The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

or spolimisscitolet..44l2l.lelipisighpB
ordered to be printed. e •
'A iesolition was offered b'Mr. :acxr.o
mont, and adopted, coffin npoo the
the Treasury to furnish the 13bnate
slants in his poseession aert's it 7 the practise' uptilitse\
tion Of 'the Reciprocity l
A communication was teseired from Proudest
Lincoln, transmitting a letter from the Freedman's !
Aid Society, with a reoomnissithan that it reserve
careful consideration.
In the House of Representatives, a resolution was
offered by Mr. Grinnell, of lowa, and adopted, de-
nouncing the taIeIIIIOI44,I4WPII pelelleet.by IV •
Sonthern-anthorities.
Mi. Egerton, of Indiana, olfered a iatolotf4itil
condemnatory of the emancipation proclamation
an unwarrantable interference with matters inthieat-Ps
only to the pleasure of the States themselves' it
rately. The resolution was lost by • vote.of
against 66. .
Mr. Smith, of Kentucky, offered a resolution.o
declaring it to be the duty of Congress to passel! -V
netessary bills to supply men and money, antjt •
duty of tins paepliff to-offer biery aid in tbeig
to the constituted authorities in crushing out
rebellion. This was adopted with only one dis-
uniting vote--Mr. Harris, of Maryland. •
Mr. Harrington, of Indiana, offered a preamble,
putting forth the principles_ of the constitution in
=tat3.tegoaliabilktilicajgieghtiooo4
the right to suspend the Habeas Corpus in loysi
States ; and that that assumption by the President ,
is ffespotic, and subversive of the elementary prin-
ciples on which the government is based. This
was rejected by a vote of 89 against 67.
The house then adjourned until the 21st of De-
cenaber.

Major-General Buford, commanding the cavalry
in the army of the Potomac, died in Waa'aington
on the 16th of December of a fever contracted in
amp. General Buford was considered the first
cavalry officer in the service, and was a general
favourite. The vacancy caused by his death has
not yet been filled up.
It is stated that General Grant is in very poor
health, and his physicians have fears that he can-
not entirely recover. He suffers much from the
effects of a fall while in New Orleans, and is said
to have sustained internal injuries. As the army
is about to settle into winter quarters it is urged
by General Grant's physicians that he
home to recruit, in order that he niay
vigorously open the spring campaign.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIOF-NCE.

NEW YORK, De o. 19.

Flour active ; 6.10 dole to 6.30 dole. for anporftne State
6.45 dole to 6.80 dole. for extra State ; 6.50 dole. to 7.40
dola.far slapping Ohio ; 7.65 dole. to 9 dole. for Western ;
7.26 dole. to 8.75d01a. for trade sod family keine ; 6.76
dob. to 9 dolt. for Canadian extras ; 7 dole. to 11.76 dole.
for trade and family Canadian ; 7.10 dolt. to 8 dole. for
Baltimore ; 8 dole. to 9.2.1 dole. foe extra; sad 8 dole. to
10.75 dole. for trade sod family Southern. Bye door,
5.713401 a. to 7 doll.

Wheat 1e.1;27 higher ; 1.44 dole. to 1.50 doles for Chi-
cep spring ; 1.47 dole. to I.M doh. for Milwankie Club ;
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for umber Mak*. ; 1.82 dole. to 1.85 doh. for white
Western; cod L 35 dab. to L3B doh. for old Chicago
spring.
Porrisioos.-17.12 doh. to 17.75 dole. far old mess pork ;
18.50 dole. for new rues ditto; 12.67 doh. to 13.00dois. for
prime ditto; 16 dole. to 16 dole. for extra mess beef ; 12.50
dole. to 14 Job. for Wester. , mews ditto 24.50 doh. for
tierce Western mss; aid 28 dole. forties, India ; 17 doh.
to 18 dois. for Western beef hams.

lerd, to 121 es. per lb.
Cottou steady, at 82.:. for middlings.
Mon —7e- to Tie. for }samosa.
Bogar.-121e. to 13r.. for Cuba ; 131 e. for .Nou Orleans,
moo line.to 13e. for Porto Ploo ; Ti.. for reflood loaf.
, to 24m La Snaky, and Ik. 14021 a.
fat seed leaf.
Petroleum dull. 29e. for crude, 44e. to 43c. for refined in
boOd, sad 52e. tos4e. for refined free.