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The New York herald., 1863-01-11

A NEWLY DISCOVERED PLACER IN THE CITY
In the State Comptroller's report We find
an abuse signalized in connection with the
receipt and payment of the city's proportion
of taxes which costs the public heavy
sum annually. 1t appears that the Cham.
berlain-who has nothing to do with the col
lection of the tax, but merely deposits It in
q bank to his credit and draws check for the
payment of it to the State-is in the habit of
deducting from it, for his own compensation,
one per cent upon the whole amount. During
the last year the sum that he pocketed in this
way was $22,l29. This year 1t will be
$26,l07. It must be admitted that, paid at
this rate the Office Of Chamberlain is one of the
fattest sinecurss to be found in the whole list
of State, federal or corporate Offices We quss-
ton whether anything like it exists in the most
aristocratic countries The practice to which
we refer is all the more indefenslble when it s
taken into consideration that the Chamberlain
probably receives interest on the deposit from
the bank where he keeps his account If the
deduction is as it is claimed 10 be, legal
right, the Legislat ure should at once take steps
to terminate the authority under which 1t Is
levied
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chord which bisects tho ellipsc. : The soats of
the members are also arranged In q semi-e1-
1ipse, with few seats, within the Lines thus
made, directly facing the Speaker. There is
spacious gallery running round tie room,
lars spring to the ceiling. There Is hand
some cotn1ce and centre pieces. The room is
lighted at night By burners at the sides and d
magnificent chandelier pendent from he-top
Of IN elegantly onamented dome. The room
is handsomely carpeted. New desks hare not
been needed. Opening from tho lobby Of the
and Chief Clerk, and for the Sergcant.a Arms
and postoftice, while committee rooms open
from the gallery.
:. The firEt floor Of the cast wing is occupied
By the offices Of the Governor and Secretary
Of State, while the commodious rooms Of the
west wing arc occupied by the Supreme
Court md State Library, and the State Treas
nrcr, The school land Office, and that Of the
Superintendent Of Public Property being in
the BASEMENT The Office Of the Superinteud-
cnt Of Public instruction is to be moved into
the old Senate Chamber. The Bank Comp
troller's Office will probably still have to re-
main outside the capitol.
There has seldom been cheaper contract
made. or job Of public work better done
than thu west wing Of the capitol Just COM
pletcd. 1t has cost only 81, 900, being some
$500 less than the cost Of the cast wing,
Willie 1t is thirteen feet longer, and the floor Of
the new assembly chamber has Ito yards more
space than the old one. There is also more
and better work done than on the east wing.
-Manr anticipated failure on the part Of tic
contractors to cxecute the job at the price
bid, but they have completed 1t in manner
entirely satisfactory to the commissioners,
and arc satisfied with what they have made.
The contractors, Messrs. Moxley and Harvey,
deserve great credit for the fidelity and excel
lent manner in which they hnYe tfonn their
work.
;, Some $4,000 are left from the eppropria-
ton Tor the cast wing, and s25, 900 added to
r.at will suffice to construct one Of the trans
verse wings Of the central building. The outer
appearance Of the capitol as it now stands, is
not very symmetrical.
No orders for the three regiments remaining
Of our casualties ut Murfrccsboro.
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SENATORIAL CAUCUS,
Reso1utions Signed by Twenty-stx
1.ernbI1can Senators Sent to the
President.

