, 1861-12-25
FROM WASHINGTON.

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Among those who voted to lay Oh the table
MI. Wilson'S resolution, instructing the House
Committee On Military AfIairs to report 4 bill
for the enactment Of an additional article Of
war, prohibiting army officers using force to
return fugitive slaves, under penalty Of dis
missal from the service, were Dunn of Indi-
ana, and Fouke and Logan Of Illinois. t
The Pensacola makes d formal trial trip to-
morrow.
Among those who believe in peaceful So
luton Of the present difficulty with Great Brit
ain, there is apprehension touching the future. |
A private letter received here indicates that
the English people are almost insane
in their wrath against the United
States. Passion has overcome reason,
and the excitement is unequalled since
1881, when the reform bill agitatcd the nj
tlon. The tone Of the working men orgnn5
is very bitter, and the lowest classes Of society
hound on the government to fight the United
States. Prince Albert's death may, in the
opinion Of Englishmen here, exercise great
influence upon English politics. Some think
Queen Victoria will, in her grief, abdicatc.
The report that Lord Lyons interview with
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founded. They are on the best Of terms, hut
have as yet exchanged no o1ficial com1nunica-
ton.
Y. B. Corbett, publisher Of the wcn-known
map Of the Potomac seat Of war, was arrested
in Gen. McCalps camp, today, as q spy. He
is charged with having communicated with
the enemy beyond the lines, He is, however,
put By the Provost Marshal on parole till his
trial
The rebel war department refuses to accept
officers designations except for physical disa-
bility The militia law Of Virginia is so al
| tered as to subject to draft only those be-
tween twcnt5-one aud thirty-one years old.
| The Virginia railroad Presidents recently con-
| vencd to consider measures to promote the
establishment Of q rolling mill. Salt is very
scarce in Richmond, and commands high
prices. In the Virginia Legislature there was
debate On the lamentable deficiency Of salt for
army uses, the publication Of which
| the Examiner thinks would comfort the Lin
colnites The Eraminer is indignant at jeff
for sending Floyd to Kentucky, thus leaving
Western Virginia unprotected and railroad
| connection with Tennessee in jeopardy and
for paying forty per cent for specie, sending
it to make purchases in Maryland for the
army.
Mr. Cameron sent to-day three hundred SOL
diers, armed and equipped for winter, from
the Detroit, TO guard the great locks OF the
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
It is not expected that Congress will trans
act any further business until after New
Years.
Tie Mexican treaty is before the Senate
Committee, but will not be reported upon
until after the Holidays,
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Grimes offered a
resolution instructing the Committee on Ma
val Affairs to inquire into the manner in which
war vessels had been fitted ont. He had
heard rumors Of great extravaganza at the
Navy Yard in this respect. Agreed to.
Several petitions were presented, praying
for the emancipation Of the Slaves Of tht
rebels without compensation-those Of tle
loyal citizens with compensation.
The Senate went into Executive session, ani
on opening the doors adjourned till Thursday
a spy attached to Gen. McCalrs division
counted one hundred aud sixty grages 0
rebels who fell in tue late fight and wer
buried by citizens of Drainsyille.
Lieut.-C Windham, Of the Sardinia1
army, distinguished in Garibaldis campaign
, having offered his services, has been made
Major Of a Wisconsin regiment.
1t is Understood that Lord Lyons postpone
,, official communications at the request Of n.
) Seward, whose advices from England are no
1 so late as those of His LoFdship- The feelin
= between the two was never more friendly.
The soldiers In all the camps are maxim
Christmas decorations
= The three lnrgest foundries In the countr,
: the Pittsburgh, Algers' Of Boston, and Wes
5 Point-havc been ordered to manufactu1
It within the next twelve months all the ten-inc
columbinds they can It is estimated that {
n many as eighteen hundred guns have bee
= ordered for forts from Monroe to Portland
% Three hundred aud thirty-ninc thousau
E dollars have gone to Kansas to pay of h
ae troops. AL Of Fremont's officers actually
ID | fbe service will be paid.