The American patriot., 1854-12-27
CONGRE REssIONAL NEWS.
BY Telegraph. .

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O-In the Senate to-day
the bill introduced at the last session of Congress
relative to the naturalization of the children of
American citizens born abroad, was passed. The
Pension bill was then taken up, when Mr.. Fessen-
den, of Maine, moved an amendment, placing the
widows of officers and sailors in the navy on the
same footing as those of officers and soldiers in
the army The amendment was rejected and the
bill passed. '-i IA.
In the House, Mr. Whitfield, the newly elected
Delegate from Kansas, appeared, was qualified,
and took his seat. W f sasT e
The bill for the suppression af small notes in
the District of Columbia was passed .,t..
Dec. 2l.-In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Slidell, of
Louisiana, presented a petition i'm favor Of tho
privilege, to Americans in foreign countries, to
worship God and bury their dead according to the
dictates Of their own consciences. ulus
Mr.. Sumner, of Massachusetts,, offered rcsolu-
ton instructing the Committee on Foreign Affairs
to inquire into the expedency Of offering the
mediation of the United States in the war now
existing between the Allies and Russia osd
Mr.. Dawson, Of Georgia presented petition
from the Georgia Legislature for tho establish
ment of Navy Yard at Brunswick, in that State
Each of the above subjects was appropriately
referred. 80,
i In the House, a message was received from the
President enclosing copy of the correspondence
between the State Department and the Govern
ment of the Netherlands, in relation to the case
of Capt Gibson.
Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, hoped the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs would give prompt atten-
ton to the subject, and the message was SO re-
ferred IA
Il Dec. 22-In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Jones, Of
Tennessee, offered resolution, which was adopt
ed, making inquiry Of the Postmaster General if
any contract has been made for the carrying Of
the mail between New Orleans and Cairo, and, if
J not, why such contract had not been effected.
The News FROM EuRopE-The battle of Ink
erman Of the bloody issue of which the telc-
graph, says the Bee, has only furnished faint
idea, now stands before us in all its horrors and
must forever remain inscribed on the page of his
tory one Of the most terrible dramas either Of
ancient or modern warfare. All the conflicts Of
modern times, going back as far as the fatal day
on which Napoleon's star waned, pale into insig-
} nificance when compared with the engagement
of the 5tih- November, in which. for nearly ten
hous fifteen thousand of the Allies stood the on
saught of forty thousand Russians, commanded
by able generals, and animated moreover, by the
presence OF two OF the sons OF the great Empe-
ror. The accounts of this terrible affair will be
read with intense interest, though not without a
thrill of horror at the fearful sacrifice of life
which accompanied this so called victory. On
the side of the Allies no less than one-third ol
the entire force engaged was actually put ho,s de
combat while the losses of the Russians, even by
their own accounts more than doubled those Of
ther opponents aat II
In some respects the battle of Inkerman was
0 nobly contested The positions taken by the
Russians at the commencement of this murderous
, conflict were skilfully chosen, and the courage
displayed by them in stubbornly resisting tht
fierce charges Of the British bayonets, and the
awful carnage Of the Mimic rifles, was singuarly
cool and resolute. But all accounts agree in sta
ting that the tactical management Of the battle
, by the Muscovite troops was laundering and bad
that they unnecessarily marched huge masses
Of men into the midst of q fire which moved
: them down by platoons, suffering immense los
!, and ultimate repulse from far inferior force
which covered by the crest of the hills that dot
ted the field, tore the advancing columns to pieces
. by steady and unremitting fire. The English
3 ought to have been annihilated had the Russians
a maneuvered half as well as they fought This
great battle is another striking evidence of the
vast superiority of military science and complete
discipline over brute force and unyielding bravery
But VIC haze no space to pursue the subject
. tempting as it is.