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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
National Bonking Bill.
Tb,

TIL; L,il, In, ortant MI has now passed hoth
uon.o. and on,s u ks The Presidents signature 70
ILooLm tyos ,ut,> 'nced in The Senate SON,
week, So, bv Mr., sbeI can Of Ohio, and provide.
nya Drrs,u in the rreasu. y Department under tho
title the Controller efthe g. 'rreHcy, nominated By
the Secretary OF the Treasury ID "pp'nsea ny the
President and Senate; salary '''OOV' oonds,
800 coo; to hold Office jOr five '",S' " la"
deputy clerks, &c, none Of whOm sha. DC iI'ef'
es'ed in any banking under ths act. 4 " Con
iroler ia to provide seals, forms, &c. Assoc SAohs
for banking may be formed by any number Of YER
sons not lear than five, who shall make certiicaoSf
specifying the Of their association it's location.
famount OF capital, which shalt be 10; less thar
$685. 600 land in cities Of over 1880 population,
not less than $l0O,000; names, residence auS
number Of sbgr.s Of stockholders, and time Of
beginning business; this certificate 70 be legally
knowledgcd. Thirty per cent Of capital stock to Be
paid in commencing, and the remaining capital al
10 per cent every two months until paid ur. Ii any
ai- to pay, his stock to be sold at auctoD after
three weehs Advertising If not bid in 70 az "
cover assessments and costs, it is forfeited "a
the associations When the Controller i, salts
fed that these conditions are complied with.
thorizipg them to commence business, which fact
shall be advertised for 90 days. All these associa-
tons arc authorized to DO business in the usual
form, sue aud be sued and to perform all the ordi'
nary functions Of banking Their shares are trans
errable, personal property carrying their liabilities
with them. Capital may be increased from time TO
time as may be deemed expedient They maj hold
real estate necessary for their business such Us may
be norgaged as security for loans such rs may be
conveyed for debts and such as they may purchase
under their mortgages but no Other Preliminary
to commencing, they deliver to the United States
Treasurer bearing bonds of the Government
to ii @ specified amount, aud receive curreneycircu.
Iating noes in blank registered anu countersigned.
equal to 80 per cent Of tie current value Of the bonds
deposited, but not exceeding the par value, aud ~
no tine shall such noles exceed the capital stock
paid IN The entire amount shall not exceed $780,
900 OOO-Slj0, coo 600 10 associations in States and
Territories, according to representative population,
the other $lJ0 900 900 TO be distributed with regard
to existing bank capital ami business. The follow.
ing table shows the proposed distribution:
GoyEussRSF CALCULATION Proposed by the bill Of senaos
Sherm laced by the Senate ga tue L II ins-lst 1h
Amount Allotted according 20 Congressional bepEesenis
ton; aud ID be Amount 70 be Allotted aec1!dinsn
Bans Capital
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
COL. FORD.

An old Judge just leaving the bench once
gave this counsel to bis young and inexperi-
cnced successor: always decide promptly
the questions of law raised before you but be
Shy Of giving reasons; for your decisions will
often be night when your reasons for them are
utterly wrong. This wise dictum was disrc-
garded BY Mr. Councilman Gross Of our muni-
cpality who, among other equally prepoate'-
Gus reasons for overriding the decision OF tho
Court Martial that tried aud convicted Gen.
Fitz John Porter, gave the following:
The tes!mepy taken before the court martial wa he did
not dogbt anaf 10 AL the member, 81 M b"ai' ana Us
sycd they would all coLcido with ~, Ni-wsthat tho
s 1tr b,J bean t1.d D., couft.tu,rf,l aud di..
nj sed the service ior suTcudrTng Ndfpers Fcny. Urn
600 men. Immense quantity oi ammunition an ohrr
property Tho .eeues wac Jn't sud aPPanicd ~ nl'
conyef.an the facts. Nv week aso e had been sud
denly iela.ta,ea aud restored t0 his commend'
--Cuyicr, the great naturalist, being once
shown the following definition:
" CRAB, a feb Of red color that goes backward"
and nsked if it was correct, replied that he
only perceived three mistakes in it. !. a crab
is not fish, 2 its color is not red; 3. it
does not go backward.
The more obvious mistakes Of Councilman
Gross are these:
]. The testimony taken belore tho Court
Martini" on Filz John Porter il not "fauiliar
to all the members of tho Board" We doubt
that even ono Of them has ever seen Il com.
plete copy Of it. There are not twenty per
sons in this city who have read all that testi
mOny, and not two of them arc in the City
Councils. Is it not highly probable that th,
seven Generals forming tho Court, who heard
eyory word Of that testimony understand its
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
POSTAL ssbsEOHU.

