, 1862-02-03
NUMBER III.


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oF may be, taken prisoners, shall, during
Imprisonment, be entitled to san.e pay as if in
active service.
Notwithstanding the tone Of some Of the
10. .-eign Journals on the stone blockade, &c,
the dispatches rcceiTed at the State Depart
men! are regarded as a complete restoration
of good feeling with the governments of Eng
land, FTaace. and other Continental States
Tie Secretary. Of State on Friday directed
the rcleas>e ST all persons taken from aboard
insurucut 1E1nt1 vessels.
It is true 1!lat the rebel authorities refused
10 exchange Cal Corcoran for pirate Smith, on
tie ground os difference in rank
Il is reporlIa that the Government has
determined 70 place TIC rebel rrivs1-
q foorins1 Of prisoners Of war: An order has
aeen is1 ed removing them to military prisc1.s
xith 3 7ie II to exchange them for citizens II
the United States Imprisoned III the South
This VIII probably result in the release Of
Wlcox, Fsst, -es and other officers now held
as hostages. It is generally believed an ex-
change Of II q. -isoners will speedily follow.
It 11ndc-sra cd the tax bill is being per-
feetea in details by the Committee Of Ways
and Acans. It proposes moderate taxation
with Mghe. 1:,t.s on distilled liquors and aEti-
cles of luxury: also on legacies and probates,
on passengers 5v raalroads and eonyeyanccs,
and nc.7slnper#.. anu telszrapaic messages.
his E1lk E2u E1f&.t tuE t!AAlEu okakts UuHIs
a sure specie payizt. security. The committee
are also considering tile subject OF a National
Bankin. !aw, re.:uiring deposit Of United
States stocks as security for bank notes c1rcu-
Estel is currency.
Tlc President stated; ia conversation with
III Conwa..: OF Kansas, that he appointed
Line Bri:.ssdier General with the e,sz,Tcss ut,-
dcrstaHain. t4at he sECrtll serve under Hun
tvf. Lane c,::.7essctl his willingness to do So
It Gas never Contemplated that his expedition
woasd be Independent. oi, OF Offensive to,
Hunter. Lai1t must receive his orllcr.- FROM
Hu1.=E. TIE President will be glad il Hun
Ter, ATTN. within orders :11l sense Of duty,
can sixe sueh or1..sS WIZ be satisfactory to
lane-
fIEers!d'= Washington ,Diz1satch-J
Gen. Banks Is st:Il here lsit1nnr says there
l.: probability OF rs ssunG:,s-tsc c!s,r:.e 81
| the Nary Department.
| Snow ae5e=$ the -i5er Is ta7sa' eur to sic
! inches Geep-
| NEW Gut::1. Feb 1.-Tlic special u tile SrN
| York Tf;l7t4t, from Washington. sSys Jesse
| D. Bright will be expelled froE.. tlle Scu1tc,
hut probably not till .:ucsdi.y, s.crs will t,t
l long cSe:1tive session on Monday:
The postal receipts f- lctcIs carried tl,1:in:,
the last qu:.zssr Of 1sl but little .rss than
during the same period last year when tlle
mails wen, MI oyer ths Cnion. The cost OF
transportation is s;,0oo, ,tW less.
\ new development in :rtcEerace &c s1.. Nor
|
las just tcrn made. 1t appears that before
| the Savannah STEAMERS w..T: sold, tbs oWllers
| s.Teed to give = cert:,iai brsskei two per cent.
II le would sell the property to the Govern
Ment- He sold to NoE::n! te whom lie paid
| Two and L llalf per cent. Th. broker ROM SUES
the owncrs for his 1wo Ter cent The oNncr
contests thu claim, insists }.c is not bcs.Ed to
l.ay, and declares lie c1n prove that = rEtil
!yus formed by some parties IL icecc TIE Gov
crnuncnt i'll tli; purchase Ut tslvsc ships by
making. five per cent: a,r eNors,itart price
The ulaticr Will be exposed III cs,urt.
The 7tnet< Washington dispatch states that
private letters received in Washington from
persons abroad, confirm tile impression tl;:at
tic governments VI England, France and
Spain mediate IN e,rly recognition nf thu. itl
d.rei,deucc Of tue Confederate Si;tes- Ti.is
recognition. ii will be pretended. is made it
The cause ot humanity.
| It is uow confidently asserted that tlert
are not ten Republican members Of tie flo,=s
who are 1T present prepared To advocate th'
| Immediate and unconditional emancipation O
siayvs- All hrpc of legislation f.rseEa1'l. Il
this class OF politicians is abandoned, aud tlls
| Administration programme Of preserving thu
Enion and the Constitution and enforcing til
iaws. is sais! TO be on'nipotent in tue Ho11sc-
The Nt;'aiti" y dispatch says tile President irs
| submitted to Con:!ress the eorrcspoas,enr: il
REFERENCE to the Spanish bark scizr.s- by
United States cruiser, and brought III is
prize. Alosts Taylor, who was approved l.,
Inc government 3tlu accepted DF tnt fatt1ta>i
Minister us tho referee in thu casc, t.ss award
I'd 8, ~ tsa,,asrs to l'e paid ty the tioy
! yrI,1ltent to the master Of the bark.
| 4 ticstr:tr from tiic North Ctroliga cavalry
who gives lis nani,: 5 n. T. Euisuttr. e'lirt,,
| the staten:ruts Of previous. descftcrs, as I,
, | the condition OF tic rebel 1roo,,s anil TT
rrcnri.incrts about Alana-s1s. The terra 1
: enlistment VI 1i1ort than So.o:n. :ncn, lit L
}rErs, will expire 1T the cnt ut this month T.
, this number not one-ttnth viii rG-eullst, aud
Ill attempt ut coercion is made, he prophetic
} desperate and bloody resistance.
The President, the SECRETARY Of War All
! | The QulrteEtIH.sttr General have been in eu.
s,ltation with parties frota the West tu-t.;,,
in regard to the fr:t.ds in the Quarter1l.ster
- Department at Cairo. FraHds III the way
contracts are sail to exist which will be islye
tigate0 TO the fullest extent.
+ Tic Investigating Committee find thu
u various parties il Philadelphia ciaitu frs,l
). Government. fur army supplies Ut G:tlt:rra
: kinds, over III, ,000, 900.
:, Specimens Of SOME Of tle goods fer the pa
u l;icnt Of which Il portion OF this ritorElol
: sum is demanded, We're brought here by II
n | Committee. and Is positive evidence that Il
Government bus br.n lefrslutlc1 3IcsS1:s. t.
~ yu.te and 0.lelt rcrertcd the results Of thu
Il | Investigation to Tie Secretary Of War today
ii Tie Richnlosa1 DistHttch admits that the i
!, arc4:.tr force Of ti.t: rebels now il. the ;icd
y but 350, Goo
It Commander john s. Wortlcll. and Lirls
IS S S. Green, I. S. Navy, have been ordered
f. | the Ericsson Battery. Com. WeFafen is tt
Lieut.. Wordeu whom Bragg arrested at Pens
r. cola in May Inst, and who fingered in Il
- coll:'ty Jail Of Montgomery Ala, so m.i
u | months.