; that he wa decidedly and bitterly opposed to secessionism; that he favored vigoious prosecution of the war for the obj.'ts ei preoaed-a. Anav CriUoiidea- loaotut ioik Jtlopt el . by a Republican iloufe of . KeprcscnUtiveion the 22d of July i ltCl,and that he gave a cheerful support to the Adaniuwtraltort a poo that plat-, form as long a it kept Xatth with tho aolenm pledgee it made to the Country fn regard to the conduct of the war m et forth .ia the rft'sidcnt'a early moanagea and fn it, qttaaiiniloraement of the expression of Congress immediately after the a . . . In lin '. i . i t: ' nrstballie at iiuu ituu.,i , For offering th subjoined resolutions to the Saute, ai one of th'j repmentutiTc of a sove reign State of the Union, Mr. Davis is denounced by the abolition Senators aa uttering disloyal and treasonable sentiments, and be. has been threatened with espolnfoA from hia seat to that body aa punixhrnent. therefor. These denunciations come from a party, that profehd tit .the Presi dential canvass of 1BC0 Ur be th peculiar friends and champions of free speech,' free press, liberty of jcouscionce and a pure and free ballot tpx, and which, mads this declaration si part of its poitleal platform for that campaign: ' "That the maintenance Inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially, the right of , each Stale to crdet and control its own domestic in stitutions according to its own Judgment exrlu vely, is essential to that balance or power ott which the perfection and endurance of 'our politi cal fabric depend." We give this record of Mr. Davis, the action and declarations of a Republican Congress , and a Republican Administratlonou of the planks of the Republican (Chicago) platform of 18Ci)r and th resolutions that Mr. Davis nflVrNl in tlx fUnte on the Sth Inst., with the leading Republican Senators' Interpretation of them, as a part of the political history of the times. . . , . rBKSIDKJTIAL FOWIE. Senator Davis submitted the following resolu tions for consideration, which wer laid over and ordered to be printed: - 1. Rrtolvrd. That the Government of the United Sutes was established by the people of Stales which had before been separate, sovereign and independent; and they formed their common liatioual government by a written Constitution, and delegated to it so much of their sovereign political power aa they adjudged to be necenaary and proper to enable it to manage all their affairs witb foreign nations and among the several Slates; and, both bv it leading prindplo and an express provision, they reserved "to the States respectively, or to the people. all "powers not delegated lo the United Slates, bor prohibited by It to tne otatea. 2. That our svstem consists of a limited na tional government for the whole United States, of supreme authority as lo all the powers with which tic Constitution ha invested it; and State governments for each Stare, formed by ihe peo pie thereof, and holding the entire rrsidudom of political sovereignty within their respective States, eacn goVf-rnnenr, witinn Its spliero, being alike supreme. 'And aa the Governors,' and all other civil and military officers of the States, as other individuals, may commit treason against the L mted States, by "levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, vivinir them aid ud comfort, ao the President of the U tiled States, and the civil and military nfllcerj thereof, may commit treason against any histe whose government Is In the Performance of Its duties linder the Federal Constitution, by levying war against It, or in adhering to it enemies, giving them aid aud comfort, as resisting with an armetl force the execution of its laws,' or adhering to such armetl force, giving St aid nnd comfort. 3. That in all the täte ud parts of States here the laws of the United Sttes and the States can bo executed, the military authorities should not be brought into coflict with the civil power, but should be strictly held to be, as they rightfully are. in subordination to it. 4 l hat all elections to civil olficers. Federal or State, should be in strict accordance with the Constitution nnd law of the United States, and of the States respectively, and be conducted by officers appointed by the proper autho-ities tor that purpose; and where, from the presence or sp prehension of force, violence, or other cause, any election cannot be so conducted, it ought not to be held at all; nnd every election ut which any military force may Interfere by Imposing addi tional oaths or qualifications of tho electors, or regulations for conducting the said election, or by changing or modifying- the oaths and quulifi cations of the electors or i emulations lo govern it as provide! by law. or to constrain, control, or direct the officers of such election in conducting it, should be held to be void and of no effect. 5. That thn experience of. the world proves that here can be neither security nor liberty in any cot ntry without wise ami just laws firmly sustained and uniformly executed. Tint Is the die, the spirit, ihe soul of this nation; and all neglect ami departure from law,' and particularly from constitutional law, by agents appointed lo administer it, although sometimes attended with seeming ndvnntage, are sure to produce, sooner or later, much greater aud mote endming mull) ef. Wherefore a disregard of law by such agents is never tolerated by a wis and free people. 6 That the powers of tho Government of the United States are derived wholly from and I ni iied by the Constitution, an. by it are divided into legist) tive, executive nnd judicial, ami each class of those powers is vested In a sepante de pnrtment; that the President is the chief of the executive department, nnd has no legislative or judicial jwiwer wha'ever, and only auch executive powers as are enumerated in the e-ond und third sections of the second article of the Constitution, and such other powers as may be, front time to time, conferred upon him bv Congre in virtue of this prorision: "Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper tor carrying into execution tne foregoing powers, and all other powers vested bv this Con stitntion in the Government of the United States, or in anv department or officer thereof. 7. That the President cannot be divested of aor of the powers with which he is directly in vested by the Constitution, nor controlled nor Interfered with In their execu ion; but all powers conferred ou him by law of Congress he holds in subordination to that department which may supervise, modify, and correct his execution of them, or resume them by repealing tho law en trusting their execution to him W. Thai the power of the President to recog nine the existence of a state of case amount ing to an "invasion, or imminent danger of invasion, of the United Siates," or "an insurrection in any Slate against t'.'.e goret nmr nt thereof, " ir "obstruction lo the execution of the laws of the United States by combinations too powerful lo be suppressed by the Ordinary course of judicial proceedings," and to call forth the military power to meet such conditions, is conlerre I on him by the laws of Congress, and the repeal of those l.i ws would withdraw from the President all that power. 1. That Congress ia vested with the power "to lay and collei-t taxes, duties, impost, and excises; to pay the dent and provide for the common de fense and general wellaie of the United States;' tu declare wur, grant letters of maique and re prisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; "to raise and supnort armies. "to provide and mainUiti a navy;" "to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections and repel hivaions;" "to provide fur arming organizing aud disciplining the militia, and gov erning such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States;" "lo cu trnntv to every State In the Union a rep'iblicnn form of government, and to protect each of them againtt Invasion, and thus tne entire war power, and qaasi war power, external and internal, of ihe government, is vested by the Constitution in C ingress, and no part of it whatever in the Pre sident. It) That whenever there is an insurrection in the United States, Congress i vested with the power to suppress it, and with no other power whatever over th insurrection; and when it is snppressed, either by the arms of the United S'ates or by the submission of the insurgents to Ihe Constitution, laws, snd authorities thereof, thereupon the power of Congress is exhausted, and the insurgents are immediately remitted to all the rights, liberties, privileges, and duties of eitixens. subject to such lorfeuure thereof as may have been declared by law after it shall have been adjudged by the civil courts in the mode prescribed by the Constitution;: and Congress. much less the President, has no power to impose upon mem any otner terms or conaitions. 11. That the whole power and duty of the

President in the existing insurrection is to prallt psrdohs to tho.e engaged in i, and, 43 Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, to direct tbeir operatioas for its soppreseien; and, aa such, his powers are strictlv millLnr. and are nnLrilf.

