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In the Senate, on the 24th, the Bill to promote
the efficiency of the Volunteer forces was taken up
for the second time. The Bill allows the President
to discharge officers who are incapable or inefficient
or violate their official duty. Mr. Wilson said that
this was a most important measure. Many regi-
ments were utterly demoralized by the incompe-
tency of their officers. The rout the other day
showed the effect of their conduct, when
the officers ran several miles before they
stopped. He thought the time had come
when attention should be called to these things. Mr
Sherman thought it was no time to-complain of any
one. There never was a braver army than the one
repulsed. They had a duty to perform for the future,
and should do that. He thought the repulse of the
army would do good in rousing up the spirit all
over the country. The bill was discussed at consi-
derable length, but no result was arrived at. On
the 25th a motion to appoint a select committee to
inquire into the circumstances of the surrender of
the Federal yards at Norfolk, Pensacola, and Har-
per's Ferry was agreed to. Mr. Johnson, of Ten-
nessee, offered a resolution :
" That the present civil war was forced on the country by
disunionists of the Southern States who are now in rebel-
lion against the constitutional Government. In this emer-
gency Congress, banishing all passion and resentment, will
only recollect its duty to the whole country. This war was
not waged with any spirit of suppression or subjugation, or
for any purpose of overthrowing the institutions of the
States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the
constitution and laws, and as soon as this is accomplished
the war ought to cease."

• A lengthy discussion ensued, in the course of
which Mr. Breckenridge denounced the proceedings
of the Government in regard to the South. This
provoked a lengthy reply from Mr. Browning, who
said :

" Chivalrous Southern treason boasts that the slaves are
arming in their behalf, but if it is suggested that the North
put arms in the hands of its black citizens there goes up a
dismal howl. Let them beware lest they teach us a lesson.
If they force us to assume that, he would advise the Presi •
dent to proclaim universal emancipation."

The resolution was adopted. On the 26th Mr.
Kennedy presented a memorial from the Mayor and
citizens of Baltimore, complaining of the usurpa-
tions of the military forces in that city, and demand-
ing as a matter of right that the liberty of the citi-
zens should be preserved, and all their rights of pro-
perty protected. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary. Mr. Clark moved to take up the resolu-
tion offered the previous day in regard to the main-
tenance of the supremacy and integrity of the Union.
Bill taken up and passed by yeas 34, nay I—Mr.
Breckenridge. The bill to provide for the suppres-
sion of rebellion was taken up and passed. The bill
to provide revenue was taken up, the question being
on the amendments offered by Mr. Simmons from
the Committee on Finance. Several amendments
were adopted, when the bill was postponed.
In the House of Representatives on the 24th, Mr.
Elliot, from the Committee on Commerce, reported
a Bill,which was passed authorizing the President,
by and with the advice of the Senate, to appoint
consuls at any foreign ports where he may deem ad-
visable for preventing piracy, at a salary not exceed-
ing 1,500 dols. per annum, their office to cease
when internal peace shall be restored. A commit-
tee was appointed to report on the construction of
iron-plated vessels. Mr. Blair, from the Committee
on Military Affairs, reported the Senate Bill autho-
rizing the President to accept the services of
500,000 volunteers. Passed. Mr. Stevens, from
the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill
appropriating 100,000 dols. to pay the police
organized by the United States authorities in the
city of Baltimore. Mr. Burnett, in reply, said,—

"This is one of those extraordinary measures resulting
from the extraordinary acts of the Administration. The
civil authorities in the city of Baltimore have been super-
seded and a military police established there instead, in vio-
lation of the express law of one of the sovereign States.
This, too,was done without colour or claim oflegal warrant,
either derived from the Constitution or any other power
derived from law. This was followed by another high-
handed act. Private citizens, as well as the Police Com-
missioners, without justification, have been incarcerated in
a fortress. The President has violated the Constitution by
suspending the writ of habeas corpus. My God, where is
this thing to stop ? We are not only in the midst of a re •
volution in the Southern States but in the midst of a revolu-
tion in the States within the jurisdiction of this Govern-
ment. Besides all this, a revolution has been introduced
endorsing all the illegal acts of the President, instead of the
representatives of the people standing up in their manhood
and arraigning the chief magistrate at the bar of the coun-
try, and administering to him a rebuke. He would tell
gentlemen that there is a sleeping sentiment at the North.
There was no power to prevent it from developing itself.
He would tell them that these are the saddest events ever
written on the page of our country's history,"
"Mr. Richardson wanted to say a word to his friend from
'Kentucky. You, he remarked, are more than any other
man responsible for the present condition of the country.
You aided the mischief at Charleston and Baltimore, which
had brought this sad calamity upon us. You have stood by
the Republicans and aided them under the pretext that you
wanted to break up their party. I do not know whether
this bill is right or wrong. I have not listened even to the
reading of its provisions, but I desire to say to those gentle-
men who are plotting the ruin of the country they are the
last men to stand up claiming a violation of the Constitu-
tion, while they themselves are trampling on the laws.
"Mr. Burnett, rising and asking earnestly—The gentle-
man certainly does not intend to do mo injustice ?

