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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Mr.. CONWAY, of Kansas, rose to personal
explanation, and requested the Clerk to read
from he Congressional GLobe the report of the
debate Of Thursday last between Mr.. FOuke OF
Illinois, and himself, with regard to the battle
OF Belmont. He did not hear the remarks Of
that gentleman at the time they were made
but his attention was Immediately called to
now repeat the question made elsewherA
whether the charge of falsehood was personal
!y applied to himself?
Mr.. FOUKE of Illinois, said he had ne vel
heard of any paragraph or article in any news
paper regarding the battle Of Belmont as a
defeat. except one Ia the Chicago Tribune
The troops numbered little over three thou
sand. They took Belmont after fighting about
| five hours, with u large number Of horses, can
non, and two hundred prisoners.
He looked back. at that bold battle field
and remembered the comrades who fell by hi,
side, some at his feet, and knew that his brav,
comrades were In arms, and left to meet the
enemy at any day or any hour. He could moi
return to bis camp, and look those gallan
soldiers in the face, and say that he would
permit charge of tina, kind to go uucontra
dict"d. He asked the gentleman upon wha
proof he had made that statement, and be said
he made 1t upon newspaper report. He pro
n0uuced that false; and If tho gentleman is a.
magnanm'us as our soldiers, and would seen
to desire to be on other occasions, let him take
this explanation.
Mr.. CONWAY, of Kansas, endeavored to dc
the gentleman justice in this matter; and he
had refused to avail himself OF his (Mr. Con
ways) generosity. He proposed, therefore, tc
submit this question to the candid Judgment Of
the House and the country, whether such con
duct as his in this case, did not clearly portray
deliberate purpose to bring on personal
collision between himself and the gentleman
from Illinois, without cause; and whether such
conduct, instead of becoming gentleman and
member OF this House, was only worthy of a
blackguard and sooundrel. [Cries OF Order
OrderI]
Mr.. RICHARDSON, of illinois, called the
gentleman to order This was not the place tc
indulge in such remarks
Ths SPEAKER. No debate is In order.
Mr. FOUKE Sir, shall enter upon no de
bate; but this will say: that he (Mr. Conway
The national Republican., 1861-12-17
MlSTAKES

The Richmond Enquirer says, in recent
auuiber:
Before the war began, all sane men be-
frv. d they (the North) would compromise the
pol tical quarrel with the South"
Nothing is more certain than that the South
,rn States were led along into their present
derlorablc position by the expectation thai
secession could be peacefully accomplished
That was the special motive presented to Vr-
Eiaia, by her delegation in Congress, that her
"A ,cesion to the Confederate movement would
certainly prevent war.
l, is thus that the politicians in this country.
responsible next after the secessionist, them
selves for the war which is now raging, are
those who encouraged this delusion of peace.
iul secession, by repudiating and denouncing
he coercio, OF rebellious States. Indeed they
Are hardly less guilty than the secessi onists
themselves, as they have not the same excuse
VI being bewildered by passion.
The men who advised the surrender Of
S.uhern forts and denounced what they called
he INVASION Of Virginia, are the men who
atally deluded the South into this idea that
" the North ,oouid compromise The political quar-
rel ,oith The South"
This was the turning point in the discussions
Of last winter, that the South should under
stand that the attempt TO overthrow this Gov.
rrnment would be followed inevitably by a
long and bloody war, And it was precisely
II this crisis Of tho country's fate, that a shall
low srt OF politicians appeared upon the stage,
mischievously active, cbatteriug against coer
cion, and making war inevitable by deprccat-
ing and denouncing il.
II was war that the South feared. because
the intelligent men Of the South have always
doubted il their social system could survive
war. This wholesome dread OF war would
have repressed treason if the insane preachers
of peace had not encouraged treason by falst
| promises.
/ The men who were d" in .tduo, Of The Union
bm opposed 10 coercion" are the men who really
dissolved the Union, by opposing the only
thing, the apprehension of which held rebellion
IN check. II is the preachers of peace, the
comprOmisers, and the denouncers of military
'orce who have brought the present ruin upon
the country. IL is they who are responsible
for the deusiou, which the Enquirer confesses
o have b en- universal at Richmond, and which
IS known to have equally prevailed in all parts
OF the South,
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A letter December 10y from Camp Griffin,
Virginia, says
"Under orders from General Hancock, of
Smiths divis on, and one of the most energetic
officers in the service, Major Smith, of the Cam.
eron Dragoons, commanding squadron, large
y depleted by sickness, made reconnaissance,
not only all through Vienna "a town of
about six houses, and at present less than ten
nhabitantsD but along the Fairfax road to a
point inside Of one and half miles from that
town. This reconnaissance was made on Sat
urday, and Major Smith, coming 10 contact
with the enemy's pickets drove them in on TO
a large force of cavalry and infantry. Major
Smiths command had been so reduced by de-
tails to watch lateral roads that he did n 1t
feel justified in making an attack, but retired
lsisurely before the enemy, who pursued, and,
when near Vienna, fred u volley on the rear
guard, fortunately, however, without damage
That the enemy, In considerable force, lay
between Flint Hill and Fairfax, is fact estab-
lished, not alone by the reconnaissance OF Ma
jor Smith, but by other parties from the Cam
eron Dragons.
"The officers of the Cameron Dragons know
General Hancock too well to venture to make
fancy reports to him on their return from
scouts. They tell him what they have learned,
and learned from personal observation"
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HEALTH OF SOLDIERS.