Some Of our contemporaries seem 10 suppose
that the Postal Reform bill which has passed
tho Senate requires the registration of every
letter containing money. Such is not the fact.
Section -. which embodied that exactOn, was
struck ont of the bill by its author, Judge
Coamer, before it passed the Senate. It's re-
tenton would have been a great mistake We
receive for instance, hardly less than ten thou.
sand letters per annum containing ~ each;
and there cannot be less than one hundred
thousand such letters annually received in this
city alone. To require each OF these to be-
registered at q cost Of twenty cents would
have simply struck them out of existence. The
Post Office cannot afford to destroy its own
business and income in these times. The bill
as il passed the Senate simply authorizes the
PostmaSter.Gene 10 increase the present
charge Give ceuts) on the voluntary regstra-
ton of letters should he think fit. We do not
believe he ,eiN see fit. Ii the Government is
prepared to insure the transmission of moneys
through the Mails. it will be proper to make n
higher charge thnrefor but for simple ree''lra'
ton five ceat. is enough.
The bill as it passed tse Senate requires
prepayment on all Magazines tr0nn.. 'e" .!
mail. We understand that the House Com.
mittee will strike this out. We judge that this
is best. All casual Mail matter should be pre-
paid but postage on periodicals. regularly
transmitted may properly be paid quarterly in
advance by the receiver. The Senate bill
changes the present absurd rates on Weekly
Newspapers from 81 cents per quarter il de-
liyered within the state where printed and %
il delivered i'll any other State, 10 uniform rate
OF five cents per quarter. We trust this will
be retained and prevail. We only wish that
the carrying aud delivery Of papers any dis
lance for nothing is not to be abolished.
We rejoice to learn that the free delivery Of
letters by carriers in cities and villages is Ger.
tain TO be adopted, having passed the Senate
and been cOncurred i'll by the House Commit.
tee. To cover the expense OF the tree delivery,
" drop letters or those delivered from the
Office at winch they are mailed, are to be uni
formly charged two cents. \ carrier having
nothing to collect aud no charge to make, can
deliver twice or thrice as many letters under
this as under the present system. We believe
this change Will soon double and ultimately
quadruple the number Of "drOp letters"
Transmitted.
We are not 40 well satisfied with the
ScDate'S provision that each Postmaster shall
receive an annual salary instead Of commissions.
This will dyest him Of all personal interest
in the increase of business Of his Office, and
will tend to n slip.shod performance of bis
official duties. We fear it will also increase
charges for clerh-hire There are pOstma.tcrs
conceivable if not actual-who will leave
little odds sDd ends of postage for magazines,
newspapers, &C., uacollectcd if their emolu-
ments shall not thereby be effected. Better
give the workman all interest in his work
where Won can.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21

