New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-18

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Oiheir country whia reach Your brilliant
happy presase OF what be expected when the Army
The Potomac shall be led the held by their gallant general
EDWIN NJ STANTON, Secretary Of War
Special Dispatch to The N Y Tribune
WAsmNGros. Monday Feb. II, 1862.
THE LEGAL-TENDER BILL.
The Committee of Ways and Means in a
protracted session this morning debated and
voted upon the several amendments made by
the Senate to the first two sections of the
Legsl-Tender bill. Messrs. Corning, Morrill,,
Horton, and StrattOn voted throughout to con-
cur in all the changes of principle. Mes,rs.
Stevens. Spaulding, Hooper, and Maynard ad-
hered to all the distinctive features of the bill,
Is passed by the House. The vote thus stand
ing four TO four, those amendments of the
Senate were not concIrred in which make tie
issue of new notes one hundred millions instead
Of one hundred and fifty Millions which include
the fifty millions authorized July Il, require the
interest on The bonds aud notes TO he paid in
coin, make the tweuty.year bonds redeemabe
after FIVE years, authorize the conversion OF
notes, in sums not less than 500, into 3 ~
bonds, make the funded & per cents redeema-
bic after five years, aud payable in twenty
years, instead OF redeenable after twenty
years as the House directed, and authorize the
throwing of the bonds on the market for what
they will fetch. The amendments are printed
in this issue of THE TRIBUNE. Those con-
Cured in BY the Committee are numbered l.,
8, IL, ~, IL, 10, IL. Non-coDcurred in are
2, 3, 4. 5, 6, Z, 9, 10, Ia, Is.
Numerous letters were read to the Commit
tee by Mr.. Stevens, advising the passage Of
the Legal-Tender bill without the specie interest
clause, and resolutions 10 that effect from
Chambers Of Commerce in Louisville st. Louis,
Chicago, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee. Mr..
WashburDe, just arrived from Illinois, repre-
sn:ed the demand for the bill as universal and
impatient. There is 10 prospect of nearer
agreement Of the Committee. 1t is probable
dat in the House non-currence with the Sen
~ will have a small majority.
THE VICTORY IN CONGRESS-.
The news from Donelson and from Savannah
was read aloud to-day at the opening of the
sessions from the Clerks desks of the two
Houses Vice President HamlO beaming with
10Y, said to toe crowd IN the galleries, which
checked its huzzang at bis rising from his
seat. Z" 1t is in order to burrah--it is ia order,
BOYS =" The congratulations of Senators were
wild, but the enthusiasm Of the House was
wilder. Later in the day artillery salutes
from the circling camps on both sides OF the
Potomac hailed the victories The JOY through
the city was electric but through it all uprOse
the serpent head of compromise, and the cant
Of reconstruction OF the Union upon the old
relations Of Slavery to Freedom was heard
anew, and traitOrous suiyeling Of peace and
the instant reduction Of the army.
MIR. FAULKNER on THE REBELLION.
II is reported tonight upon the authority Of
a telegram from Gen. Banks, that Mr..
Faulkner has within a day or two made
speech at MsrtInsburg in which be expressed
the opinion taat the rebellion wac failure,
aud advised his hearers TO make the best
terms possible for themselves win the United
States
TIE MICHIGAN AND CHICAGO CANAL.
The House Military Committee are Consider
iDg bill TO enlarge the Michigan and Chicago
Canal to the capacity for ships. 1t heard To-
day delegation from Illinois, and examined
their plans for the improvement, including the
deepeniog of tho Illinois River to the Msss-
,ippi, through which the canal and river pass.
They have agreed TO surrender their property
and Jurisdiction to the Government for awhile
at least and to receive the tolls in payment
for the interest on the investment. Mr.. Blair,
Chairman has been authorized to report bill
for the week.
THE DISPOSITION or TIE REEEL TERRITORY.
In the informal discussion on the motion
subsequently, for reasons Of courtesy, with
drawn-tO refer Senator Harris's ball for tho
Provisional Government OF the Rebel States to
the Committee on Territories, the fact came
o0t, already well known in Congressional cir
ees, that the Territorial Committees Of both
Houses have nearly matured bill for the
government Of what were once States Of the
South. IL is understood that this blll is much
more radical and broader in its scope than
Rat introduced by Mr.. Harris. IL proposes t.
divide the whole Rebel country into Terrific
hes organized as if embracing newt y-settIed
ands under Territorial Governments, the or.