fere:itr.jcater than would be those of ;e sen- ! i .i.- i ' rri'.'t ..' or teucrai iu ine service, u tne uoustiiuiion naa rleinnteJ him to he the Commander in Chief: ?fre-powr-to Te-o wnf o:UHturua twe ts -4 suppression, is lesialative, to which the President is incoiDpetj)Wvrntker as fhrst elecutlveoffl cer of the Uoyerrt meiit, orCämmander iu Chief of the Army aYd-Si-rr. 1 12. Tint the law of tnilitarv necessity is not bta.tr. It does, not, nor cmnot. In peace or war, abrogate r suspend the Constitution in whole or. in part. Jt caiujot authorize arbitrary arrta or. Imprisonment, or in nnt war Interfere with the person of the citizen, but Only with hi properly. It does not appertain to the PreiJent or to 'the Commander iu Chief, unless he be in the actual command of a military force,' and then only under particular clrcua:ntnnrea.; .'It resulta from a present and urgent need of an army of wdltary corps which is so pressing" that it cannot await other modes, but must be anpplied wtiywhere ia ita reach by its own power and action. - It, is not an expediency hut a necessity of a military body, and creates a law ai d confers a power, for. the occasion only, on its Commander, of whatever grade he may be, to supply that ieceisiiy, by taking properly with summary military . force, without depriving the wner of. bis Ight.to be Compensated for it by the United States.' Each ease of military BecwwJty : makes iu -own law, adapted to Its own -peculiar circumstances,-and cipii ing with that particular rect!ts.Uy; . There Is not, and cannot be. aoy uniform,' permanent .or. even continuing law of military neceaaitys The idea that a law always accidental, evanescent, and Iu truth so Inconsiderable, should have the tnagio force to enable Abraham Lincoln to bound over th Constitution and all t:a limitations and restrlctiof.s,' and clutch the vast powers which h claims under it, i a gigantic absurdity..,. . 1 ". 13 That at Ihe beginning, under the panic of the defeat of Bull Rua, the party lit power pro fessed to carry it On for the constitutional end, to put down the rebellion and vindicate the law and authority of the United Slates IninHurgent Stales, and when that was effected it was lb ceaa. ' Hut, more than a year ago. another snd paramount and unconstitutional end, the total aubveraion of slavery, waa inaugurated by them; and at length, idNrri"on the war In this perverted and aug mented form, the annual expenditure on the part of the United Stale haa awollen lo one hundred thousand lives, and a much larger amount of personal disability, nnd a thousand millions of money, and yet the wisest cannot ace the end of the war. . Veiily, tho people North and the peo pie South ought to revolt against their war lead ers, and tak this great matter Into their own hands, and elect members to a national conven lion of all the States, to terminate a war that is e iriching hundreds of thousands of officers, plunderers and spoilsmen in the loya States, slid threatens the masses in both sections, with irretrievable bankruptcy and indefinite slaughter, and to restore their union and common government opon the great principles of liberty snd compromise devised by Washington and his asao ciate. - . ,.. 14 That the present executive government of the United Slates has subverted, for Ihe time, in large portion's of the lotal States, the freedom of speech, the freedom of the presa. and free suffrage, .the constitutions and lawa of the States and the United States, th civil courts and trial by jury. It has ordered, md libitum, arbitrary arrests by military ofliccrs, not vndy without arrant but without any charge or imitation of crime or otieose. and has hurried the persons so at rested from.. horn and vicinage Co distant prison), and kept them iucarci-rated there for an indefinite time, some of whom it discharged without trial and in utter ignorance of the cause of their arrest and imprisonment, and others it caused to be brought before courts created by itself and to be tried and punished without law; in violation of the constitutional guarantee to the citisen of bis right to keep and bear arms, and of his rights of property, it has forcibly deprived, as ell the loyal as th disloyal, of both; it has usurped the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and lo proclaim martial law, and has es tablished military tribunals in Statesand parts of States where there was no obatruction to the due administration of the laws of the United States and the State by the civil courts and authorities: and ordered many eitixens, who were not connect ed with the Army or Navy, lo be dragged before its drum hesd courts, and to be tried by them for new and strange offenses declared by itself and by an uedeflned and indefinable law being but the arbitrary v. ill of the court; ordained at pleasure a military despotism In the loval Slates by means of court martial, provost marshals, and military lurces, governed neutier by law, principles nor rule, from whose ttrannv and oppressions no mau can claim immunity; all of which must be repudiated and swept away by the sovereign people. IA that a Ire press, free speech, and free elections are the great and peaceful fort es by which the maladministration of our Uovernment, whether in the legislative or executive department, I prevented, reformed or reversed, nnd its authors thought lo public condemnation and punishment: and those bulwarks of constitutional government and popular liberty are formidable to malvciHttors, urcrs and tyrants only, and they must be upheld by the people at all has irds. 1C. That as the Constitution and laws afford no iiie.nis to exclude from ihe oflic of Preeident a man appointed to it by military power, or who is declared to be chosen to it by reason of th suppression of the freedom of election, or by the exclusion of legal voters from the polls, or by any other means, the people of the United States would be incompetent to defend and unworthy to have received the rich heritage of freedom bequeathed to them by their futhera, if they permit that great oftce so lo be filled, or iu niiy other mode than by their own free suffrages. 