Col Thomas II. Seymour, learning that his
name had been used in his absence as Vice
President Of Union War Meeting wrote, on
the 10Th Of July last, letter to !he HoTyfosd
Times deuouncirg such ute, and saying:
al g. ary to be explicit beg leave 70 state
thar, moving ha. te meet y would Dc beioeie'd could
mol ba, been induced % sti" H. or Toxic part ia ICE do
ana s, having glanced the speeches sDd tue proceed
. senerr Of thst meeting particularly detfe 10 clear
nS.ef from IN, participation directly dfecy IN who
took pace ;hes Tie meeting ii have not u under s,oo1
ag sort .: mean Of restoring IT, Uron and c loudly
or and 70 old Ia tre ~ ogatien and eonseg1"
deg ADDITION snd overthrow Of he south follow senee
I'm no such ertade neither hl contribute IN sAy way 70
he e;coDp i.urent Of such bloody plIpon. The mon
tIous ioacy Of tue present day tls' the nioH can be- re-
cstsbshed ~ desuoyns ouy pat the south - one That
viii burst with the shells thai are thrown into IT, de.eh.ees
mes a al usief and H.. brave both de. consis ei
to Losp AID gfves spectacle lr the IspFoach aHd com
uis ,ation Of the civilized world ,os g., e,,v.,or,p
That letter has made Col. Seymour the
candidate Of HE party for next Governor of
the state. Other men as able aud deserving
were hs competitors none OF whom had re-
ceiyed half so much from the party az he; but
the rural Democrats generally said, " Seymour
speaks what we tEinh-he is our man, aud
we will have 10 other" His nomination came
from the heart Of his party. The Ha'Yord
Press SAYS of the Convention that nominated
him:
TIE coo ~ delegation. were pacse5 'or seymour tbry
came he-. re.oved % have HIN, Aud they showed t,t
iipeucss for his nomination 10 the eAniOin te mos oe
Trimmed hostility to tue GOyofnn IT. 10 Inc %
the war and 0evoti tie cause OF Jsf DAVi Whc en-
Eaton hls.f could hardly wish % 90; mp ove9' - nc
Convention went bndy in;0 the pit its Own iunt1 O. III
had digged ior Such ConVenton e0u'd 90 b'hI o4'e
than nominate Sey IuOIr. . a, II,
The Convention was large and qIite entluts.ic' II
could not E1ge been openly dm0yrl ~ hai i. ~
Richmond Every uttered sentiment thai looked o"hu e.
s'tince Of tho Government aud tho and inendhe 70
iAe SJntnern Rebels vehemsnty appuuied Ana tue
re cs had TO be pretty highly ,pced with dsoyaIy 10 De
paetaDe 70 the Convention Not word was spoken q
al the Hoceednga against the Rebellion OF the si-
to ana not one word 10 Encourage 70 sttuo ~ tho
flag which IL being dehed aud Tddltd bullets wherever
il s displayed ia the Seeded States On tue contI9ry
spectator Will lear out in tho strong fOr
whatever at or word could nhame the passjous Of tie
crowd against the legal Government. Of tho United StstGs
was skiiifuly used"
COL Seymour is the proper candidate of
the Democratic politicians Of Connecticut. We
have yet to see whether they cmbody the sen.
timent Of her people. If they do, We submit
that the slaveholding traitors, in resolving that
New.Eogland shall in 10 case be admitted int
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.
TIE WAR.