In ref renee to the suggestion that the appl
, IONS for discharge from the army on account
oI rA'risH Inability, are chiefly owing to the
"a.i.tmrnl OF m'n originally unfit for the ser
vice. c,u's .,on3"n' from Camp Pierpon
rites IL lI"u lhjs Ot the case within the
Angr Of IN Ch,"I} you, and certainly not In
'nr SiNa p'mty y'yapa regiment, TO which be
p".u"g- H. .- rib', the nraking down Of
l4r &,a % OF Tie -oidiea lorxp sdrc on guard
duty. and in canvass tents which are quite IN.
aicUlLe n-,lmy,r Wt..t,I
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Mr. CoNwAr's SrEECH.--We publish, on the
outside, such extracts from the recent speech
If Mr. CONWAY, of Kansas, as will present ,h'
.o"inuous thread of his argument In doing
%, we ought to add that we do not see the
'gidence that the policy which Mr.. CONWAY
n.ndemls, is the policy of the Administration
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SCOUTING PARTY.

A detachment OF Colonel Averhills Third
Pennsylvania cavalry. yesterday proceeded as
far as the town Of FaiItax, which they entered
without opposition They saw no signs of the
enemy save one rebel picket, who, tor his i'm
pudence, was shot dead by one of the cavalry,
AID his body brought TO camp,
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ATLANTIC MONTHLY. The number for Janu-
ary, Tor which we are indebted to Shillington,
contains (among others) the articles upon
Methods of Study in Natural History" "Jef-
ferson and Slavery" james Fennimore
Cooper" and "Fremopt's Hundred Days in
Missouri"
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H.H- Franklin Chase, United States cons

~ Franklin Chase, United States consul
at Tampico, informs the Secretary of State that
that city is thronged with loyal United States
citizens, fugitives from Texas, in great distress
some of whom he has relieved as far as hi
gress, however makes no provision for the re.
lief of destitute citizens in foreign countries
unless they are scamen, the cTscs of the ingi
tives mentioned by Mr.. Ch .so appeal strongly
to the sympathies of the charitable at home.
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

Gso- The Philadelphia Inquirer says OF the
Hon. Garret Davis, the new Senator from Ken
lucky, that he is a man Of truly Roman quail
ties clear 10 his conception of truth and jus
tice, firm in his position, bold and daring in
advocacy-the man for the times"
The national Republican., 1861-12-17
me- The N. Y. Tribune calls attention to /