" Mr. Richardson—Of course, not.
"Mr. Burnett—When the gentleman states that I was
at Charleston engaged in plotting to break up the Demo-
cratic party, he states that of which he knows nothing. I
had no agency in it whatever. So far from this, I was the
only man from a slave State who, after the Convention
separated, went after those who had withdrawn and ap-
pealed to them to come back.

" Mr. Richardson resuming, and speaking emphatically
—I was not mistaken in the position- I assume. I founa
the gentleman there lending his sanction to the breaking
up of the Democratic party, and I am responsible for this
statement.

"Mr. Burnett, with equal earnestness—So far as the
responsibility is concerned, I have never refused to take it.
"Mr. Richardson—So help me God, I am responsible
everywhere. (Applause, which was speedily checked.)
" Mr. Burnett—And I am responsible everywhere else.
(Sensation.)
" Mr. Richardson—l stand here to declare what I myself
saw.
"Mr. Burnett—l desire to say to the gentleman that I
will have no personal controversy with any one on this
floor; but if the gentleman desires a personal controversy
with me, so that he can make a personal assault, he can
have it elsewhere.
" Mr. Richardson—l desire no personal controversy with
anybody, but if the gentleman desires he can have it.
(Laughter and applause.)
" Mr. Vallandigham—After the late disaster, and the
enemy almost within cannon shot of the capital, such per-
sonal indecorum does not become the House. (Slight hissing
from the Republican side.)
" Mr. Richardson—l am not ambitious of personal diffi-
culties. I do not desire, but shall not shrink from them. I
fear no man who walks on God Almighty's earth. I have
said the gentleman from Kentucky was engaged in breaking
up the Democratic party. I know the fact.
44 Mr. Burnett (excitedly)—Let me tell the gentleman
once for all—
"The Speaker—Will the gentleman yield the floor ?"
Here the personal discussion ended and the de-
bate was resumed. Subsequently recriminations
were indulged in respecting who was to blame for
the disaster at Bull's Run :
" Mr. Blair (Mobile) I desire to say a few words.
`Generals )3utler, Patterson, and Cadwallader were from the

Breckinridge party. That two of these gentlemen were
appointed by the Administration I believe to be correct,
but General Butler came hither as a Brigadier-General. It
was Massachusetts who first conferred that honour on him,
and he was made a Major-General for putting down a mob
and for the executive ability which he displayed. I under-
stand that General Patterson was appointed by the advice
and on the recommendation of General Scott.
" Mr. Richardson—l said four Generals were appointed
from the Breckinridge, but none from the Douglas party,
but I have no complaint.

"Mr. Blair—Of all the Douglas men who aro qualified
for such command, I have no doubt the gentleman is the
first and best.

"Mr. Richardson (bowing)--I am very much obliged to

you.
"Mr. Blair—The gentleman said that General Scott had
been driven to risk a battle by gentlemen on this side, but
nothing has been said here derogatory to that soldier. Is
the Major-General fit to command if he can be forced to
battle against his own best judgment and at the outcry of
outsiders ? Nobody on Jhis side has said aught against
General Scott. The charge came from the gentleman from
Illinois, and it was derogatory in the highest degree.
" Mr. Richardson—l take it all back. (Laughter.) I
repeat that General Scott had been forced to fight this
battle. I will tell you what occurred yesterday morning.
My colleagues (Logan and Vashburne) and myself were
present with the President, Secretary of War, and General
Scott. In the course of our conversation General Scott re •
marked lam the biggest coward in the world.' I rose from
my seat. Stay,' said General Scott, ' I will prove it. I
have fought the battle against my judgment, and I think
the President ought to remove me to-day for doing it. As
God is my judge,' he added, after an interval of silence, ' I
did all in my power to make the army efficient, and 1 de-
serve removal because I did not stand up when I could and
did not,' I stand hero to vindicate General Scott. I am
indebted to the gentleman from Missouri for the compliment
he paid me. I desire to say for myself that lam here the
last of a generation, my father and grandfather having
fallen beneath the flag of their country. I too have fought
under its folds at home and abroad, and, God willing, there
I will stand till the end of my life, defending it against all
foes.
" Mr. Washburn—As my colleague has referred to
General Scott's remarks, he might also allude to what the
President said.
" Mr. Richardson—l will do so. Your conversation
implies,' said the President to General Scott, 'that I forced
you to battle: To which General Scott replied, I have
never served under a President who has been kinder to me
than you have been.' But General Scott did not relieve
the President from the fact of the latter having forced him
to fight the battle. General Scott then paid a compliment
to the President personally. I desire to say of the President
that I have known him from boyhood. If you let him alone
he is an honest man. (Laughter.) But lam afraid he has
not firmness to stand up against the politicans around him."
After further discussion the bill passed. The
house then went into committee on the bill to pro-
vide additional revenue for defraying the expenses
of maintaining the Government and defending the
public credit by the assessment of a direct tax and
internal duties ; and on the motion of Mr. Conkling
resolved :

