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THE EVENING STAR.
WASHINGTON CITY:
THURSDAY -......... JANUARY 80, 1854.
Spirit OF the Morning Press.

The EntsIIigsnesr points out the inaceuracy Of
the statement that the Continental Congress under
the Articles OF Confederation, exercised the right
Of declaring Treasury notes lawful money and
made them tender in payment of debts, and
says the Congress Of that date had no power to
enact any such law, but merely recommended the
Legislatures Of the several States to adopt meas
ures to this effect, which was done.
The Republican champions the Potter lnvesti-
CATION Committee report
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SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN
HOSPITAL

Psblssbsd IN conformity viii tks rssesssies Of
tAs Sssass CT JsIy 10, 1861.
At General Hospital, Uaioa Hofsi, eorasr Bridge
aAd Wdshtagtoa streets, Gieo,sefotc1, Jdn. "a.
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III Washington papers please copy and send
bllis 70 the war Department. ia 30-5t
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ID, HUNTER
FORWARD MOVEMENT

''MeJ0T GeneTdI COmmanGing,N
Government trains are constantly moving west
ward, but the roads almost i'm passs bic, owing
TO the depth of the sand
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TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE HOUSE.

1S Tavern keepers of the City of Washington
and District of Columbia, Will be held at the Ger
man Hal, II IN Str eet, On SUNDAY, February I'd,
81 s O'Clock p. m. Punctual attendance is re-
quested as Important business will be transacted.
ia q 81. By order of Committee,
, 1862-12-15

road to its connections at Cleveland, and |
with the Fort Wayne road, will render but |
one transhipment- necessary between this !
city and New York. Both the Michigan
Southern and the Cleveland and Toledo
roads have in reality q double track nearly
all the way between the two cities
Doubling the track from this city to Elk
hart, if we mistake not, completes it, and
with the addition Of the necessary rolling
stock the freighting facilities Of the line
might be increased almost indefinitely.
With the present inability Of our rail-
ways to carry to the seaboard 1.-THE Of the
freight now offering, it will he satisfac-
ton to our business men to know whatnew
facilities IRE to be affored them during the
coming year. The Erie road has already
double track for most Of its length, and
from the Intelligent enterprise with which
the road is managed, the West can be sure
that no effort or expense will be spared to
accommodate its vast and rapidly augment
ing business.
The facts we have stated, do not in the
least abate the necessity Of enlarging the
Erie and the Illinois and Michigan canals,
so frequently urged in these columns, and
in which our citizens just now are exhibit
ing such commendable interest. The West
will more than fill every avenue that Can
be either opened or enlarged, to carry he1
commerce to the ocean. Our vast fertile
| prai1ies are teeming with wealth, and it,
development will keep pace with the facil
tics afforded to send forward its product:
to the manufacturing districts of the sea
board and to the starving millions Of Eu
rope. The West can more than fill all th,
vessels and the cars that the capital Of til.
country can provide
, 1862-12-15

Heron. Gen Totten Is acaptain. Of tho regu-
lar army, and Brigadier General by appoint !
p,ent Of the Governor Of Missouri.
The Engineer regiment Of the West {Co1.
Bisselrs) is now opening the railroad from
Grand Junction to Memphis. Captains Twed. !
dale End Flad hare been promoted to the rank
Of Major, and command the two battalions
into which the regiment is divided.
The 5th Wisconsin, Col. A1nasa Cobb, has
participated III eight battles under Mcclellan,
including white Oak Swamp and Antictam,
and has suffered 4 total loss of 363 men. It is
now in Gen. ". F. Smiths aivion of Frank
Inns corps.
The following are the troops composing 9,
'sDiyision H." Army Corps Department Of
the Cumberland, Brig. Gen. JEFF. c. Davis
commanding. -
3otl Brigade, P. s. Post, Colonel, command
ing: 18th Illinois. 18th Illinois, 59th Illinois,
ed Indiana, 5th Wisconsin Battery.
31st Brigade, Vim. P. Carlin, Colonel com
| manding: 3sth Illinois, -21st Illinois, 101st
Ohio, 18th Wisconsin, End Wisconsin Battery.
3od Brigade, Brig, Gen " G. Woodruff
| commanding: 25th Illinois, 35th Illinois, 81st
| Indiana, Sth Kansas, sth Wisconsin Battery.
The following is the order constituting the
staff Of Gen. JEFF. G. Davis:
| HEADQUARTERS 9TH DIVISION. DEPAETsKErl
! OF THH CUNBERLAsn, Nov. 9th, 1862. {
GENERAL. ORDER No. IL The undersigned, b1
special order from Headquarters Of the Cumher
land, resumes the command OF the 9th Division
T. The following staff officers are announced:
| c. L. Holstein, Captain and A A. G.
Capt. Harry Pease, 23d Illinois, St. A. .. C. AMI
Il Inspector General.
I Lieut.. r. ". Morrison, 18th Indiana, A. D. c.
Il Lieut.. q. Y. Wolf, 18th Kentucky, 4. D. G.
! Lieut.. E. Brady, Acting A L. NJ
Lieut.. Fred BTasheF, Acting A. C.S.
Il Surgeon J. L. Tecd, Acting Medical Director.
They will be obeyed and respected accordingly
By order OF Brig: Gen. JEFF G. Davis.
Il c. l. HoLsTME, Capt. and a. a. G.
, 1862-12-15