17. That ihe scheme of the President lo bring hark the insutgeut States is open to many and Insuperable olijections. The par Ion and amnesty offered by him is upon the condition that those who accept it shall renounce -their right to their slave property, and swear to support his unconstitutional proclamation and unconstitutional sets of Congress, which attempted to take it from tlient He must have Intended to put this condition in a form so obnoxious as to secure it rejection by most of those to whom it was offered. He att'ei-ta the position that ten of the Insurgent States have forfeited or dissolved their State gov. erni enta, and requires thai they tie reconstructed on a condition prescritied by himself, and this against th true principle, which he and Ihe leg islative department of ihegorernmcut h id previ ously recognized that all the acts of the insurgent States and people tend in to their secession, aeparation and Independence were void; and when the innndation with which their inatirrectiou cor ered over the authority of the Constitution and laws of the United Stales In them pnsi-ed a way, It would leave the constitutions, laws, property, and Institutions or those states In every respect the same that they were previously, excepting only th changes that wete produced by the mete shock of arms, the principle ttatmi mnle bellum being applicable. He Ignores the constitutions of Tennessee, Aikansas, and others that have wot been al tired in 'any particular, but are the same that ihey wer before their revolt; and he requires those States to repudiate their constitutions mat governed mem many years peacefully in tne union, and to lorm new one. He has no right to take cognisance in any way of the governtuentH and constitutions of tnoseSlates, or any other States: to the extent that such a power is vested in Ihe Government of the United Slates, it is congressional, not presidential. He has no authority whatever to impose any condi tions on Ihe insurgents, and they areaubjeel to none but what are prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the United Slates, to he determined by their courts. What right ha the President to say that one-tenth of as many of the voters of those Stales as voted at the last presidential election may pull down and revolutionize their Slat governments and erect new ones for the other nin tenths, which he will recognise and uphold with the armies and navies of th United StatesT Ilia project i to continue the war upon slavery by bis further usurpations of power, and to get together and boy up a desperate faction of mendicants and adventurers in th rebel States, giv them possession of the polls by interposing the baronet, as in Maryland. Delaware, and nor lions of Missouri and Kentucky, and to keep off loyal pro slavery voters; and thus to form bastard constitutions to abolitionixe thos Stales. 19. That the impending destiny of our country can no longer be blinked. The people of the loyal States are resolved Into two great parties, th dutructirtt and IA conservafiVs. - The first consists of Abraham Lincoln, hi. office holders. contractors and other followers: the second of all men who are for ejecting Lincoln and his puny from office and power - The professed object of the first are to prrseree ihe Union and to oblih saerrj : In all the Stat.t. They have about ceased to make a pretense of supporting ' the Constitution and the laws; their real object are to perpetuate their party power, and to hold possession of the Government to continue th aggrandizement of their leaders, great and small, by almost countless offlcea and employments, by myriade of plundering contracts, and by puttinr j up to Sile the largest amount of spoils that weret

ever offered to market by any government on earth. Their object .s not to eradicate slavery, but only to abolish iu form and the mastery. To

ubjugate wholly the rebel States, and utterly to revolutionise their political and social organiza tion; to destroy or banish, and strip oi iheir property all th uro slavery people, secessionists, snti secessionists, loyal and disloyal. women and children, the decrepit and the won camlet -vtenfis, all whom they oannot ahoUtioaixe.and to disoribate the lande oftthe watnegatcU people alhbfigTliCir ftflo'fcii,"r was tlotJe bv the Roman conquerors of their own country-wiearse-proelarm-tDoeafreedoiw-' tf out or military power to taae possession oi tu freedmen and work them for their' oWb profit; to do all tr-.T. and also to' enalave the white man by trampling'onder foot the Constitntlon and laws of the United States and the States, by the power of a subsidized artnt. and, 1et it should falter. by hundreds of thousands of nryre janninrie, organized 1'or that purpose iy the Secretary of W ar and the Adjutant Geiiaml. 'Ihe flrst ana paramount object of the conservatives is, to preserre their, o'n liberties by string the Liiion, U-e Constitution and the laws from utter and nnai overthrow by the destructives, not themselves to be cnslared under pretext of giving fictitious freedom to th negre; and lo restore and perpet uate the Union: and to brmtf back' the people in rerolt br renewed and sufUdent kjuarsntecs or ii tneir constitutional ngnis. i nere is nocuorce eft to any man but to be a deatructive or con scrrstive. , ' . 1 oi; l .. ...:; i "CI -ElKVINTU DuTUCT DkHOCSATIO CojtoStsI . ... SioXAb Cpsvfc-iTiO! A large sud enthusiastic meeting of the Democracy of this district was held at Huntington 'on the b"th ' Inst. " L. 1 MiLiiUA, of Huntington 'county, and David STcnABAKKS, of Adam, were selected a dele gate to tb National Convention, and Nkwtox IUawruVof Wells, and Howard Cor, of Grant, aa contingents, , .,, .', ;; ... Mrs. Limb, of Jackson county, frose to death In her own house on the night of the 1st, for lack of snlriclent bvd clothing to protect tier from th severity of th weather.1. She was very old, snd was In most destitute circumstances.' JounRAsnoi.ru remarked, In' alluding to the great sympathy atone time felt by the American people for th Greeks, and the large collections made for lhem,"You have Greeks at your doors." The sames remark will apply,' as the foregoing notice indicates, to the poilaulhropist whose Sympathie ar all exhibited for the "fresduieu, when poor whites at our own door are suffering f-om neglect and destitution. , . . , , j ' Ni.tTii District DmocBATic Coxoiksnioxal Conviction. The Democracy of this district met in convention at Winamaeon the 8ih Inst Horace Corbin, of Marshall, was chosen per manent Pie-dletit, who. on taking the chair addressed the convention' in the most eloquent earnest and forcible manner, setting forth the duty of the Democracy in these times of peril to personal liberty as well a to the Gor eminent in a manner that was approved bv every Democrat present, aa was testified by the applause that fre quently interrupted the eloquent striker. On motion of Air. l ackard, the Democratic editors present were epKiuted Secretaries.