The following is the paper drawn BY Senator
Collamer, and presented to the President on
the 18th Of December last, by the committee
Of nine, Of which he vas chairman. It Is
proper to say that the Injunction Of secrecy
has been removed.
:. 4 meeting Of the Republican members Of
the Senate OF the United States, ut which they
were an present but two, after full consulta-
tion, came unanimously to the following con-
cluslons-one present not voting:
]. The only course Of sustaiuiuc this Gov
'ernment, and restoring and preserving the M
'tiona1 existence, and perpetuating the national
integrity, Is bya vigorous and successful pros
;ecution Of the war-the same being putriotic
and just var on the part Of this nation, pro-
duced by, and rendered necessary to suppress,
a cauEeless and atrocious rebellion.
. I'd. The theory Of our government, and tho
early and uniform practical construction
thereof, Is that the President should be aided
by Cabinet Council agreeing with him in po-
litical principles and general policy, and that
oil important public measures and appoint
msnts should be li nc result Of their combined
ously necessary condition Of things, without
which no Administration can succeed. we and
the public believe does not exist, and. there
fore, such selection and changes in its mem-
bers should be rnade as: will secure to the
country unity Of purpose aud action In all
material and essential respects, more especial
u IN the present crisis Of public affairs.
Sd. The Cabinet should be excly6iyelo COM
posed Of statesmen who arc the cordial, reso-
lnte, unwarering supporters Of the principles
and purposes first above stated.
4th. It is unwise ard unsafe to commit tho
direction, conduct or execution Of any impor-
tant military operation, or separate general
command or enterprise in this war, to any one
who is not cordial believer and supporter Of
the same principles and purposes first above
The Republican. Senators Of. the United,
States, entertaining the most unqualified con-
tidcnee in the patriotism and integrity of the
President, identified, as they are, with the sue
ccss Of his administration, profoundly i'm
pressed with the critical condition of national
affairs, and deeply conyiuccd that the public
confidence requires practical regard to the
above propositions and principles, feel it their
duty, from the positions they occupy, respect
fully to present them for Executive consider
alton and action. =
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The country owes the Corperheads at
Springfield and indianapolis something for
unmasking-for showing the malignity Of
the treason By which they are animated,
and the depth Of the katred that they bear
their country in the hour Of its danger.
At the moment when it WAS feared that
Rosecrans' campaign was ended by de-
feat at Murreesboro, when the disaster
at Vicksburg was suspected, and when
the influence Of both these supposed
eyents had depressed the popular courage
and shaken the popular belief in the final
success Of our arms, these men, sure Of q
rebel triumph, and hence Of their own as
cendarcy, Of the ignominious close Of tAe
war, Of the powe1lessneEs of the Govern
ment, Of tile destruction Of the Republic
and Of new combinations Of its fragment:
on man-selling as basis, set up howl o.
exultation that, though premature and
causeless, told every citizen Of Illinois
where their sympathies are, and what thu
loyal men have to expect, should the malig
nants realize what they then thought they
fonesaw. In this, at any rate, they did
valuable service; and whatever prctcnces
Of patriotism and obedience they may
hereafter make, the people will remember
the absolute ficndishness Of their shouts
and the bloodtLirstincss of their threats
when they supposed that victory over
the Union men was in their grasp. Fore
warned is forcaEmed Men Of Illinois, YOU
sec what the Copperhcads intend!
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OUR WISCONSIN LETTER.
Arrival Of Members and Office Seekers
at the CapftRl-The New Senate and
Assembly Cha1nbers-The TFcat WING
-ofthe Capfto1-Acs, dc.

lSpccial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunc.l
MADISON, W1s., Jan. 19, 1862.
4 large part Of the members of the Legisla-
ture and hosts Of outsiders have arrived and
button-holing and private confabs are the Or
der Of the day.
!, Governor Salomon's message Is mostly In
the hands Of The printers. It is somewhat
lengthy, but hardly equal in that respect to
the message Of Governor Yates.
The new Assembly Chamber in the west
wing Of the capitol and the room In the east
wing, occupied for the last four winters as the
Assembly. Chamber-now repaired and re-
arranged for the Senate-wcre lighted up Inst
evening, and thrown open to the public, They
were visited by large number of members,
citizens and ladies, aud their general appear
ance- and arrangement much admired. The
style and manner of their furnishing reflects
much credit on the Superintendent OF Public
Property, Mr. Sawyer, formerly of Chicago,
and Lis assistant, Mr. Benedict. The Senate
Chamber being in the form Of semlcircle,
the seat Of the presiding officer has been re-
moved from its old place on the center Of the
outer edge of the circle to tho middle oftts
chord, where the principal entrance used to
be, and the seats Of the members arranged to
correspond. The room hiss been re-earpeted
and the wills repaipted and it makes splen~
did Senate Chamber.
Across the rotunda Of the old building IN
elevated passage why has been constructed
directly from the floor of-thc Senate to the
new Assembly Chamber. This room ia
In the form Of an e1lpse, with the
Speakers dcsk-mode!ed af1cr the plan Of the
wing rs to sh' pe-between the doors on the
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AAA%A*
"Who will. saye the leit?" said Gen.
Negley, ut hlurfrccsboro, when his eye saw
that supcrhuman effort must be made to
roll back the advancing rebel tide. sThe
Nineteenth nlinois!" replied Col Scott.
t'Thc Nineteenth it is, then,-Forward!'
1t was fearful charge. Raising the shout
that TuncuN had taught them, poising
their muskets, and striking into that *lope"
that they hare pracsiscd so long, away
they went in the face Of that fearful fire.
Across rapid stream waist deep, up pre-
cipitous bank, the top Of which bristled
with rebel bayones, orer difficult ground,
up to the very muzzles Of the enemy's
guns, careless Of the shot and shell that
plunged through their ranlss, regardless Of
the mubketry thnt rained lead upon them,
unmindtul Of the brave men who fell in
The bloody track they made. The enemy
wondered, hcsitatcd, faltered, fed, The
Nineteenth had woni The left was saved
Hcroically done, Nineteenth-you arc
yindicated at last. Pursued by secesh hate
and West Point malice; stigmatised as
thieves and rufiians; your Colonel dis
missed from the army in spite of his ser
vices that were invaluable-at onse the oh
ject and the victim Of secesh perjury and
niontimidity; your regiment put under
ban, broken up into squads and officially
Gsgraccd; your officers hooted at as The
coad;utors Of rlunacrers-you. 1a7e yor,
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CAPTAIN s. n, BENHAm,