ing with very long face On. After the time
o. day had been passed he asked:
"Sergcant, how would an emancipation
proclanotion be: received in the North and
West?'
+ Ianswered thst its reception depended on
its ter1ns.. That n proclamation freeing all
s1ayes without reference to masters, would
not be endorsed; but that one making free
the EIayes of rebel owners would be heartily
supported. The Lieutenant had chopped for
better, thingss'. He was surprised. had ex-
uected the West to rise against such a thing
eu xnasx. In after conversation he acknoW-
ledged that if the: proclamation was carried
into effect it would do more to beat them
Than any other measure that could have been
adopted. The niggers, he said, had already
found it out, and hc expected trouble With
them. He was right, too, for by the aid Of O
friendly soldier Of Maj. Rylander'e Battalion,
I was enabled to attend one Of the
NEGRO SECRET MEETINGS.
I took no part, merely listened. But
know from what there learned, that TO,
Years there has existed in the Sonth Negro
secret society, who have been long watching
for the styear Of jubilee" The first Of Jan
uary, 1865 is regarded by them as the com
mencc1nent. They will be free, even if bloot
must flow to secure the boon: That Is tn
expressed determination. Their master
know it aud tremble. W. =: r,
58th Illinois Infantry.
, 1862-12-15


Interesting and alwaysEexciting subject was
taken up ard in q very short time hnrmoni-
ously disposed Of. -.
Hessdent-a. ". MINER q stackinaw, Fnlton
tS!7ezondsag Secretary C. Flags ofHoro,
: Rfeo1ai1g s1ece'ary-w- C. Ferguson Of Rock
assistant Recording 's<cretGry-zK. h. Fell OF
fred art1--saninel Edwards of Lamoi11e, Bu-
rcau county
Hope. Cook comfy. No. :: C. N. Andrews, Rock
fora: Eo; .: A: R: Whitney franklin il! GTogc. N9
q; G,asyilie. 10. 1: I. 8. Dent. Wenona No. t:
NIL. Dunlap. Champaign. No: s: O. II. Coleman,
Bloomington: No: 9: G. C.. Sturteyant, Beards-
c. a. Montross, Cent falia, no. u: George Barry,
Alton. .:~No.1s @aEeJ- Evans, South Pass.
Letter from GaribaIdi.
Luigi Paris, Of Providence, Rhode Island,
received few days since the following letter
from the italian patriot, Garibaldi, and pub
liEhes it in the Providence Jou1nal:
Pisa, Nov. Is, 1862
DEAa sR-General Garibaldi entrusts to
my care the estimab1e privilege Of answering
your Welcome letter Of the I7th Of October,
ton M of Constant friendship.
Nothing gives the General so much pleas
| ure as ). the 7.Kind remembrance Of his old
friends and compatriots, and their grateful
recognition. OF his services in the canse Of the
unity Of italy. Genera1 Garibaldi commands
me to inform you that, should he determine
| to visit The American Republic, he will again
accept Of your generous hospitality with cor
dia1ity and the most heartfelt pleasure.
As to the war in which yon are engaged, ht
commands me to express his deep and abid
ing interest. His deep and most heartfelt
sympathies are with yonr people who are uo7
in arms and fighting in the sacred cause o
liberty and humanity. He seems at q los
how to understand why nation like tn
American republic, with such absolute an4
soul inspiring declarations Of freedom eu
grafted in her constitution and laws shoul
be so regardless Of the dictates Of humanity
and the enlightened civilization Of the nint
teenth century, as not to have slarery, The 61,
oaTous rtzic Of a bar6arons age, ut once and Jo'
cser abolished.
The General desires yo's to remember hi,
to your fan1ily with the warmest emotions
friendship. Adieu.
Believe nc, dear sir, your obedient seryau
CLEAESTI CoRT1,
(For Gen, Gsrihaldi) J
pIprv es0
, 1862-12-15