- . On motion or U. Ii. Las-mile, the Hon. J Davis, of Cass, and T. It. Keys, Ivq , of Pu laski, were chorcu V ice Presidents of Ihe con vention. . . . i On motion a committee consisting of one dele gate from each county whs appointed its a Com roittee on Resolutions, aa follows: Cass. S. A Hall Chairman; White. John 0 Karr; Pulaski, G. 1 . V ickersham; Jasper. T. J Spiller; Marshall, M. A. 0. Packard: Fulton John 3coti; Miaou, W. IS. XViUKhrulK. Dr. J. A. Adrain.of Cass; J. (I. Oshom, o Marshall; J. L Farrar, of Miami; C. Ii. Lasse and Hon. John Divis, of Cass, addressed the convention. 1 The Committeo on Resolutions reported the following, wht;h were uiiaiiimoiisly adopted: wkirias, 1 lie mad ana rci KifM misrule am usurpations that have marked the conduct of on National Executive are threatening lo overthrow the right ol tho States and the liberties oft! people, and are rapidly tendii g to estballah centralized despotism; it therefore becomes the imperative duty of the people to assemble. to gethcr and enter their solemn protest against Ih wivnirs they are endurinjr at the bands of the usurpers; therefore we, the Democracy of th Ninth Congressional District, in convention ai sembled, do aolcmnly resolve: , 1 Th-it the present titinat mal wur in which are engaged has been wickedly per vet ted bv abolition fauaticUm from the purpose for which it was commtuced, and iustcad of being waged for the restoration and perpetuity of the Uniou, (as the President and Congress assured us in the commencement that it should be.) it has. through the influence end wicked inachin itjnn of an abolition faction, been changed into a war to obliterate Stute lines, lo abolish slavery, and, as conducted, Is calculated in all its tendencies to destroy the Union forever, to destrovall hopes of a reconciliation, to sink the proud Caiicassiau race lo a level with the African, and our unhappy country from the high position it tins heretofore occup'ed to a miserable nnd grinding despotism. ' 2 That our lives and our fortunes are at tho service of our country to protect and perpetuate its free Institutions, as they came to us from our fathers; that like them we are reidy to die in its defense; that we are ready to meet and conquer any foe thai attempts to sever lint glorious Union their blood has cemented, and at all hazards to throw off the yoke uf any tyrant that seeks lo wrest from us any of,th rights they purchased with their lives 3. That we oppose any settlement of our national difficulties that will not restore the Union as it ws and this can only be done by restoring that harmony end fraternal nfTWiioti which, iu the seuiituent of the hero and statesman Andrew Jack son, are the only ligaments that can hohl us together. That the abolition policy of freeing the slaves and arming him against his m.-inrer Ci.o only willen the breach and lesult In a final dissoluiion, or a civil nnd political equality of blacks and whites.' ' ' ' 4. That we regard the African race as Inferior by nature to the Caucasian, ami Ih it we bitterly oppose every policy of the Administration that will directly orln tts tendencies place the black upon a political, military, or civil equality with the whites. 5- That we are distinctly In favor or such an adjustment of the difficulties that distract the country, . a will concede all reasonable demands consistent with honor, with the perpetuity of the Union, and the maintenance of ihe rights of the States and of the people under the constitution. (j.. That in nnyteiinaof peace that may be agreed upon, ih interests of the white race alone are to bv nnidered, without reference to ihe statu, of the African 7. That there ia a point beyond which submission mergea th freemen in l he slate, ami re sis t nee becomes a duty and whether that point has arrived in th history of the time may be debated. 'But we will resist by force any at tempts to abridge the elective franchise, whether by the introduction of illegal voter under military usarpaiion, or Ihe attempt by Federal otlicers to intimidate the citizen by threat of oppression. 8. That, as the present unhappy difficulties in our land have resulted by a departure from th time-honored principle of the Constitution a enunciated and applied by the Democratic party, the only hope for peace, union, aud prpsperity to ihe couutry. i by a retarn to those principles in the administration of the government. 9. Thai we extend greeting and sympathy to lb tjsllanl soldiers from the Niulh District, who have upon so many battle fields testified their tie voiiou to the Uniou as it wat forned under the Constitution. . On motion of J. L. Farrar, th convention proceeded to a ballot, which resulted In the election of Dr. J. A. Tajlor and Horace Corbin aa delegate,:. . Ou motion of S. A. Hall, W. II. Loughrl Ige of Miami, and Col. John C. Walker of Laporte, were chosen alternate delegates. The Logsnsport rharos commenting opon th proceedings of the convention, remarks: Only half the counties In the district were represented nn accident on the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, about thirty miles north of Winamac, preventin? the attendance of delegates from five northern counties. The severe cold also prevented a large attendance from th counties rep-eeftted. 1 The convention was harmonloua the sentiments of the delegate! showing that the Demo, cracy of the Ninth Diatrict are as zealous as ever iu the advocacy of their ancient and, honored principles. , ' '' ' . The delegates to the National Convention are sterling Democrv:. who bare ever been found faithful to the Constitution aud tha Union, and the Democrats who. knoW them rely confidently upon their experience and judgment in the discharge of the Important duties imposed upon them. ' ... ..

THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

' j -' , ' i 1 '- i'.f SENATE. I : WasHtsoToir, January 11. Mr. Dixon-presented memorial from the Society of Friends in New York, prarini; for xeroptiou Irom to uralt, . K a tarred. Td"r. UööTTtlTe precule3nTiree nieniorTaTsTrom citizens of Wisconsin, rravintr Conuress to abolish slavery iiv't he -Yerritade " i ,4er red. LsJMr. 44iincfoy Jureaeutetf.paiiiions from two hundred women and two hundred men of Massa chusetts, prttjingfor thenbojiion of slavery m throughout the United StatCT."TCefc7re3T '""" 'Mti Lane,. of kaneosy -said scot en . of aoldusrs ad been coo fined imirion for the simple offence of hurrahing lor Jim iane, but the Colonel who naa imprtnonoa mem was niroscu itcrwsrus compelled to hurrah for Jim Lane. The officers appointed by ov; Oamble or Misaoart were the otlViitjers.i iTh'iy fire Armpathifccri with, the re bellion. tft. ..... i Tha Hoifcb bill making consular and diplo matic appropriations was referred to the Finance Committee.?'"' - : .......,'; Ihe reaolutioa ftf Mr; Wilaon of Maasachusetta to expel Senator Davis of Kentucky was made the ordsr for W ednesdny ; ' Mr. Carlisle announced - In appropriate tersns the death of Senator1 Howden.' Messrs. Wiley and Wilson followed in appro priate eulogies, i i: ..; - . 1 . Th usual resolutions wer adopted, and tb senate adjourned. - ' Hi house. ' 1 "v:";,, : Mr. Pento Introdused a bill providing for the Iiavment lor loaaor dealruolioa oi the property ot oyal eitixens by th troops of tha United States during the ex ist cue ef th prrsent rebel lit u. i ' Mr. Arnold introduced a bill for the construc tion ot a ship canal uniting th Mississippi with the northern lakea. . , Mti Wilder introduced a bill requiring tb as certainment of tb damages sustained at Lawrence and other place lu Kansas by guerrilla raid. I t . i Many bill on a large variety of subject were introduced in addition to the above, all of which were ro I erred. ' t . -..! i ' ' , : . . Mr, Pike offered a resolution granting th use of the Hall of tb House of Representatives to Mia Anna Dickinson, to deliver an address for the benefit of the Freedmen' Aid Association. Mr. A neon a moved lo lay tha resolution on the Ubl. - - , ,.v Lost yeas 48, nays 79. . Fernando Wood tillered the following: .: , Wherea, Accusation seriously allecting the officii! integrity of Major General ISutler in the discharge of his duties while in command of New Orleans, have been published; and . Whereas, Other military oflivera'ar charged with delinquencies, oppressive conduct, and conniving at frauds; and -: I..: W'heres, It is statetl that there have been collusion for military supplies iu the military and naval departments; and Whereas, recent disclosures show that in the custom house of New York snd other branches of the Tie-isury Department, the revenue law has been detraudod, and treasonable aid given to disunionists; und - - Whereas, it is apparent that general demoralization and incapacity pervade the executive branch of the government to an extent which calls for the interposition and preventative legislation of Congress; therefore, . Resolved, That a committee of nine members be appointed lo Investigate and uncertain the foundation for these accusations, with power to end for persona and papers, to take testimony uvideroath, to mke recommendation of necessary e reforms, aud reHiit at any time. . . Mr. Sterena of Pennsylvania moved to lav the proposition on the table. Motion agreed to yess 77, nsys 63. , , - v Me Hrwomall offered the following: , . Whereas, the burdens of goreriinient should be made to fall as cqitullv as posailde in all parts of the country; and, . - Whereas, the southern portion of the country has contributed hut lititc means and money toward the support of the government; ami , - Whereas, for every black man enlisted in the South some man from tho overburdened North should be exempted from the draft; and whereas the only way to rdeit this, is to get the black m n, it ia therefore duly declared to be the sens of this House, that . The Government hould uso effoifs to obtain the slaves in rebel territories. r offering them as full pay and Itouniiea aa other recruits, and declare a slave free upon hisculiMmeut. Mr. Cox said lie would move to lay the resolution on th t ible unless ihe gentleman would allow him to amend it so as to conscript all the Mucks in the l ind Tlic Iloti-e tefvsed lo lay iho proposition on the table, by ycis fl. nna 7-1. - On motion, the Committee on Military Affairs was instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing for the fuivment of soldiers of the money withheld for the loa ol cloihinj; Ac , thrown a say iu service by command of their officers. Mr. Stearns, from the Committee on Ways and means, repotted a bill to reimburse the State of Pennsylvania for ihe expet aes she incurred In calling out tier militia during the rebel invasion. The bill was referred to ihe Committee of the Whole tin the state ot the Union. ; A message was hererefeived from the Senate, announcing the death of Senator Uowden. Mr. Brown, o West Virginia, delivered a eulogy, and the usiml resolutions of respect were passed; and as a further niaik of t es pect, the House adjourned. " " . : : SENATE. Wasiiinotoü, January 12. Mr Howe, introduced a communication from the Governor of Wisconsin, with a copy of a petition addiescd lo the Legislature ol.that Stale by Mr. Blair and others, ask im; indemnity from the Unite ! State. for injuries lo person and property, in their efforts lor ih enforcement of the conscription law., Mr. Line, or Kans is, reported from ihe Military Committee, the llou-e bill (or the payment of olli cer and men actually employed in the De parliiiciit o Missouri., - . Mr. Wilson introduced a bill nulhorizing the appoint incut oi a Second Asylant Secretary of War. , The joint resolution continuing the bounties hereiofoie p.iid, wisp seal without an amendment. Mr. Sunnier mo li tied his amendment to the enrollment bill, pr-ivitliiu thai ihe Scc'y of War , shall npply the mot.ey receive 1 from substitutes and otherwise, to I lit single object of procuring subrtilnles. , Mr Sheimau opposed the amendment Mi au extra income lax, mid also as calculated to raise the price of sublitutes, and as operating one- -qually, , A medsage was received from the President in answer to the inquiry relative to the alleged exceptional treat meat of Kilians prisoners by rebels, transmitting letters from the Secretary to the Commander-in Chief of the array and the Commissary General of piisoners. Gen Halleck says: I have no information that the volunteers from Ksn-ws. taken prisoners of war, have been treated by ihe eneny any diteiently than volunteer from any oilier State. He also states 'that the General in command of the department of which Kansas forms a part, knows of no distinction between Kansas and oilier piisoners. , The Commissary General of ptisoncrs ssys there is notning in the records of his office to show the manner in which the wounded snd dead soldiers have been treated on the battle field by the rebels, nor is thwe anything lo show that Kansas volunteers have been put lo death on being taken ' prisoners. ' Only 58 enlisted men of Kansas regiments ran be found on rhe record a having been delivered on parole by the enemy. , Mr. Fessenden reported bick from the Com- ' mittee on Finance, without amendment, th House bill continuing bounties to volnntaers lo March 1st,' 164. ' In connection with the subject he presented a letter from tire Secretary of the Treasury stating hi inability to meet the heavy draft required by ' the bill in-such a short time, and recommending increased taxation Mr. Festenden said as the Committee of Ways and Means in the Hons would consider favorably , the recommendation of the Secretary he hoped . ihe Senate would concur with the House In ex- . tending the time to March 1st. '" ' The bill was passed. ',' The enrollment bill was then considered, and vsrioua aideiidmeuu discussed ' Mr. Doolittl said every citizen owed to his government, for his protection, not only his property, but more than that, his persoual services. The revenue bills provided for taxation, but th bill before the Senate called for the services ot the citizens of the United States. It was a calj upon the men of the country to rally aronnd the flag? Every able bodied mao ia bound to render that service. ' ' " ' ' ' ' He thought the proposition of Mr.' Sumner a' Just One: 1 We shall never b compelled to resort ' to another drart if we nil no tne old regiments. This wilt be the finishing' blow to the rebellion. At the same time the President should have th t.it:.. ia 11 .. i it.. i. .1 J

ifywfr auu nuiut m vam uu kvih biiuo vv uuiv . w ..r a ,.?..(. t ...i f. .'j. - .