" That the bill be recommitted to the committee of ways
and means, with instructions to amend it so as to provide
that the tax on real and personal estate provided therein be
levied, assessed, and collected in the several states and ter-
ritories, and the district of Columbia, in the same manner
as state and territorial taxes ere by local law collected

therein."
On the 25th Mr. Richardson rose and apologised
for the heated remarks he had made on the previous
day. The Senate resolution appropriating 2,000
dols., in order that the President may adopt such
measures as may be necessary to insure a represen-
tation of the United States at the World's Fair in
London in 1862, was agreed to. Mr. Stevens, from
the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the
Senate Bill supplementary to the late Loan Act
with an amendment authorising the Secretary of
the Treasury to fix the denomination of Treasury
notes below 50 dols., which he may exchange for
coin, bearing interest at 9 per cent. per annum, if
this amount is necessary in order to negotiate a loan.
The aggregate amount of Treasury notes not to ex-
ceed 250,000 dole. The duties on imports, tea,
coffee, sugar, spices, wines, liquors, and all such ex-
cise and other internal duties and taxes as may be
collected, are pledged for the redemption of the debt
incurred. Adopted by a majority of one. The bill
passed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, to whom the Direct Tax and Internal
Duties Bill was referred on the previous day, re-
ported that they were unable to devise any provision
which would be constitutional and at the same time
carry into effect the instructions of the House. The
Direct Tax and Internal Duties Bill was then con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union. Mr. Stevens moved to include slaves in
the objects of the direct taxation.
After a discussion Mr. Stevens's amendment tax-
ing slaves received a note of 69 against 25. On the
motion of Mr. Wickliffe the committee rose, when
he moved that the bill be referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means with instructions to report a
revenue tariff bill, and if necessary for direct taxes
and excise, in order that the taxes may bear
equally on the wealth of the country, and that the
committee report next session. Objection was
made, when the house adjourned.
On the 26th the house went into committee on
the Direct Taxation Bill, but no conclusion was
arrived at.
Alluding to the tariff, the Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Herald says :-
4‘ The Committee on Finance this morning at their meet-
ing substituted Senator Siminon's's Tariff Bill for the House
Bill, making, however, a few alterations from his original
bill. They changed the compound duties on sugar, tea,
coffee,und molasses to specific duties. Brown sugar, under
the tariff as it stands, will be two cents, refined sugar four
cents, coffee four cents, tea 15 cents, and molasses five
cents. With these exceptions the bill remains the same."
Respecting the military Bills, the Washington
correspondent of the New lark Tribune says :-
4, The two branches of Congress have compromised their
disagreeing amendments to the bill for the increase of the
military establishment. The Senate had provided for an
hsaitaeln eou s
of
augmentation to the extent of 11 regiments of 2,300 men,
in accordance with the recommendations of the)Executive.
This the house altered to a volunteer force, but through
the joint Committee of Conference receded from its amend-
ment and agreed to the Senate Bill, with a proviso that the
army, which is thus made to consist of 40,000, shall be re-
duced to 25,000 men at the end of the war, without further
legislation. All the officers of the regular army who may
bo assigned to dutyin new regiments are, on the latter being
disbanded, to return to their former regiments, with the
pay they shall be entitled."
to the Confederate
andhe promotion
five
men to which
belonging
cruiser Sumter had teen committed for trial on
the charge of piracy by the United States' Com-
missionrouteintelligence bythisar-
rival Court at New York.
the Federal army,
received an enthusiastic ovation, bouquets being
showered up'rn him. He delivered the following
address at
we learn
the hl
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laharcednhei miscellaneous
command
address

