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turning these colorcd men to the traitors and
active Tcbels, it will come under the head Of
furnishing atd md comfort to the enemy, aud
will make case requiring military treatment
OF these official kidnappcrs. II Justice Were
to be executed, they had much better put
their business under the head of stealing for
their own private nccount.- Cincinnati Gazette.
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From Our Rcsular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, Feb. %. 1861.
DEBATE ON TIE NAVY APPROPRIATION BILL.
There was quite an animated debate in the
House yesterday on tho Navy appropriation
bill, which finally passed.. Mr., HOLMAN, Of.
Ind. "copper" attacked Secretary Wells.
whole course. He said there WAS enough to
make the checks Of the American people
mantle with shame, and yet the President re-
taios him in defiance of the public Judgment
against him. Mr.. Kelley (Union) replied in
defense Of the Secretary arguing that the his:
tory Of the Department would hereafter be
read with patriotic pride In addition to IT'D
victories, It had established and maintained
trndc as was never before attempted by any
milton. Mi. Davis, (Unfon) of ofMary1nnd, sta:
ted TINT the attack on Charleston WAS mis-:
erablc failure. The charge of the famous
{. six hundred " English soldiers atBalaklava
WAS not more brilliant and Insane. It Was got
up by a " cotton-spinncr," who supposed he
knew better about attack and defense than
Admiral Dupont himself Mr.: D. said that
had this officer remained forty minutes lon
ger in action his fleet would have fallen into
the hands of tho enemy. The Department
refused to take the advice of Dupont and fur.
nish him with q, 600 men to advance by sto-
no and James Islands, while the fleet acted In
co-operation.,. Mr.. Stevens, of Pa., (Union)
deprecated these Insane ATTACKS upon the
Administration. Ifthey were continued the
business of Congress would be inpeded and
neglected. The general appropriation bills
arc yet to be acted upon. MIR. Grtswold
Union) defended the fleet in the attack on
Cha1lcston. There werc scarcely more men
In that fleet than were necessary to man an
ordinary man Of war. Yet 1t received ten
thousand shot The Ironsides was not pen
ct1ated, md only one life was lost, that Of
the gallant Rodgers. The American Navy
stands to-day in advance ofany navy in the
world, and our fleets are the best diplomats
to prevent foreign interference in our atIalrs.
Mr. Rice, Mlnn., presented some statistics
HNQHlQE IuG QICTNaltu9 u buG ARMY 11G
wanted them printed.
ME. Brooks, (eop.) presented arguments
ofa different character, to show that although
! we have navy of COO VESSELS, our commerce
has suffered by priyatcers, since the COM
mcncement Of the war, q loss OF S1S, ,500, ,000
MIR. Blair, {Union) of Missouri, defended the
navy. The "cotton spinner" was gentle
man and Il Union officer. The navy Depart-
ment strunk from no INQUIRY Conld Mr
ua.ts ana osnS;seay us sr,la muen ruf saeI ~.
So5ite ~ tnc Sauins1! 1n9 Auvy 1aa 19ne n2in
wen On lEe coas1, ana ~ naa opened luz Mls
sl6elpPi IVer 10 our commerce. ~. LAWS
mad Soled aealnsG m inquiry 1nto Inc anairs
Of the treasury department and ne onght to
trust tae Nevy Depasment mlta " leass me
eaue ~ ooa ac III 10 sea ~ ap
nnpn,fas e. sna,uon Aae'u'ns s~~'''e ~.
oouAttSo w eNs'1en .--.l-.-'--
HENRY WINTER DAVIS sPo1LNe FOR a
| , FIGHT.
As stated In my sketch Of this gentleman,
his organ Of combattreness is very large:
Indeed it Is much too large He Is, like tho
Irishman of Donpybrook, always spelling
for fight He cappcats to be ever wandering
about aragging m imaginary coat upon the
floor Of tie House aud daring any one to
tread upon It, On both occasions he has
fourht Ills way into Congress. and he evil
denily means 10 keen flghfinr. now that he
has rot In. But the worst Of It is he seems
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