the 3.P0O.00O men liable to doty. 1 be' moral effect would go far toward crushing therebellion.

Ac the instance of Mr. w iison. Mr. aumuer modified his amendment, reducing the per cent. on income The amendment of Mr. Sumner waa rejected I yeäälS.'nayi 25. Mr. (J rimes said lie would nte to Know tne ... 1-, . i pr ovision had been made to enlist colored meu in the border States. It was not in ins power to answer the question definitely. He understood we bad 50 000 colored soldiers in service, and were iticrearinir the number daily. He did not il.illk.ALal lUe-tJPVC II mailt had preMCvi thia mat. 1 ter as vigorously as it should have done. As oor armies advance we should weil them by the o . . . ....... addition f colored, truop. - Th .people every where sro a una jn support of the poucj oi em ploting colored troop. " Al 4 o'clock Mr.' Wilson --moved to eo' into ex ecu lir eeaatoa. Adopted. '!- the After, su eucuture region, Senate adt ' I - .-. 'i Mourned.; , , , ... i house;5 . Mr. Wilaon reported from tfie Judiciary Committee a bill changing' the pise of holding Circuit and District. Courts . of East Tennetsce. Passed. . i. j i ; ...... -i Mr. Wilaon also reported a bill defining the jurisdiction of the' Court of Claims. ' - Mr. Stevens, fram theCommiiie an Ways and Meane, reported ia bill I linereaao .vh: internal revenue, snd for P"f fhlcb was made ; the special order for Thursday next. Mr. Thomas of Maryland, from the Commttte on the Judiciary, reiKsrted a bill supplemental to lb Jaw relating to. the w ar Uepurlineut,-and au'horizing the settlement, . of certain , claiais against the United States'." . Tne Hons' then went into committee of the Whole on tha Stat of tb Uniou, and proceeded to the consideration of. the bill to reimburse the Sute nf Pennsylvania for calling out the militia 1 to repel the invasion, and appropriating $71XI,(K)0 forthat purpose. ' ' ."Mr. Fernando Wood moved an smeodment, so as tu reimburse .New York, which should be plsced on an equal fooling with Pennsylvsnia or any other Slate. "' "' ....... Mr. Roe er wished to Include New Jersey. ' No vote taken. . . . , , The committee rose and the House adjourned at4o'clotk. ' ... ' " - SENATE. ' 4 '"' . . : i- : i- W'ashixqtox, Jan l!t ' Mr. Wade Introduced n joint resolution for the Committee on the Conduct ot the War to consist of Ihre members from each House, which was passed. . f . . Mr. Line, ol Kansas, onered a bill to prohibit the sale of gold at higher prices than are paid In the regular market of New York for U.S bonds paying 6 per eent. interest iu gold, except for ex portalion lo pay dclil On motion of Mr. Sumner, the resolution to I expel Senator Davis, of Kentucky, was taken up. Alter considerable discussion the subject waa laid over. " -- Mr. Wilson reported back the bill authorizing the appointment of ' in Asdstant Secretary of War. i. ... -.i . Mr., Buckalow offered a resolution , that 5,00(3 copies of McClellan's report b printed lor the use nf the Senate. On motion of Mr. Anthony a resolution was adopted calling on the Milit-iry Committee to inquire whether any obstacle had been thrown in the way of the egress of colored men not subject to military duty, nnd If so by what authority.- ' -' . . i Mr. Lane' bill relative to the sale of cold was read twice, referred to the Fmanco Committee, and ordered to be printed. ' Adjourned. i . ; i i i i i ) : HOUSE, Mr Yeamati made h speech explaining the j object of hia resolution heretofore otTored, w hich were to encourage the loyal people of the South to resume the functions of civil government un der the Constitution. ' ' Mr, lioutwrll, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill to eu able the President a croanci pation proclamation to be carried into effect. The House then went into Committee or tne Whole on Ihe President' annual menage, Her which it adjourued. ,, . . . . . . - i i ".' " "'1. ' '" 'senate.'.'"., , ' , WsaHixoTO, January 14. Senator McDousal offered lite joint resololions j of th California Legislature, relating to a lax on mtive wines. Relerr! to the Committee ou Finance. ' ..... i . . The Senate then took op the enrollment bill. ' Mr. Wilkinson introduced a bill to extend th Noithern Indian Supcilniendeiicy so that it may include the Territory of Dicotah: Referred lo the Committee on 'I erritorie, i Mr. Wilson withdrew hi ameiidment and proviso. The original amendment of the Military Com mittee striking our the $3(K) clause was rejected by 2d against 11. i i!r Sherman's amendment came up, which strikes out section 4 of the original bill and provide ih it persons f urnishing sustiuiee or moiler shall be liable to draft rn future calls, and to raise the commutation to $5')0. Mr. Howard's motion, irlating to the $!)IH) clause of the old bill, was adopted by 14 against 23. in lieu of Sherman' amendment. . Varioua amendment a ad tnodifi cation were made to the amendment of Mr Wilson, exempting clergymen and persons aho were conscientiously opposed to bearing' arms,' and allowing them, when drafted, to serve iu hospitals or have commutation.. Mr. Coiiuesa was opposed to the amendment, and he thought he hud many constituent of this clus. The exemption under thi clause would be more numerous than ihe Senator think.. The Unitarian might claim exemption bee i use the immortal Chinning had wiitien the most pro found essay ever written, illustrating the horrer of war. tii regard for the Quaker was equal to that of any other Senator, but in thi war he he could tint take Wsue with 'he Senators ou the question of exempting them. Il thev refuse to pay commutation money, it Is a Quaker war. They have claimed that laverv i ihe curse ol the earth, a barbirous iiiaiiiutioti iu the world. This aggression