The Law. .discharging the civil authorities
Of the Republic from any liability for ar
rests of persons, that have ;been made to
promote public security, is atonce just and
necessary. We have no doubt that grave
errors have been committed in the iucar-
ceration Of citizens charged with aiding
and comforting the enemy; but we have
not the ghost Of suspicion that any but
the most patriotic and praiseworthy mo-
lives have impelled those by whom these
arrests have been made. To wipe out and
begin anew, is probably the course that
will be satisfactory to al.
Meanwhile, we plead for additional leg
islation by Congress, that shall reach
the cescs Of cFil-disposed persons
who ha7o the discretion to keep
within the line beyond which the penalties
for treason begin to arply-persons whose
Influence in public and private, and whose
daily talk, whetherin conversation orprint,
are for the discouragement Of all who adj
here to the loyal cause. There are mapy
euch, and the boldness with which they
Spout their treason, and the i1npunity with
which they express the hope that the Gov
ernment may be obliged TO succumb to tn
traitors by whom It's assailed, are not with
out their effects which need the correctly
agency of law. They are surely guilty c
grave misdemeanor; and we hope tha
Congress viii have the courage to fix an
enforce the penalty therefor.
We have been and are still the inf1exibl
opponents Of Illegal violence. In the TR11
ENE and as citizens we have never faile
to raise our voices against everything whic
would provoke OF promote ii. But th
lime has come in which reasonable e.
preston ought to be checked and we il
yoke, not the infuriate mob, but the repr
sentative sovereignty OF the Republic,
apply itself to the task by such wise an
safe measures as its ingenuity may devils
, 1862-12-15

~ Most Of the country papers have in
creased their subscription rates to two dollars
u year, and some Of them hare adopted the
advance pay system for subscriptions-tho
Aurora Bacon among the number. The
Eeacoa, By the way, is one Of tie very best
country papers in the West. We arc always
sure ef finding some local items in it worth
scfssoring 1t is edited with ability, tact and
bo1dness, and we are glad to learn that the
people Of Old Kane appreciate its merits and
extend to it 4 liberal support.
, 1862-12-15
Pence PrDp0sif1OuS.

IEzfGN 1-TVPDS11IOa5s
The Rock Island ArgNs which is about as
bitterly partisan Democratic as any sheet in
the State, repudiates the Green-Dayis propo-
sitions for peace, which were endorsed by the
Times. It says the loyal people Of the United
States would gladly accept the above terms,
with the following slight modification, viz:
LIST. HING the President. Vice President, lnem-
bers Of the Cabinet, members Of Congress and the
general officers Of the army and navy, Of tic Con-
federated traitors. Proclaim general amnesty to
all others Hho would swear to he tr1le to the Con-
etitutiou OF the United States and 60 home and re-
main peaceab1c citizens.
I'd. Enforce the fugitive slave law, except as to
elaTes who have escaped in consequence ofthe War-
The traitors having fred the first gun shon1d bear
the consequence Of commencing hostil1ties
mcnccd the war, without any jnst and reasonable
cause therefor, they ehan pay ali the expenses of
bOih secti0ne-
If JEFF Davis 4 Co. like the above terms,
the war could probably be ended lmme ediately.
If not, thu best advise VIC can give Is that the
traitorous leaders Of the rebellion get out Of
the country as soon as possible, and the peo-
pic scatter to their respective places Of abode,
| and forever after remain peaceab1e, good and
loyal citizens. Then Lave all further details
| to great and generous people who are moi
| yiEdictiyc, and who know how to be magnan.
| imous to those who have done wrong, but arf
| now sorry for it and are willing to do right in
| future.
| If the A9yns continues to talk in this way il
| ~in fipd itself kicked out Of the party unccri
IuOniop61y.
, 1862-12-15

The work Of repairing the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Was commenced on last Satur-
day. 3 large army Of laboTers are at work On
the line Of The road west Of Martinsburg, and
few miles west Of MaEtinsburgh, has also been
commenced This was the only bridge that
was much damaged west Of Martlnsburg: The
not yet commenced to repair the road between
Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, but expect
to do so in few days. They have large
and the materials for its reconstruction all At
hand,
, 1862-12-15