Capt. SpencerH. Benham, Commissary OF
Subsistence in the Army Of the Southwest,
where by his industry and capacity he has
rendered Invaluable service. left this city
last evening for the command to which he
is attached.
Cant. Bcnham is k;nsman and most
intimate personal and political friend Of
the late Senator Douglas. To him the
Senator'S plans, personal and political,
were always unfolded, and he it was who
closed that great mans eyes when he died.
It will, then, be gratifying to the Senator'S
friends. to whom he intrusteda great legacy
Of loyalty, to know that Capt, Bcnham has
not departed hairs breadth from the doc
trine that Mr.. Douglas announced in his
last speeches; that he is war man who
docs not think Of pence until the rebels are
conquered, and the integrity Of the Union
is restored. In his campaigns he has seen
Secession in all it's phases, and if he hated
it when he Ret out, he has had that hatred
increased tenfold by near and u better
view Of the monster against which be LIS:
fought.
May the gallant Captain come safely
home, is the wish Of host Of friends.
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:'ir.nrh now! The TRIBUNE, which,
through good and evil report has been
your friend and rindicator, knew that the
day would como in which your courage.
your devotion and your discipline would
silence the foes that hatred and Jealousy
raised up against you'll Now boys, is your
dayi
Brigadier General John B. Turchin,
Qryan B. TurchininoD the man to whom
the Nineteenth owes the effectiveness that
makes such charges, and with such re-
Eults-the man whom every soldier Of that
regiment remembers with affectionate ad-
miration that has its parallel nowhere else
in the a1my-the man to whom brare Col.
Scott and lis subordinate officers owe what
they know of warts at his home in Hyde
Park near this city, General in the army,
drawing Generals pay, but doing moth
ing. Overs1aughed by Buell., he is suf
fc1ed to remain inactive while ignorance
aud pretension are promoted. One would
think that such soldier could be lily
spared from the service Of lis country. The
Nineteenth has proved his worth, and
there is not man in the regiment today
who would not gladly 1ay its hard earned
aud blood-stained 1aurcls at his feet,
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FROM SPRINGFIELD.
Condition OF Affairs 9llere-AII the
Government Property Safe.