--Msjor.Gen Wool is preparing to make tour Of
inspection OF Notifications. arsenals aud military
depots in Connecticut, Rhode leland, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Maine. His tour will COM
mence next week. and lie will visit the cities Of
New-Haven, Newport, Fall River, Providence
Springfield Worcester, Boston, Portsmouth and
Portland 1t is understood the fortcations On the
Atlantic Coast will receive special attention, and the
degree Of activity which he has of late infused into
operations upon the Notifications of NewYork bar
Dor will soon be observable in other portions Of the
Department of the East The Geoeral leaves this
city in the o'clock train on Monday morning. He
will be accompanied by portion of his staff.
--Yestsday afternoon, Col. Charles Carroll Hicks
Of the Rebel Army, and late detective for the
Rebels in Richmond was arrested at the S.. Nicholas
Hotel in this city. This Col Hicks is the man who
about four years ago, was an amateur actor IN tbs
city, making splendid failure. He was better
known as the intimate friend and associate of The no.
torious Bob Wheat (wbo died few weeks ago in
Mississippi and other Waker-Nicaragua tllibus-
ters.
There are signs of returning sanity among the
Rebels on the matter of retaliation. The Virginia
Legislature it is said, will repudiae drunken Let
cheers foolish attempt in that way on the ground
that the disposition of prisoners OF war belongs eN-
cusively TO the Confederate Government II rs also
deemed certain that the Confederate Congress will
discountcnance the efforts of jeff. Davis insugu-
rating Wholesale murder.
"A refugee from Richmond says tina, the Merri.
mac No. was at Fort Darling at the latter end Of
January, having lighter at each side her, owing
her no. virpSa She Carrlps fOur puUr. lut
pierced for eight. Gen. Longs,ree,e Division passed
through Ricl mond several weeks ago for the South
and southwest and large numbers beside Of the
army Of The Rsppahannoek have followed.
Tho Rebels have vcksburg dispatches to the
l4th inst. They report that the Union forces are
preparing to throw Poutoon bridges across the Mia-
sis-ppi They also state that Union gunboat ran
past the batteries the night of the 18th. She
was fired upop but not hit.
By the steamship Mcclellan we have New
Oieaus dates 10 the llth inst We do not find any
remarsabiy important points in the news. The
Delia is said 10 have been suppressed.
"A small settlemen. called Bolivar Landing, 80
miles above Memphis, has been destroyed by the
gunboat Conestoga, in retaliation for guerrilla
attacks upon the steamer Jenny Lind.
-Vieksburg psPers of the 9th state that the river
is overlooking on the Louisiana side. The town Of
De Soto, opposite Vicksburg, will soou he under
water.
Mr.. Vallandigham was to lecture in Baltimore
last night. He did not. Reason: signs OF bis
summary suppression by loyal men.
The Union ram Queen Of the West has gone W
The Red River to destroy Rebel vessels
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
CONNECTICUT.

The Herald siIil Processes to render a Jealous
support to the War for the union, while 1t
urges tie voters of New Hampshire and Con-
necticut to vote the Democratic tickets in tie
election at hand. Hero are the material
M, Of The platform whereon Seymour Is
Co. nro commended 10 The support OF tue loyal
men of Connecticut:
Rnsi,sd Tbst the Uoi,eI State. Con/,deyaey 81
si IN te'f s1ais eis.aiS,ior wing to each all
fga' not granted by tie Constitution }" the GENITAL Govern
Ts. while citizen. Of Connecticut We ss..r, our de
vot'u to tho Constitution sEd the Cnin, and AN hereafter
irorc. Of the UrteJ state. 81 the foi connuti1ns '1e
the pcoplr en.eed by Cou.Ici'n nal and Fcds'a
us1pa lone. aud only b. By The energetic SETON
fssd TO horof Of our si'- suj tho rights u tho People
defended sud unrssu-i - the Consultation comb
dsny a,s that whatever have been the opinion Of
counlfytn arrcd cass az Ec orrs "
As C,n.fifnf.oa arc ,safy obaHeoa he tou,
fgi4c" nat "a, Unos BE- r,oyes BY ihs dtHd hand
a,d .ucI action. honsfsb alike
The contondus fcon. 10 stop tie rssa;a' 4
universal bazaar picy sni unto he sgsts uPou terms u
4h. TOE p-%ocrsS Of Coaascts4i .ymta.hi,.ns with
their narrative brethren ~ The Middle ma Western stat
prt." hemsoe e. unite ih th'n TO- the sdoptoa q
honorable har'ug reo h' c,i'anos Of hoTs'
beiweon ne No'A and Su tho reconflcon Of shr Union
On ''ch terms a' , thofgushy dsne no n. h'' OF bs
st-s the reproduction Of tHoss ns"fuai feel toys which
form the iouu.ifilu of o fedcffJn aud tue erection
upou enduring ba', q the temple o. the Constitution
The candidates, it ia notorious, are in per-
feet accord with this pla,form-in fact, it fits
them US though they had been measured for it.
Col. Seymour, who stands at their head, chal
lenges respect for the constancy and irankness
wherewitb he has opposed the War for the
Union throughout. 1t is not his fault that he
is commended 10 support by The Herald in
such terms IA these:
Ie, the people Of New. hire aud Connecticut stand
by Uui.n AID the Coustution Let them be deceived
hand by the fatici iutOnsry DeC h,
othef L' thsm tOira BON he psdcr dfGHgp'irS nm
and ne Dcaes hc bsfnflin ms hephbH
Lot them he tfus q the great pncis Of cousttu
ton cousefysi.n aud show that they tegrnt enough
1Ip.ca'o this ci.is Of affairs md vie enough &
adoli the only lrt w. TO tue Ufon Their nt-
Identical with those Of the Cen'ri s,ac- and tho
result Of theif elections should o- psc'oy the Re-
buko fadca of tho CABINET and sustain tho
+, esileSt tad Secretary seward snd AL viii yet be we'll"
-" Look on this picture-then on this! ~
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21