" My friends,—ln this time of action it will not do to
make greeting as intended for
my brave
Western
thlyifsgi
Virginia, to whom the whole
credit of the recent skirmishing in that section is due. But
uselesss
your applauses assure me that the cause of the Government
lies next to your hearts, and, remembering it, I shall try to
do batter in my new field of labour. I bid you good by."
oldiers of speeches.
W
The general is thus described
Instead of greeting a scarred, colossal figure, full of
the marks of a campaign, they saw only a boyish figure, not
over five feet eight inches in height, and although brown
from exposure, yet fresh and active. He did not wear epau-
lettes, but the simple fatigue dress of an officer—blue blouse
with shoulder bars and black pants, with gold stripe."
Only one of the members of Congress, who went
to Bull's Run to witness the battle, had fallen into
the hands of the enemy—the Ron. A. B. Ely, of
Rochester district. During the marching of &body
of Confederate prisoners through Washington the
mob made great endeavours to ill-treat them, and
in some cases were successful. 'Professor Low had
made a successfulballoon reconnaisance through the
disaster at Bull's Run, which is thus reported :
" He observed a large body of rebels at Fairfax Court-
house. He counted 200 of their tents in one field, and there
were a number of others in the adjoining wood. A number
of cavalry were about a mile this side of the Court-house,
probably at the principal barricade on the road. There were
two regiments of infantry and a large body of cavalry on
the road from Centreville to Fairfax Court-house, and in

the vicinity of Manassas Junction, the whole face of the
country was covered with the rebel forces."
The 14th Ohio, on returning to Toledo, their term
of enlistment having expired, experienced a very
cordial reception. It is mentioned that " after a
few weeks' furlough" they would be ready to re-
enlist. In Alexandria disturbances and disorders
prevailed to a deplorable extent, and the general
in command had been compelled to issue very
stringent regulations. At Washington similar oc-
curences were prevalent, and in several cases it was
found necessary to charge the drunken mob of sol-
diers with cavalry. The Federal Government had
accepted the services of a regiment of "British Vo-
lunteers," formed, or in course of formation, at Now
York. Since the disaster at Bull's Run, Pennsyl-
vania had sent 11,000 men to 'Washington. Major-
General Dix in command of the Federals at Balti-
more had, with the sanction of General Banks, ap-
pealed to his men to stand by him in case of any
outbreak. The appeal was specially directed to
those regiments which having served their time
were about to disband. The General was only
partially successful. A passenger from Bremen by
the steamer New York, who expressed strong Se-
cession sentiments on the passage, and said he had
despatches for Jeff. Davis, was arrested on landing
at New York. Some of the New York papers were
demanding a court ;martial on General M'Dowell,
against whom and many other officers the most se•
rious charges were being made by the ultra-North-
ern press. The President and his Cabinet are also
accused of having forced General Scott into action
before the army was properly prepared for an ad-
vance against the enemy. Many of the news-
papers of New York contain charges of great cruel-
ties to Northern soldiers by the Confederates after
the battle, but none of them appear to be well sub-
stantiated. The following are a few among the
many accusations :

" That the throat of Captain Haggerty was cut while he
lay dead on the battle-field, and his ears and nose cut oil',
that some who surrendered themselves as prisoners were
riddled with balls ; that two women (vivandieres) were fired
upon while ministering to the wounded ; that ambulances
conveying the wounded were fired upon, flags of truce at-
tacked, the hospital fired into and set on fire, and similar
savage cruelties perpetrated. The telegraph also reports
that some of our troops were pinioned to trees, and tortured
with bayonets thrust at them."