=
The queer nondescrlpt which was commens
ccd last summer in the navy yard, and left in
statu quo ever since, is to be finished at once
and launched. Yesterday the employees and
a few privileged visitors we're thrown into
excitement by tho appearance in the yard ofa
weapon as singular as the nondescript itself.
It is gun Of the strangest aspect imaginable,
and seems capable Of dis charging sixty pounds
Of shot It is made Of brass, or composition,
and its breech and muzzle rest on frame or
pedestal Of the same material Of the gun.
There are none Of the ordinary appliances for
fring cannon attached to it, and this singu-
lar arm is to be the battery Of the ttWhaf is
it?'' which is to be launched in q few days.
The ss What is it :'' is a huge box, nearly If
teen feet high and taelye feet wide, Or there
ano11ts. It is caulked SO rs to be almost air
tight, and las an Internal diameter Of about
tWenty-four feet, and looks very like turret
inside. The gun will be within, and although
in firing will protrude through the port-hole,
porch or portico covers its nluzzle. That is
ali that eau be known Of the "What is it :?
which may hea submarine battery, with au
air gun, or De1ano internal machine, for all
the outside public know.-N I. Htrald.
, 1862-12-15

TIE UNITED STATES DEMAND NoTEs.-A
plate is being engraved By the Treasury De-
partMent, the first of the new issue Of notes
to replace the New York currency by better
ones, and such as will not be easily counter
feited. It is a fac sinailic Of the painting in
the rotunda Of the Capitol Of the Landing Of
the Pilgrims. Each note will have one Of
these pictures upon it, engraved in the most
elaborate Style
, 1862-12-15
Gen. S1b1eyss Pursuit of the In.
lfiNn8.

13Nn8s
4 correspondent Of the Davenport Gasste,
writing from Fort Randall, Dacotah Territory,
the S0th ult., says:
Gen. sibley, it seems, pursued the Mime
sofa Indians as far US the Big Sioux River,
where they finally gave him tie slip. By let
ters received at This post from Fort Pierre,
n trading post, ahout $50 miles above here,
on the west side Of the Missouri written BY
those who had been among them, it seems
that they have turned up in that vicinity to
the number Of about 400 lodges, orabout 900
warriors. They have quite number Of cap
tises, both male and female, whom they treat
in the most improved modern secesh style.
They are hard at work with the tribes around
Pierre, and it seems,h have been successful with
the Biackfeet and Uns-pa-pas They are at
present on the east side Of the Missouri, but
threaten to cross and attack the fort as soon
as the river is frozen sufficiently.
On the receipt Of the intelligence at this
post, Major Pattee organized an expedition
Consisting Of Co. B, 41st Iowa, one company
Of Daeotah cavalry, and two pieces, Of artil-
lery, and By this time must be nearly there, as
the expedition left here on Wednesday last.
They have taken with them forty days "a
tons,
, 1862-12-15

Among the Brigadicr Generals made by the
President within few days is the name Of
Col Farnsworth Of Chicago, q member Of the
last Congress, and member elect Of the next
Congress. Col. Farnsworth left town for his
regiment this morning, having spent a day or
two here on business. He was agreeably sur
prised on Saturday to learn that some time in
November the President made him aBrigadicr,
ofwhich fact he knew nothing till Saturday.
~ r Post, 9th inst.
The Generate numerous friends in Illinois
we're much pleased to hear Of his promotion.
He is true and gallant officer-one Of the
Fighting Kind that wants to tthurt' the rebels.
, 1862-12-15
The Future of East Tennessee.
Firm, the Nashville Union atl1

These splendid plantations, whose area is
whose climate is delightful, viii not be allow
ed to lie idle. An army Of hardy, enterpEis-
ing immigrants from the Northwest will soon
pour in to fill the places left vacant By the
Slaves; and, in place Of half savage, woolly
headed, coa1-black, ragged Africans, as uned-
clad, educated, ncwspaper-reading, church
and school going white farmers, able and viii
ling to serve the State in peace and in war.
The exchange will not bv q bad one; it will
soon double our wealth.
, 1862-12-15

ss~ The gallant Brig. Gen Geo. L, Hartsuf
has been promoted to q Major Gcncra1ship.
No man in the Federal army has done harder
and more successful fighting than Gen. Hart
suff. He was very severely wounded at the
battle Of Antietam, and has yet scarcely recoy-
cred. We believe he is yet at his homo iu
Michigan. Gen. Hartsuff lat that time Lieu
tenant) will be fecollected as one Of the sur
yiSors Of The Lady Els,in disaster.
, 1862-12-15