Es- The n. Y. Tribune calls attention to the
following maxims OF Louis Napoleon, taken
from his " Historical Fragments"
March at the head of the ideas Of your age
and then these ideas will follow and support
you"
:" II you march behind them, they will drag
you on"
And if yon march against them, they will
certainly prove your downfall"
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(TIONAI. REPUBLICAN,,
'ublishs, Daily, Sundays Excepted,
81 w. J. MtTRTAG}H 81 90
GEORGE N. WESTON. EDITOR,

sF- The publication otaae of the Notiona
- hcan is at the nrclhsast corner Cf D sni
o. h street, second aonr, over ". n. shcu
stnre. Entrance on Seventh stree.
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TIE FIRE AYR CHARLESTON,

We have plenty Of stories from New York,
of negro insurrections, &c, rs connected with
the great fire at Charleston. These, Of course,
are merely sensation reports. From Charles
Iou, or vicinity, we have seen nothing but the
following dispatch from Branchville, South
Carolina, which is eighty-six miles from Charles
ton:
BranChriHe Dec. II, p. m.-The fire is
still raging. A thousand hOuseless persons are
hudded in the streets. The express train left
Augusta this af. ernOOn with provisions to sup.
ply the wants of the sufferers, and men to assist
IN controlling the tre. The fire ,oas the cork Of
an tncendidry.'
The population OF Charleston In 1850 was
4z,9s5. In 1860 it was 4O,522, divided as fol-
lows:
WHITES. ..'....'.. ...,. Zo,oiO
free coloreu .....'............. 3,Z3'
Charleston is said by some newspapers to
be a " wooden city. This is not so true as it
was formerly. After the great fire which oc-
CURED there little more than twenty years
ago. the city government prohibited the erec-
ton of wooden buildings.
Persons who ought TO know, say that the
locality of the fire, as described in the reports,
embraces part Of the city built of brick and
Stone
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

GENERAL LANE.-It is understood that this
gentleman will speak 10 day, probably at one
O'Clock in the S~nale, upon the cnnducr ot
the war.
The national Republican., 1861-12-17
Tuesday, December II, 1861.

T. CoRREspoNDENTs--No attention will b,
lid to anonymous communications.
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

gs- A dispatch from ST. Louis denc. the
I ,tcmcut VI the insanity ol General Sherman.
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dec l2-St
NLADEs BUTTER.

2O2 kegs choice Glades Butter just received direct
from Somerset county. Pennsylvania, for sale low
JOHN II, SEMMES CO,
Corner Ninth street and Pa. avenue,
dec 3-eot6t opposite west end Centre Market
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

.u. l., ,ra ,I ,ll ,uNTAH The Navy b."
uuIun1 Aas j., ...I Dispatches from Captain
.'o,I c."ul....-s t." 81. AMIR IrcquOis, in
H.,sa p. IL. r."ly r.Itrs hts m vcmcnls in
.,.I3cl, Ur' IH' pirate Sumler.
'n GovInW," 1T Mart nique he says, Ir
".... 'r .,Ir.'. .u. Tor Goals, but allowed her
@.' -. =. Pierre, wh"I'n she obtained a
.." D# EN # merchants
p.lm.r bad correspondence wi'h
va. or, l.r result of which was he was
, ralrrph Ct Whraton's Internn-
'..v.'. lh' "A ct that one b-liigerrnt
h." .'"' from port mil twenty-fonr
hour If .." her had lrfr The Sumter was
At tha, ''n. .u''" port. IN the Iroquois was
"blig d 10 a'.' un' lnariAc league from the
.rOfe.
Owing to the dsHnc. tom .hore, which the
LDqIoi1 was obliged +, rccupy and the fact
mat the bay is ftGcn miles wild, and for the
l'.so's above stated, the Sumter succeeded in
cNring.
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

At dsnsral Hospital, Union Hotsg, corner Bridge
and Washington streets, Georgcto,on, Dec. 6.
The national Republican., 1861-12-17