Washington's Birthday will be appropriately
celebrated tonight, at the City Assembly
Rooms, under the auspices OF the Republican
Central Committee. Among the speakers VIII
be the Hon. Daniel 5. Dickinson, Professor
Hitchcock, WIN. Curtis Noyes, Parke God.
win, esq, and DR.. Tying The following gen.
tlemen, among others, have been invited:
Mai. Gen. Butler. Maj. Gen. Fremont, Mr..
Chase, Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Wade, Mr.. CoDkling,
Gen. Nye, Mayor Opdyke. Collector Barney,
aud Senator Harris. The ladies' are expected
to grace The entertainment with their presence.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21

TIVE TRIBUNE ~ pITEsBURGH-Jo w. PlTToCK is orr
Agent in PshuTg for the ssle OF The DAILY SEM EEELY
nnd WEEKLY rMBUNE Amy Of onr fneods wishing IL.
TRIBUNE viii please leave their address with Nr PocS
Opposite the Oce who w deliver TO all pats Of tue
ats.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-21
EGNNECTiGIE.

Col. TLomas II. Seymour learning that his
name had been used in his absence as Vice
President Of a Union War Meeting, wrote, on
the 10Th Of July last, letter to !hc HoTJosd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-14
New York. Sent, ~.

The Times has long letter from Nor
ris Island, dated Saturday, 7th.
Wagner and Gregg were evacuated by
the rebels last night at e O'Clock. Gen
Gilmore must be assigned the honor Of
another splendid triumph The engi-
neers have done their duty faithfully and
we'll. The Stars and Stripes now float
over the Notifications Seventy prison
errs, including Captain, Surgeon, and
Navy Lieutenant, we're captured by a
party under Major Sanford, Of the Sew
enth Conn. The prisoners were endeav-
oring to push off in boats from Gregg,
and we're intercepted by our men who
were also in boats. The guns ip both
forte were spiked. When our forces en-
tered Wagner a lighted fuse leading to
the magazine was discovered and extin-
guished. A few moments aud terrific
explosion would have ensued. The guns
found in Wagner consist of naval how
tiers, siege howitzers, colun biads,
! rifed pieces, 8 cannonades, ] siege NOR
tar, and field piece. In Gregg were
found Coporn mortars, 2 field pieces,
making complement of 10 guns of va
rious calibres in the tFo works. But few
of the guns are in good condition, and
some are forever disabled. The bomb
proof of Wagner has not been penetrated
Inside were discovered man diving from
wounds, and near him two dead bodies
The garrison, numbering 1860 men, es-
capped in boats, with the exception Of the
person above mentioned. The first intel
ligence We had of the evacuation was
brought by three deserters, who came in
to our lines at a. m.
Numerous torpedoes are scattered over
the premises, but as yet they have caused
us no injury.
Dead and mangled bodies OF men and
animals pave the causeway from Fort
Wagner to battery Gregg.
Saturday Noon, Sept. IL.
At $3.50 this forenoon Admiral Dahl
gren despatched flag of truce to Sum.
ter, supposed to be for the purpose of de-
handing the surrender of the fort. II
the demand is not complied with, it is
believed he will again lombard the pile
of ruins.
The amount Of ammunition left in
Wagner and Gregg was considerable.
Numerous fierce looking pixies, having
hooks near the end, were fixed in the
sand on the slopes Of Wagner for the pur.
pose of resisting an assault.
Wagner and Gregg are each occupied
by regiment.
There Is no firing of any consequence
lat the present moment. The ironclads
ars II position to open on Sumter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-14
Cincinnati. Sept. II

