New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-31
the PROPOSED NATIONAL CURRENCY.
ggy SuERMAN'S RECENT PROCLAMATION
Reports from Tybee Island and Fort Pulaski
ENGLISH AND FRENCH DESIGNS THROUGH MEXICO
lpeeisl pi,pstch 20 The n. Y. Tribune.


Lord Lyons was in consultation to-day with
Secretary Seward arranging the preliminaries
10 respect to the time aud manner of the re.
hse of Mason and Slidell. There are no
British vessels leaving our ports for some days
yet. The prisoners will have TO remain, there
fore in their present quarters until next
Wednesday week, when the British Mail
steamer wall sad.
TIE RECENT TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. Morrill,, who reported the recent sari0
BID, brought before the attention Of the Ways
and Means Committee this morning the con-
struction gien to that bill by the Secretary of
soc Treasury. lie informed. the Committee
that he did not intend to include goods in
bonded warehouse at the time of the passage OF
the bill. TIE Committee, however, differ in
opinion as to the true construction of the act
They do uot intend to interfere with the Sec-
rearys construction.
THE PROPOSED NATIONAL CURRENCY.
The SUBJ Committee If Ways and Means have
stiD under consideration the scheme for Ma
tonal currency and have added the following
important section. in view of the suspension OF
the banks in oil the leading cities North:
That for and until the circulating notes
by COMPOSITIONS and ssoeiso2; to the ssgste amount Of
-coooe toe SosresTy o. tee TIesnry os and Is ns,ee
Uea States payable on se9and without specifyng
a. 20, sx,d,eui not less then : each which sls be
oYsle a and demands dne to tine United states and
r saSres daes. debts and demand owing s,se
Z, individuals corporations and associations within the u y
and such Treasury notes sha also be ess. ieIeei ~ pay
rnsnt debts public and prva,e within the nued atses
and shall exchanged at any tine at their par yaae INC sane
co at the o. TIE uYtsd Sts.s
- ard Ciacinns foT OF the coupon OF
bonds which me sscs u 2, 's d aes Tsusary notes may
eissUed time TO tpss the e1seneies 9 the pup
:so 'Ss lea & u the ytcd State. Or by oct Of the
Treasury DeprmsE designated BY she seeIesS o. ,s G
Treasury or ecer Of the treasury Department de,ie;
mated b %, eeIet Of the s1sIiy iGr 'hs as
the Of Treasury Notes approved the ga day o. Dsss
bsI 3s'N tar as the same cai 90 sppea. 20 e
of this section and not Inconsistent herewith are hesoy TO
lived o. revGised
GEN. sHERsIANs RECENT PROCLAMATION.
Cen. sherman, in command at Beaufort,
writing 70 a United States Senator, says, in
explanation OF his denounced proclamation. that
tle time has not arrived to invite the South
Carolina slaves within our lines. proclama'
ton to that effect would have brought in 25,OOC
in three days. Two months hence, be says
such a course may be proper As the freeing
OF the slaves Of rebels is not taught at Wes
Point. as military specially, the people VII
undoubtedly ;hiuk that their notions ON thu
point are great deal better than Gen. sher
mans.
RrPORTs BY REBEL DEsERIER.
Last week an intelligent Irish deserter frou
Fort Pulaski reached the Union camp on Iybe'
Island. He says that the rebels have oO'
troops. commanded BY Major Ormstead, q
Pulaski. and 5000 at and near Savannah
around which city earthworks are erecting
The troops there are armed with Enfield on
other improved guns, but those at the for
have Only smooth bores. They have plenty o
powder aud bali to supply their cannon for tel
doys. The troops are paid in Confederat
shinplaSters, which pass freely. In no quartz
was there talk of yielding to the Government
bat the support Of England and France wa
confidently counted upon
Soon after Com. Dupont occupied Tybe
Island, plan was formed for its recaptare
Fifteen hundred men were to be landed at tb
southwest end of the island and 500 more a
Kings Landing, opposite Pulaski. Part oil IN
troops had embarked on the transports, whe
Gen. Lee, fearing the gun-boats, which lay II
suspicious proximity, countermanded his or
ders. Tatnal has three steamers and one Hat
boat. mounted with three heavy guns, one
which ia rihed. Two more were building an
were expected to be finished in a week. 4
tight raft three hundred feet long, covere
with combustible materials, and intended 10
the destruction of Union vessels, was lyiD
near Fort Jackson. Another the deserter cas-
loose, after assisting to tow tito its place.
consisted Of l6l logs, each Of which cost so
OUR DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY.
The desire for great public meeting her
to declare the true popular policy with respec
to the war within and our relations without i
rapidly growing, and coon may find gratfca
ton. Civilians and soldiers will take part il
IT, the latter with the consciousness of cours'
that the military power has the righ. to pnnisl
them with Court Martial.
nhE POSITION OF THE CONTINENTAL STATES
So far as can be inferred from the DISPOSE
tion Of the diplomatic body here, the prophecy
oil your Paris correspondent, that The surren
der OF Mason and SIidel would place France
and the secondary maritime powers OF Europe
ou our side, will be verified Several Minis.
sers from continental astes have said that
Great Britain shall not, with the consent OF
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