SIoSEwALI JACKSON NOT PoET.-Stone~
wall jackson has written letter to Mr.. Epps,
editor Of the Rockbridge, Va, dEuns, deny
ing the authorship Of The lines which have
been circulating through the press, entitled
MY Wife and Child,'' and attributed to his
pen. The author is Hon. John R. jackson Of
Alabama. Stonewan says he likes to read
good poetry, but never attempted any him
calf
, 1862-12-15

*Reportcd to have been promoted
Col. Marsh's brigade is..the first lot General
John A. Logan's division (Sd} of Hurlhut's
corps, and is composed of the following n1i~
nois regiments: 2oth, s0th, 31st, s1st, 111th,
and 724tb. The instances are rare, especially
IN The West wherein 20 many regiments ofone
CO. .wa h.;oo "A +orre+1ar
~ ~. ca, 15,:~s,. r., 1on;e n Watera left
o.;.e,s . ea..ara1,as ~ ga Ill, a41 men tits
, 1862-12-15

TIE BRUTALITY or BGELL.--The late Gen.
O. B. Mitchell, stated to Rev. Henry Ward
Beecner, that when be held 150 miles Of the
Tennessee River, lie was enabled to do 1t be-
cause he had Intelligent slaves in his employ,
who kept him advised Of the movements Of
the enemy. As a reward for their fidelity, he
gave his pledge OF honor that they should not
be returned to slavery; but when he was
called to another field, Buell. forced them right
back into the hands Of their masters the
suffcrings of many Of them are over now.
, 1862-12-15

a BIG LOT OF COUNTERFEIT CONFEDERATE
McSEY.-Some four Or five months ago, a
package ca1le to the express Office III this city,
for, and has been kicked and cutfed around the
office ever Since Yesterday, the agent, hfr.
Pignan, opened the package, when it was
found to contain So, Goo in counterfeit Con
federate notes. The notes are said to be su-
pcrior in execution to the genuine notes. and
In: this country they are nearly as valuable.
-Hlsx7ing E.tcU;gtacsr.
, 1862-12-15

The Savannah Republican says the people Of
Charleston have pulled up their lead pipes
and contributed $1,000 pounds Of lead to the
government, and that the rebel government
will issue receipts for all lead pipes and other
fixtures, aud binds itself to replace them at
the end Of the war
, 1862-12-15

We need not devote much space to the
Erie Railway It's magnificent wide cars,
thoroughly ventilated, are known to all the
travellers Of the West Its immense
and almost unlimited feighting facilities
are known to all our merchants and busi-
ness men. As an index to the amount Of
business it is doing we stated some time
since that its earnings for the month Of
October exceeded million Of dollars
The Erie railway, by cheapening freights
and the vast facilities it has afforded to
trade and traffic, has been and ever Will be
of inestimable value to the West
1t is Of the extension Of this great trunk
line westward that we propose to
speak. The name Of the extension Of
the Erie westward is the Atlantic
and Great Western Railroad 1t
leaves the main line Of the Erie road at
Salamanca, new station near O1ean and
is to run little south Of west on the great
plateau that divides the waters Of Lake
Erie from those that run into the Ohio, till
it reaches Mansfield, when dropping little
more southwardly it is to take direct
course to Cincinnati. There it will connect
with the Ohio and Mississippi road, form
ing a line with six feet gauge Of some
twelve hundred miles-the longest and the
most magnificent road in the world
We are not informed as to the time re-
nuisite to complete the road to Cincinnati,
but it is to rcach Warren, Ohio, on the
Mahoning road by the first of January
The distance thence to Cleveland is less
than fifty miles. Anarrangenenth has been
perfected with the latter road to Law down
q third rail 50 that the SIX feet eaupe cars
by the time, OF before spring opens, viii be
run directly to Cleveland. Passengers
leaving Chicago by the evening train Of the
Michigan Southern railroad, will arrive at
Cleveland for breakfast, and then take fhe
splendid cars Of the Erie direct for New
York. During the next summer the Gres1
Western will be extended to Mansfield OF
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicae.
railway, when passengers will have
choice Of routes, taking the Erie road, o
what is the same thing its extension, eithe
at Cleveland OF Mansfield, making but on
change Of cars between this city and Ne,
York.
But it is chiefly as affording facilities f
the transit Of freight that the extension (
the Erie Railroad becomes important t
the West. The handling Of freight, and i
trausfer from one train to another, forms
very considerable part Of the expense I
sIiiluncnt between distant points. II
ccmn]etisn Of the extension Of the Er