Al Hospital al Columbian College, Washing!on,
Dec 6.
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PoIsoN-lrs ANTlDoTE. Farm stock
raising, and cheese.makng have been my
employment. now say to your readers
something which think will be useful for
them to know. The subject that will in
troduce is poison and its sovereign remedy.
1t is now twenty years since learned that
sweet oil would cure the bite ofa rattlesnake,
not knowing that it would cure any other
poison. Practice observation and experience
have taught me that it would cure poison of
any kind both in man and beast. think no
farmer should be without bottle oft in his
house. The patient must take spoonful i'll
te,nally and battle the wound for cure. -
To cure horse it requires eight times as
mnch as it does man. Here let inc say of one
Of the most extreme case of snake bite in this
neighborhocd. eleven years ago this summer,
where the case had been over thirty hours
standing. and the patient given up TO die by
the doctors. | heard it carried the oil and
gave him one spoonful which created cure.
1t is al antidote for arsenic and strychnine. -
1t will cure bloat in cattle, caused by eating
too freely of fresh clover; it will cure the
sting of bees, spiders, or any other insects :
and it will also cure persons VINO have been
poisoned by low running vine growing in
meadows, called ivy.
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GCTRev. Doct. Breckenridge (unclc to the
Vice-Presdent,) in a recent Discourse SAID /:
." We have seen constitutional governmen t
both in ITS essence and IN its form tramplcd
under foot by the convention Of South Caro-.
lima and all the powers Of sovereisnty itself
both ordinary and extraordinary assumed by
it in such manner that life. liberty, and
property have no more security in South
Carolina than any where under Heaven where
absolute despotism, or absolute anarchy pre-.
walls except in the personal character of tha
gentlemen who hold power. We have seen
that small community preparing to treat
with foreign nations and, if need be intro
ducing foreign armies into this country
headlnng in her career, she disdains all coun
sci, scorns all entreaty, and treats all ties. all
recollection, all existing engagements and
obligations. as if her ordinance of seces
sion had not only dena:ionallzed that com
munity but extnsuished all its past cx-
istence !"
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WASHINGTON PRAyER.-In McOujre'.

WASHINGTON PRAyER.-ln McOuire's
Religious Opinions and Character Of Wash.
ington, we find the following:
" In the simmer of 1719, Washincton's
exploring alone one day the position OF the
British forces on the banks of the IIud.
son, venturcd too far from his own camp,
and was compelled by sudden storm and
the fatigue Of his horse TO seek shelter in the
cottagc of a pious American peasant. who
greatly struck with the manner and language
ofhis guest, listened at the door of his cham
Der, and overheard the following prayer from
the Father of his country:
And now, Almighty Father. il it Is Thy
holy will that We Shall obtain a name and
place among the nations Of the earth, grant
that we may he enabled to show our graft
tndc for Thy goodness by our endeavors to
fear and obey Thee. Bless us with wisdom in
our councils. success in battle, and let our VIC
tories he tempered with humanity. Endow,
also, our enemies with enlightened minds,
that they may become sensible Of their inius-
tice. and willing to restore our liberty and
peace. Grant the petition of thy servent. for
the sake Of Him whom Thou hast called Thy
Beloved Son: nevertheless, not my vii. bu,
Thine bc done
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THE FEET IN WiNTER.-So in
washing the feet in warm water. a great
deal of scurf or whitiSh soft substance may
be scraped from the solrs; this is dead skin,
dried pcrspiration, and other accumuations
all resulting from want of personal cleanli.
ness. These accumulations occur most in
winter, when washing the feet is neither as
convenient nor agreeable as in summertime.
Many persons suffer from cold feet, simply
from neglect to keep them clean. Few suf-
fer thus in summertime, one reason for
which is that the skin is moist. the pores are
open, free evaporation takes place. and the
blood is invited TO the surface. In winter
the skin IS diy. harsh and cold. TO keep
them constantly warm and comfortable is
the surface must be brought 10 the condition
of summer that is, must be soft and some
what moist. instead Of being harsh and dry.
This may be soon brought about by soaking
the feet in warm water for half an hour at a
time daily, using most freely very stiff
brush, with good soap. After the skin has
become soft and smooth, good washing with
soap and warm water twice week during
cold weather, will greatly contribute TO q
hcalthfu condition Of the feet as well as to
personal! comfort. If the feet are kept unex-
ccpt ionably clean. nnd are nevertheless
inclined to be dry, considerable benefit will
be derived by rubbing into the soles every
morning little sweet oil, twenty or thirty
drops TO each sole, with the palm of the hand,
patiently and well, the object being to secure
by artificial means, that soflness aud moist
ness which is known to favor evaporation
and to invite thther the flow Of blood. If.
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enjoyed so much liberty. so much prosperity
and So many blessings"

