New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-06
THE GEORGETOWN RAILROAD.
MRS. LINCOLN'S GRAND BALL.

Iv.y,xe4ov "wednesday, Feb ;, lSeE
.rrE FINANCIAL MEASURE-TIiE LL"AA
DER CLAUSE.
harm from variety Of sources that Col
,..,or po,nsr has written to Secretary Chase
chat such men ss Nathaniel mayer oil bo''on'
Alov Duncan of Duncan, Sherman a Co.,
John De Wolf. Shepard Knopp, aud numerous
otber eminent New-YOk GuancDers and mer-
,honts have said TO h'm within two days past;
Secretary Cbase's hearty approval OF the e-
cal tender bill is perfectly right; ana lur-
ther said that they are deeply anxious that the
LEGAL tender cau.e shall stand IN any OIL
that Congress may pass Tor the financial renel
Of the country. They said to Mr.. Barney, To
.,uote fbe Collectors words, "tbey say that
the country s lost without IT," Dir, Spaulding
moved. at 9 O'Clock this afternoon, to limit de-
bate On tie bill TO o'clock ?. IN, tomorrow,
Thureday. He did tbs ldiug in bis band
note from Secretary Chase, written at noon,
10 which he says: &" 1t lie very important that
the bill 60 through to-day, aud through the
Senate this week. The publ; ox'gencies do
Tot admit Of delay"
But the uutimely desire TO make speeches on
The part of many eeDtem some of them
earnest friends Of the bill, opposed the motion
with such success, that il was defeated by
vote Of 60 Yeas to g. Nays. Though this was
not accepted as c test voie upon tie merits,
its effect was mischiryous. Tie hostile infu-
ence which Mr. VallsDdieham beads took heart
4 . A al in iu
The WAYS and Means Commitlee-R0om, com
posed Of Messrs. Yalandigbam, Pendleton, Corn.
ing, the two Conkliugs, Horton aud Morrill,
lie object was to devise scheme which could
be successfully substituted for the Committees
legal tender till. The several substitutes pro-
posed by Messrs. Vallaudgham, Horton, and
Morrill,, and Roscoe Conkli &, were undergoing
combination. 1t is understood that that clause
Of Mr.. Norrill's substitute which compelled
the soldiers TO take tie Treasury Notes as
legal tender from the Government, but does
got bind the suffer nor the merchants 10 take
them at par from the tO.diers, was modified
Immediately after the bill was taken into caucus.
THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR.
Rumor grows into belief that Secretary Of
War Slant will speedily resume in fact a.
ne has commenced to do in form, the conduct
OF the war which usage and depar mental law
give him tie aht to do. The public was not
unobeeryant OF the difference between two recent
orders Of cOugratuGton TO The army, the
frst issued by authority Of Gen. Mcclellan,
and the second by authority Of the President.
The Office OF General in-Chief, complimentary
IN Winfield Scott, did lot survive the her0's
retirement. The Pretidebt Is Commauder-in-
Chief Of tie Army, aud be, with his able and
Drodgousy magnetic War Secretary. VIII now
lift this war out Of mud aud delay, and carry
it 10 victory. Gen. Mcclellan wIl be placed
10 command Of the Department OF the Potomac.
THE EXPULSION OF Fright.
The traitor Bright was expelled from the
Senate to-day, by the vote which We predicted,
Of 80 TO H. The record Of the NAYS viii
prove . more than one Senator unsusceptible
Of spungiIg. The proifacted debate, tedious
70 tie strained war nerve, North and West,
was Necessary here. 1t cleared the social a.
nOsphere Of the PrO-Sayery miasm which had
50 long and so teDseiously ciuDg about The
Senate. The just grip OF tho public sentiment
d the country is at last upon this body. To
Mr. Wilkinson Of Minnesota who introduced
,he resolution OF expulsion and 10 Mr. Morrill,
Of Maine, Republican in every fiber, thanks axe
especially due for the result. OF tie many
able speeches made, that Of Andy johnson Of
Tennessee was wonderfully elective. This
Democrats voice ind yOie with those OF Gar
ret Davis, Mr.. McDougsll, and the Missouri
Senators, eiectually checkmated tho traitor.
endeavor 70 make himself martyr in q Re.
publican Senate to partisan maAce.
The scene al the close was dramatic. The
sudden illumination Of the Senate hall dispeed
tie shadows and gloom winch enyeloped the
action, at the instant the Clerk began TO call
;he roll There wss desperate decisnene's in
me "No" with which Mr.. Bayard answered
70 bis name. The Delaware Senator uneasly
wandered from bis seat to the desk Of The
Clerk, and with thoughtful look leaned there
III the expulsion was complete. When Mr..
Garlic Of Virginia voted "No" the nutieI
vas significant and loud. lie bad been counted
ouly among tue doubtful. The California;,
NcDougal, did not answer. "Mr. Simmons
NO answer Both Senators were in their
seae when Mr.. Wiley was speaking.
VIII their absence affect the result
Ae'seneers ran swiftly through the streets aid
courts Of the Senate wing. Soon, but not Il
moment too soon to quiet the painful anxiety
VI The galleries, the Senators came in, and
Ia lax fbaf in IL.