lFfom the st. Louis Republican, 13th-1
We held conversation last night with IN in
tclljgcllt gentleman, who left Springfield, Mis-
souri,, lust Saturday evening, after thc excite.
1nent of the raid Of the rebels was oyer, md
who trnxeled hitheT by the way Of sedalia and
the Pacific road.
From him We learn, that the rebel armv.
numbering about COCO, under the command
Of MaFmaauke, Bnrbtidgc, Shelby, McCook
aild McDonald, arrived In the nighborhood Of
Springfield, md sccreted themselves in the
bushes about :; o'clock Of Thursday The
pickets were driven into Springfield before
this hour, and Gen. Brown prepared at once
10 receive them. All the available force was
ut once put in rcquisition-the militia were
sun'moned-the conValescente, occupying tho
hospitals, FROM Iowa, Illinois, and other
stateo, we're called ont and answered to tho
calI-nnd by these means Gen. Brown vas able
70 gather around him about 500 men. The
pattie commenced nj IL II. M., tho rebels hay.
ing t1!ec pieces Of artillery, and rapid can-
nonading was kept up between the two NJ
mics, the Federal troops having two pieces Of
artillery A determined attempt to capture
the "CiHzen's Fort" By the rebels. was suc-
cesfnlly resisted; and afterwards : a brass
piece, brought forward by Gen. Brown. was
managed with excellent effect.
The contest over this piece was yery severe.
and the artllerists suffered severely. In tue
effort to take It, Mojor Bowman, Of the rebel
army, formerly In the United States army,
was killed by the captain In command Of the
Shortly after Gen. Brown received IN ex-
ceedingly severe wound, and was lncapaci-
tated from further service, and was succeeded
by Col Crabb, who repel1cd. the attack Of the
rebels first and second time, md this termi-
rated the battle at Springfield. The Federal
loss in killed, and those who died soon after.
yard, was thirty, and about fifty wounded.
Killed and thirty wounded hpaides those yxFn
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Major Chas. q. Davis, shot through tho wrist;
Capt.. Boyd, Co. B, shot through the thigh;
Capt. Chas. Whitson, shot through the thigh
The 51st is u on Its legs" yet, notwithstanding
its terrible haEdships. Col. Bradley having
been put in command Of brigade, Capt.
Frank Wsstcott is acting Colonel, and Capt.
The 21st Michigan, brigaded with the H1i-
nois troops aboutwhon I hare been writing,
won laurcls In Wednesdays fighting. The
regiment Wns under command Of Lieut.. Col.
McC1cady. 1t went into the fight with 2S5
men, and came out With 1I0. There is hero
ism for you. When men 70 down to death in
irg for something, md that tho blood That
: begins flowing from their wounds will not
ccusc I'LL the ycins Of brother, son md father
have been exhausted.
have fow casualties in the a1st Killed
Capt. Fitzgcrald, CO. c, IN accomplished gen.
Albee, Co. G; Capt. 4. was taken prisoner at
one time and offered parole, but he refused to
accept II aud Afterwards managed to escape.
Lieut.. Fox, commanding CO. B, severely In
the foot: Lieut.. Burrett, Co. &, prisoner;
Lieut.. Ruesel, in arm.
Houghtaling's. battery, in shertden's dfvis-
gun is In rebel hands. The men fought with
desperation, but odds were too great, and
they had to yield. Fifty.cight were killed and
wounded, and quite number missing. The
brave old Captain Is disconsolate over the loss
OF bis guns, but he Is as strong in spirit us
ever, and purposes m early Reorganization.
Capt: II. was wounded in the leg but not se-
rionslY
Capt: Henry Howland, whose cleycrnc=s Is
proverbial, is in tile city, offering me-eyerY
manner of Conveyance to Murfreesboro and
Gil manner Of attention after once get there.
l shall avail nyself Of the Captains offers,
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Why Butler was Removed.

why NutAer Was Removed.
a special dispatch to the n. :. Times states
that President Lincoln, with tlat franknest
which is ono Of the best features Of his char
actcr, does not deny to his friends that the re
call Of Gen. Butler vas an error. Not only Ii
there no charge on file against him which
could be made the basis Of any snch action,
hut each day develops moro clearly the hci
that his administration Of matters in the De.
partment Of the Gulf has been pre-emincntly
success In every respect.
The interviews Of Gen. Butler with the
President aftcr Lis return were curious. That
Gen. Butler had been treated unfairly, Was
undeniab1e by thePresidcnt; but to repair the
wrong was problem difficult Of solution.
The General, without any departure from
courtesy, spoke his sentiments with great
tsankness, and asked sas anact ofjusticc, to be
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THE ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