against the institution haa been the object of their foticrin c.ire and direction for two hundiel vents. Mr. Ssulsbury ai-ked if be understood the Sen ntor to say that this is a w.ir for the nbilition of slavery. Mr. Connect knew the Senator from Delaware would be brought into this debile. He would find out what hU-opii D were at another and more appropriate Uute, ow' the subject,-but as the Senator was k pm-sli'erv man, he desired him to understand tint he was anti-slavery. He asserted that this waa a Quaker war. a war of moral forces sgiiust the institution of slavery, and he was opposed to this exrmntiou for convenience sake. He believel the safest and truest way to heaven was to strike a rebel whenever you can reach him. Applaus J .The resolution cxeinpt'ug clergymen and noncomlntants paved. , The Senate passed several minor amendments tö the bill. "... : Adjourned. , , .. lIjOUSE .'..',V. " , The House resume! consideration of the joint resolution reptw-titl lio the .Indlci try Committee, to make the confiscation 't conform to Ihe Constitution, o that the forleitur of - esbde shsll continue only during the lifetime of th offenders. ..' ' 1 ' - Mr. Cox argued that the ronfiscaiion system had proved an otter failure, and because this failed the Hons was calle-l on ut adopt another measure to stimulate Ihe rebel I too and destroy what little Union feeling ther was now in the South. , T ÜT" - ' Mr'. Diyis or Maryland, replied, saving from the course of Mr. Cox and ihe majority on his side, no support of the Administration was to be expected from them, and when he, tendered his support he (Divis) would look upon it aith suspicion. Further proceeding on the suhjeci were Interrupted by the expiration of the mottling hour. The Senate resolution' for the revival of the Committee on the Conduct of the War was re ferred to the Committee on Military Affiirs.' The House went Into Committee of the Whole on the bill to (ncreise the internal revenue Mr. Stevens offered an amendment taxing spirits aud distill -4 .Piquom on, hand and for sale August 31st. It62. ' . . After debate, the amendment was agreed to. No other amendments' of Importance were made. ' -' ' -i ' ' " ' . i ' ' ' .' - W it Irout action on tb bill, the commltle rose, and the House adjourned. - .o - ; . i a ;!. . i 1 -' ' : f ' . - '. ,;:;:.:;y:;:;' -senate. v . . -.WaaHiToa, Jaaoary 15. Mr. Conness introdaced a bill amendatorr of the homestead law, and for other purposes. R. ferred. - -J -

Mr. Ramsay Introduced a till authorizing Min

nesota and Wisconsin to extend their boundary. Referred. ' Mr. Conness presented a resolution ef Inquiry aa to the failure of the overland mail ti Ci;fornia the last $ wo months; Mr. Herdersnn presented House bill providing for a deficiency in the appropriation to pay the rjTT QtjT!rTiTrth PfT r-' met rt oiiMjgP r -1 he Enrollment bill was then taken up. Mr. Wilson offered amendment giving, to dfalted onea a bounty ef ( $100, placing them en I a looting wiin-voif nwers, and redochgto uue of service to two years. Th. .innuUI niyil hj IfMTiw. nesa and Clark iitt Doolitila ptoprai'd ft itnadnawstrprctib I'.i'iiK euliatrd"inen from serving 'aS subalUute except la re Uoenta (roes hi Stetes arkore tbey Cfl! ist ed. f Adopted, , , t,r . rS ,M f f 'Mr. -Clark aked tae loSiKhdraw h( awefdment, paswed y eater day , altowieg 1 catted, eaen to furnish substitutes. t -Mr. Netsot roovetl that ahe Senat resciad, k aetkm lf yeaterday In rolerenee to tb $300 ooaamutation.cl.nse Mr. Lane, of Indiana, moved to smend the title of the bill as it now stands, by calling it a bill to raise a tax bylottcry from certain ablebodied men who are unwilling to enter' '.he service Laughter. V. ,,,, . t . . Mr. Harris jnovr to amend Mr. Sherman a ameudmrnt by , inserting 1 100 inslrad of IÜO, as the priceof commutation. Carried, 19 against 0 . ttön V &? JohntVnT ill Sen.te ad. i,,,Ba .:i - ioutnd unl'1. 10 tnomw- ( - ):-iiou8E.;-. : ' Mr. Lovejoy from the Committee on the District of Columbia, stated that ample TrO visions had been, mad to guard against the spread 0f the small pox.snJ submitted a resolution recommending that corporate authoritie make provision for tb vaccination of citisen at their home. Mr Allvie from the Potofllre Committee, reported a bill allowing small packages f clothing to be sent through the mail at th rata of eight cents for two pound. Uills were parsed appropriating $17,500 to Indemnify the owners or the Rritish bark Ellen for Metal seizures. - . House adjourned till Monday. rito.n wamiiiutoi. Tit War fair tb WMCCoaaion Unter Itlrtalrr between C'haa ana Mn coin Lincoln's I'loia I tt le iteporta About lit .Jpedf I'.ratcuallon of ' lliettmond t'nlen Troop Outnum be red Asm In. , ... ISpacial CorrioolrDca of the CI k Tin., .. Washisotoh, January 8. There 1 a family quarrel of iuteno bitterness now being waged tietween the different factions pTthe Republican party. ' Mr. Lincoln mov b nominated ror re-electuiii7 but his norouiatlon will be contested to 'the laVt 1 tnomit. ' Th friend or Mr. Cha ar determined that ha shall be the nominee of ihe Republican party, and they will spend money without stint to effect tlut object. The Secretary of the Treasury a ill find a powerful adjunct and an enthusiastic ally In hi son in law, about whom some very ill natured lhingi ,ute foulj ,ieir w,r iltja lie htwtpaffft Senator 8pra;ue is not a great general, or a great statesman, or a great orator, ror has he ever aspired to be either; but La is a very amiable gentleman, of unblemished character, wiib very uiauy good trails and no bad ones. .He was a gallant officer in the Peninsular "campaign, where, as an aide de camp of (Sen. McClellan, be was noted tor bie activity, industry , coolness and good judgment, and for the affability and urbanity of bis manners. As a Senator, he has yet lo make his mm k. Rot il may safely be said that, with one or two exceptions, he is ceitalnly Tolly the peer of any member of the pra-ent Senate, ro lac as . mental ability is concerned. It U well known that he is a wealthy man, but the real extent oThia wealth is not generally known: 1 am ctedibly informed that it does not fall below f IS,bOU.OOU. I mention these facta, because so loog as there is any prspet-t ol the nomination of Sticietary Chase, the pecuniary means both of himself and Gov. Sprague will be H-eely nsed to effect that object. ' And. if Mr. Chaa la elected, the mistms of the White House will be a young lady accustomed lo all the elegancies and refinement of life, and who i certainly worthy nf gracing that high position. No uch remark can be made about her a ar now heard every day iu.telatioo to ih present successor of Mrs., Madison . These remarks and they ar any-, thing but complimentary to Mr. Lincoln are everywhere heaid, in ihe theatre, t thebotels, at every ocil party. Th mistress of the Whit House 1 expected to carry to that abode all the graces of society. If rhe is unable to do eo, it is a wrong done to the nation; for it lowers u in the eyes of intelligent foreigners, who have paid their court to Victoria and Eugenie. The mistress of our While House ousht not lo sutler by coinpaiison with either of these ladies, snd she will not, 11 Mr. Chase I elected.' Rut Mr. Lincoln is determined to be re elected himself. Mr. Chase baa the c-ummud of aauney to a large extent; but Mr. Lincoln has the actual Control of both the purse and the sword, I mean the purs and sword of the nation. ' He has begun, to use thrm both to effect his ends. And mark the prediction which I now put upon record: He will continue tji; them both unsparingly to effect his re'eleetion", and, failing in that, to retain his present seat and his present power. T be fatal usurpations of the administration, the illegal arrests and banithmcut of prominent citizens, the violation of the President's most solemn promises, the abrogation of the habeas Corpus, wer all only strppirg stones to tb last great usurpation w hkb Abraham Lincoln has fully determined upon. Let the people t warned in t'me. There is yet time to avert the evil. Hut it will require instant action, snd the most perfect harmony and Concor.-!. If the peo pie do not insist upon having a fair and tin trammeled election next fall, we may bid farewell to our liberties forever. . . Ever since General Butler left here, now ihre days ago, mysterious whispets have emanated from the Wr Department and Executive Mansion, to tho effect tlml Untier was going to do great things in Virginia, besides exchanging all our prisoners. It is even said, ou high administrative authority, that General Butter has formed a plan of a campaign in Viiginia.by which lb rebel will be compelled to evacuate Richmond loithaith A few words will dispose of that tale. General Butler never formed ihe plan of any campaign in his life He ia incapable of doing so. He will engage iu no enterprise which will, iu the remotest decree, compromise hi personal safety. The same reasons nhicb impelled th rowdy Brownlow to flee from Knoxville will Im pel Butler to keep a respectful distance from all parties of rebel iu arms. Burnslde, Brownlow, and Butter will form the most infamous trio in the history of the wsr, and It is not to be wondered that iheir atrocities have exasperated the southern pcopl beyond all bounds. , So far as the exchange of pi ioonei is concerned, it is to be regretted that the ob-linar y of th administration has caused it to take a sten so detrimetitato th welfsre of our poor prisoners at Richmond; for not one ol them wtll be released ehiJ Butler ha charge of the matter. ... A regard Richmond, all stories of its evacuation are as uroundlcsa now as they ever were before To say nothiuc of Ih iaamediat defence of Richmond, which art as strong as those or Washington, it geographical position is such, til relation to the rest of the Confederacy, that bo army cn reach it. except from th eaat or south, and even then iis capture would requir a regular siege, a complete iu vestment, and terrible lighting. The scenes of Saragossa would be reenacted before it walls, and thonsands of our best and bravest officers and soldier would hay to lay down their live under ita rampart and in its trenches. Richmond may be taken. It must be taken before e can conquor the South. But it never will be taken until we have a soldier at the head of our armies, and until we abandon our present mode of conducting the wsr. The surrender t( the Illinois regiment under Major Beeks, at Jonesville. in the south western part of Virginia, on the 3d inst., H ehergeabi directly to the VYar Department. Th men fought bravely for eiifht houm, and only surrendered to overahelming number.' The results will be the loss of hundreds of oar animala from starvation, and probably tb abandonment of itnl ports nt point by our troop; aud all because th rebel troops are.welLmsiiaged, wh'df ours are ill managed. The War Department knew the im-EH-tanc of holding the country guarded by Major eers; yet they refused to sjive him vne-qaarier of au adequat force. It is the old story o( wit-der-rating the power and resource of the southern army. ' t. X. .Major 8tkax58 FiSHxa, Paymaster, haa been disbursing to the companies of the 3d Regiment and 1st Battalion of tb Indiana. Legi oa, at Evansville, for services rendered lo the years lfeCl and 1862.- Th grand total foot tip, officers and private, $7,405 42. -t . tST.The 2d MassachusetU and the 52d Illinois are, on their way home. - " ' ' .