enjnyed so much liberty. so much prosperity,
aud SO many blessings
In the wisdom Of these words the policy
pursued by Governor HICKS won!d find a
sufficient explanation and nm ample iustifca-
tion, even II he had mt, by his own repeated
declarations aad by his published manifrs-
toes. given convincing proof not only of the
SINCERITY when candid Democrats like Mr..
Senator PEAROE are frank to award to him
but also OF the intelligence with which he
vindicatcs the position he has felt it his duty
to take. When that position can no longer
be defended by obvious considerations Of
public duty, we are assured that Gov Hicks
will change his conduct accordingly, and in
that event the people Of Mar, land. if called to
act at all, can act with full understanding
Of all the facts and circumstances necessary
to a proper apprehension Of the part they
shall find it their interest to take. At pres
ent they can i'll no way contribute so eftec.
tually to the preservation of the Un,on as bv
nlanifrs,ng calm RELIANCE in its strength
and an abiding faith III lis nestimabl L. value.
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FIRST CHECK To THE PALMETTO FLAG.-
The Portland Daily Advertiser, January 90
says. The master Of brig just arrived at
this port from Havana, reports that on the
day previous to her sailing about 10 A. NJ.
a small brigantine. fiom Charleston, came in
past the Moro Castle with the Palmetto flag
flying, or rather the Stripes with one star,
but Immediately, by order of the officer in
command at the Moro, brought to anchor I'M
der its guns, and kept there until p. NJ,
when the flag of the Union was hoisted, and
she was permitted to pro cccd up the harlor"
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A HERO - Miss Pardoc. in a recent work
relates the following interesting anecdote:-
Al the bnttle of Montmirail young officer
named Duroser CHANGED TO be in Attendance
on the Emperor at the moment when it
became essential to despatch an order to one
of the Generals Of Division; and Napoleon
hastily sum,nonng him to his side. gave
him instructions to deliver it without delay
"Spare neither yourself nor horse, sir. vi he
said stcrnly " for there is not moment to
lose, and return at once to report to lns that
my order has been obcycd."
Durosier galloped off amid shower Of
shot and shells, and within quarter of an
hour ne was again beside the Emperor. -
His duty was performed.
" You have behaved we'll, monsieur" said
Napoleon, when he had received his report
you have stout heart. and clear head
though you are still only youngser.
give you n captains brevet. and attach YOU to
my person. What is your name z"
=" nurosier, sire. y
at seems familiar to me On what
occasion have before heard 90
81 was the colonel Of the boy battalion,
your majesty"
"Ah. remember. Well, that is ar
additional reason why | Should attach you to
my person."
1T is too late, SIRE" murmured the young
soldier.
TOO late, Captain Durosier, and why 2"
Sire, they have hit me- and Us he
spoke he withdrew a handkerchief saturated
with blood from the breast of his coat.
" All will soon be over-V;re 7 Emperor
V,rc Ia France!"
lie rce!ed for an instant in his saddle, and
then fell heavily into the arms Of an officer
who had sprung forward to support him.
Timoleon Durosier wasa corpse.
$50 young so Young and so brave -
and to die OH his first battlefield - exclaimed
the Emperor, as he bent down, for an instant
over the body. Poor boy! Poor boy ~
Then setting spurs TO his. horse, he gal.
loped oft, as if unable to linscr over so sad i
spectacle.
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proved. When walk ing in the fields he was
earnestly dissuadug her from the connection
when she replied. That she was resolved to
have HIM, orit would he her death and
therefore said, Dont't kill me, uncle - don t
kill me- At the moment she uttered these
words. fowing-piece was discharged by a
sportsman in neighbo,ing field The same
night She coped from her unclcs house
and the combination of these suspicious cir
cumstances occasioned his ignominious
death"