The Commercial says the work on the
military railroad from Nicholasville, KY,
to Knoxville. Tenn, has been COM
menced and will be pushed ahead with
great rapidity, as 900 men to the mile
will soon be employed.
Negro laborers have been distributed
along the lines of roads, every third slave
being taken. They will be clothed and
paid. Nearly all the blacks who have
come into the Federal lines in the South
ern States are being forwarded to labor
on railroads. They will be paid one.
third wages-the balance being reserved
to aid in providing them homes in foreign
countries when the war is over. Tile
CITY of Louisville subscribed six hundred
thousand dollars to Lebanon Branch
and throughout the State the hearties'
cooperation will be given to the great en-
terprise.
An excursion train on the Western
division of the Ohio < Miss. r. X. run
into a gravel train OH Thursday. the
engineer was killed and Is passengers
wounded.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-09-14
Sunday Night Report.
New York, Sept. Is.

A Morris Island letter of the 9th to
the Herald gives an account Of the recent
boat expedition against Sumter. The
flotilla consisted OF between rs and 80
boats, manned by over one hundred sail
ors, under command of Lieut.. Williams
of the Weehauken, and . hundred ma
rines under Capt. McAuly. The entire
force was commanded BY Stevens Of the
monitor Patapsco. The boats were towed
within a short distance OF the Fort,
whence they advanced. Three boats IN
der command Of Williams, Lieut.. Rainey
and Ensign Porter landed, and the parties
attempted TO run up the river 70 the para
net They we're fred upon BY musketry
and hand grenades were thrown down
unon them. The fire was 80 sharp they
we're unable to reach the parspet. a
signal gun was given from Fort Sumter,
and in an instant all the rebel batteries
opened on the fort an ID shelled it. /.
Three boats were smashed and all who
landed. were killed or captured. Lieut..
Bradford of the marines, was MORALLY
wounded and captured. Commander
Williams. 1t. Rainey. Ii. Preston, 1t.
Brown, Lit. Bunce, DIR. Wheeler, and En-
sign Potter, we're also captured Forty
or 6fty sailors aud marines were Killed
and wounded. and the entire hist Of casu.
alties will number 80. The remainder Of
the command retired in safety. A flag
of truce states that our captured officers
and men were in Sumter, and vel
treated.
The Herald's letter states it has been
discovered that the old iron-clad BAKERY
At Cummings Point forms the cover Q
the magazine of Fort Gregg. II ahofai
good cover to our men, aud has ALREADY
sustained heavy fire from the reoei o., pat
teries, without the least damage. 1hs
correspondent highly euloglzes 'ne iron
sides, whose broadside against Mouittis
he had never seen equalied in rapidrJ
and effect She was unlnjured, though
struck 200 times.
| The Times correspondent writes ifou
| the Army of the Potomac, dated on LIT
sth, that il is believed that enc corps 0
Lees army. or about one third OF tn
army under Longssreet, is moving IL
Richmond, there to be transferred, tw'
divisions If i, to the Southwest. and on,
to Charleston. Hoods division lef
fredericksburg Tuesday last. for Rich
mond and Charleston. This seems to in
dictate that the rebels in Virginia will re
mgin entirely on thd defensive for th
coming campaign, which every one her
counts on before winter.