: HG4 AbN41 4 VE 4AAkx MAS31aSEFF1s
Sherman, defeated, brings back his shat
tered columns to Memphis; Grant, an.
noycd by guerillas and Ill the wilhelm dan
ger Of losing communication with his rear;
laboring against chronic impossibility oi
getting supplies over that poor apology Of
q railroad along which he advanced +<llaz
retired upon La Grange: The line Of our
Southern advance in that Department Is
the Mississippi and Charleston railroad
and on That, between the Mississippi and
the Tennessee, We shall probably rest until
the army is rcorganized and retitted forth
field These movements leave room fo1
fear TINT Rosecrans, out of reaching dis.
tance Of his late supporters on his right, may
be cnyeloped in dangers that he cannot
overcome The enemy lately before Grant,
and the force which repulsed Sherman, By
now consolidating and making common
cause with Bragg who is not inaccessible
to them, may cause Rosccrans to take the
back track, if they do not defeat him in the
field. There is danger in the situation~
, 1863-01-15

The loyal members Of the Indiana Leg
islature will need no apologists, if, to pre-
vent the mischief that the Copperheads
threaten, they sec fit to retire III d body
from the capital and leave the malignants
there powerless and alone. They have
more than one precedent in the history Of
their opponents for such step; and when
it is necessary for them to take it, we are
sure they Will not hesitate. The men who
are threatening revolution in the North,
and in Indiana the assassination of the
Governor, deserve no consideration at our
friends hands.
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war may finally end By the separate action e1
these Northern States repudi.ting Lincoln
ard New England together: They must soon
feel TINT the old Union is gone forever, their
Constitution rendered bye-word and 4 mock
cry BY their own rulers, and in this temper OF
mind it IL every way reasonable that they
stand upon niceties in dealing with The guilty
agents who, to carry out selfish ends, hare
involved them in ruinous war The thing
would be easily accomplished by two or turee
States acting together. II Illinois and Indians
tired Of selling corn at ten cents per bushel,
shonld form a separate treaty with the Con-
fcderate Government. it is evident that Lin
the war would at once break down. They
are "mastcrs Of the situation did they but
know It.
, 1863-01-15
The Two Spr1nSfiefds-

lc[em lne IT. 1fpu18 ucmoCT1L, 18th.
We yesterday announced the occupation Of
both Of these places By the rebels. We have
nov the agreeable opportunity to correct our
statement will, regafd to the Springfield OF
Missouri. The enemy was here repulsed. VIC
are, however, compelled to admit that we have
no such good news to announce from the other
Springfield ofnlinois. Our adyices from
that point indicate that the enemy Is still
there In full possession, md carrying on bis
operations with high hand.
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KICKED AGAIN.

The Copperheads Of the North display
toward the institutions under which they
were reared, toward the States that have
projected and honored them, and toward
their ncichbors md former friends. Il shirt
in which bitterness. hate. ma1ien;ty and all
the other forms Of diabolism strive Tor the
mastery but as soon as their fires are
turned toward the rebels, no born slaves
living in daily dread Of the kick or lash.
could eoua1 them in mean systematic and
ahicft amusement Ho,,nd dors called hack
fro,n the n7rs,,it Of their nrer and sconrecd
bv the hand of The master are examn1as
of no.,;,;tv cornnared viii, tbese ,nen VIM
are crawling in the dust At the feet of the
lords Of the plantation and the lash and
begging. Ike the subjects ~ the Persian
monarchy, the honor Of having their neeks
trod upon by their SOVEREIGN lord and
master. It is probable that thrift follows
their tavnine lut it il comforting tn l,no1r
that the dccencies of civilization are not
ret, among their other crimes, so outraged
by the rebels, that they dare give tie world
to understand that the servility, the trea-
son and The intense mcanness displayed by
the sympathisers Of the North, are repaid
in any other way tlan BIZ the contemp
and scorn that they deserve,
Our readers have been made familiar
with the plan Of compromise and pcace
which owes its origin to the muddy brains
c.5 d.,,1,+E,1 1,,~,o.+-~ ~ no-1,.- n,,.1-r .f
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FROM NASHVILLE.

The Condition OF Affairs at Nashville
Stde-Thc Giorious Old Ninetoenth
and other Illinois Resfmcnts-Col,
Scotia Charge By the 10th, 88th
and 36th-'TAc S lst stlllinofY-Thc2 q st
mtchfEun-Lfst ofthe Killed, Wound
cd and Missing in the 18th IllinoIs,
, 1863-01-15

- The Washington 12epabzica,t denies, Of:
ncih1ly aud emphatically, that Gen; j. r. B,
stuart ever teleg1aphedt to Quarternaster Gen.
e1al Ae'gs' complaining Of tho Inferior quality
Of the mules Ire captured during his recent
raid,