The New York, journal of Conznzerce cautions
the nation that the Abolitionists were about to com-
mence a crusade for the emancipation of the slaves,
by demanding that the Government should retaliate
upon the South in that way. At the meeting of the
New York Union Defence Committee, on tie 23d,
the leading Republican members demanded the re-
moval of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secre-
tary of War, and Mr. Moses H. Grinnell and Cap-
tain C. H. Marshall made earnest speeches in favour
of such a change.
A despatch of a doubtful character from Harper's
Ferry to the 26th states that the Confederates had
been defeated there. General Banks and his staff
had assumed the command at Harper's Ferry, super-
seding Gen. Patterson, who had returned to Balti-
more. Before leaving General Patterson issued a
proclamation, announcing that as the term of most
of the troops from Pennsylvania had expired, and
nearly all of them were returning home, he, by
order of the War Department, relinquished his
command. General Patterson had also published a
letter, dated at Harper's Ferry, on the 22d inst.,
explanatory of his movements while in command,
in which he says
" General Johnston retreated to Winchester, where he
had thrown up extensive entrenchments and had a large
number of heavy guns. I could have turned his position
and attacked him in the rear, but he had received large re•
inforcements from Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia--a
total force of over 35,000 rebel troops and 5,000 Virginia
militia. My force is less than 20,000 men. Nineteen regi-
ments, whose term of service was up, or would be within a
week, all refused to stay an hour over their time but four
—viz., two Indiana regiments, Frank Jarrett's (the 11th
Pennsylvania), and Owen's (the 24th Pennsylvania). Five
regiments have gone home. Two more to-day, and three
more to-morrow. To avoid being cut off with the:remainder
I fell back and occupied this Dlace."

An expedition on the 25th from Fortress Monroe
to Black River, an arm of the sea between Old Point
and York River, was successful in surprising and
burning nine sloops and scbooners, and iu bringing
off a valuable prize. From St. Louis, under date the
23d, we learn that Colonels Siegel and Solomon were
reorganising the Federal Regiments for three years'
service. Col. Sweeney had started from St. Louis,
with 1,200 men, for Forsyth, on the White River.
General Lyon's command had left St. Louis for
Camp Little York on the Mount Vernon-road.
Gen. M'Culloch was at Camp Walker, Arkansas,
with 5,000 well-armed Federal troops. Governor
Jackson, with 10,000 undisciplined men, was about
12 miles from Camp Walker. General Cox had oc-
cupied Charleston, Virginia, the Confederates re-
treating and burning the bridges. It was thought
that Cul. Rosencrantz would cut off their retreat.

Frora the blockading squadron we learn that
on the 20th the Federal fleet at the mouth of the
Mississippi was reinforced by five war vessels. Cap-
tures of small coasting vessels had been frequent.
Southern accounts of the battle at Bull's Run re-
port that five Confederate generals were killed-
-viz., Barton, of Georgia ; Bee, of South Carolina;
Kirkby and Smith, of Florida ; and also Colonel
Johnson, of Hampton's Legion.

A special despatch to the Charleston Mercury,
dated July 23, says :—As soon as it became evident
that the enemy meant to give battle, President
Davis hastened to the scene of action, and was in
time to take part in the battle.
He immediately assumed command of the centre.
General Beauregard was commander of the right
wing ; and General Johnstoa of the left. It was
against Gen. Johnston's command the enemy con-
centrated their best troops, who fought most obsti-
nately. At one time the left was pressed so severely
that the issue of the conflict in that direction
seemed doubtful.
It was here that Col. Barton's Georgian regi-
ment was posted, which was so terribly cut up that
a large body of our troops from the centre was sent
out at a critical moment to the left's assistance, and
turned the tide of the battle.
The enemy broke and fled before the impetuous
charges of the Southerners, and the battle soon be-
came a route.

LOUISVILLE, July 26, 1861.
A dispatch from Richmond, 22d, says: Soon after
prayer in the Confederate Congress, the following
dispatch was read to that body :
MANASSAS JUNCTION, Sunday night.
Night having closed upon a hard fought field, our
forces were victorious. The enemy was routed, and
fled precipitately, abandoning a large amount of
arms, ammunition, knapsacks, and baggage.
The ground was strewed for miles with those
killed, and the farm houses and the ground around
were filled with wounded. Pursuit was continued
along several routes towards Leesburg and Centre-
ville, until darkness covered the fugitives. We
have captured several field batteries, stands of arms,
and Union and State flags ; many prisoners have
been taken.
Too high praise cannot be bestcwed ; whether for
the skill of the principal officers or for the gallan-
try of all our troops. The battle was irtainly fought
on our left. Our force wss 15,000, to at of the
enemy estimated at 35,000.
(Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Another dispatch says the entire Confederate
force was about 40,000, and the entire forces of the
United States near 80,000.
No particulars are received of the dead and
Protind.Pd.
The Washington correspondent of the Neu? York Herald says, though some would fain deny. it, yet
it is undeniable that Fairfax. Court House is
i again
in possession of the Secession troops. It s said
and credited that Johnston, although numbered
among the dead by many, is there in person with
upwards of 15,000 troops.
A despatch to the New Orleans Picayune, dated
the 19th, says :-
4; Az QMoial accolult of tb,s bAttle of 13811'$ 111 w, wag re-