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thousand msjoriiy for the Union and the enforce

thousand msjorty for the Union and the enforce.
Mr; Mallory replied yes, but against the admin
| his colleague himself. Did his colleague deny
that'
Mr. smith, do denyit
Mr.. Mallory said the voice of Kentucky, as ex-
pressed throuo1 her Legislature and Convention,
was that he should stand by the State through
thick and thin, while opposing the emancipation
proclamation as usurpa,ion.
Mr.. smith explained his position In the Late can
vass, which was that, whi opposed to the opera
ZION ni the proclamation upon the Union men of
Tue SCUM, as iar as the rebels IN arms were
cerhed, ne would take their negroes aud their In
ternai ivts, and crush them 10 atoms (Applause J
lie would ask his Colleague whether he was in in
vof OF supporting doctrine which would give tile
rebels IN arms all the rights and privileges he would
give TO UGion men, and whether he would ma Ike
restitution OF their slaves.
Mr.. mallory replied that he would carry on the
war with al! the power the Constitution confers.
TIC would destroy the rebel army AID reduce the
rebels te obedience TO the Constitution and the
laws. He hoped he would have magnanmity
enough to spare private property, and let the peo-
PIC OF the South come back 10 their allegiance,
living peaceabiy under their own vine and ig tree.
lie wanted no heart buYIings
Mr. Wadsworth, (Opp.) of KY, referred to a
speech of Mr. Smith, TO show hat the latter was
opposed to the radical of the admlnistra-
ttoa, and thai If elected Congress he would vote
for war Democrat for Speaker.
nv. smith replied that there was no war Demo
crat ne could vote for; none such had been nold-
mated. lie therefore, supported the gentleman who
now so ably filed the chair. He was proud to stand
hy hin, because that gentleman was for the Gov
eminent, the Constitution and the Union; and ne
heveT mad sustained any man opposed to the war.
Mr.. Wadsworth arraigned his colleague (tr.
Smlth) fot his betrayal Of thr Union party of Ken
tucky, and unfait'iu ness to the edges he made TO
IL He regie,ted that his colleague : opinion had
not been sooner knowc, for if they had been the
people would have elected a man opposed to the
radical measures of the Administrations
Mr. smith explained that he went with the eIec-
tion on tue principle OF high and sublime love of
country aud pure phi anth:ophy. He was nominat
ed ny convention which the Louisville Journal
denounced as a radical abolition convention He
was elected by OVER i've thousand majority. Men
who owned more negroes Than all Of the together,
nad endorsed hs course in voting for Speaker Col
fax.
mfr. Clay, (Rep.,) of KY, wished to know wheth-
er he was included In the charge of Violating
pledges.
NJ. Mallory replied that he had not in the re
motest manner alluded to mis- colleague. He did not
know his colleagues views on the emancipation
proclamation.
Mr.. Clay said he had made pledge that he
would make no pledges. He was thus left free to
vote for the m,n best qualified for Speaker. He
was Independent and would 50 act as most TO
benefit his ountry, and o. his action would return
and tace his constituents.
Without further action on The bill on motion of
Mr.. Stevens, the Committee arose
The House then adjourned at quarter of six
O'Clock
THE CONTEMPLATED ATTACK ON MOBILE.
The New Orleans correspondent of the New
York World, writing the 10Th inst, thus specu-
lates on the probability of movement on Mobile:
was positively told the other day that instruc-
tions TO Admiral Farragut topiorce Mobile harbor
by Grants pass, narrow artificial channel for
meriy USED by light drausht steamers, mad been
communicated to Gen. Banks by the Department
at Washington, wi h orders to cooperate In the
effort. The presence OF Gen. Mcpherson is not
made officially X own here. Our laudatory Jour
nails DO il Is true, tell bou. several distinguished
staff officers who are here from Vicksburs; hut
they are pruden;lv silent to the presence OF the
General himself Gen. Ord also quietly assumes
command of his corps, the 18th; and Gen. Franklin
is here. Put all these things together, and you
will say Mobile is to be att ;cked.
do not believe this Is to be the present des-
tnation OF the forces. The fact that the light
draugbt river fleet is again fitting up for active
duty; tha, there has been strong recruiting going
On here foe engineers 10 serve on twelve o; the
lt 9dosfed saaWuseeers aqi a iiqi iqilks lks
the rains give pi Use Of rise in our Southwest
ern rivers, poin,5 A~hstakab;y TO the Red river
the Oudchta as the destination OF the troops
which are laying In the mud of Aigers and return
ing from Attakapas 1t will be easy for Mcpherson
to co operate with them; but how would he man
age TO do so in an attack on Mobile,
Grant aud Sherman tou ID il Impossible to 30
or had his enti forces with whicn he captured
Vicksburg with hun, How the remains of
Mcfherson's corps to do better? l have head
men talk so wildly as that all expedition would
start from Ba on Rouge across Louisiana and Mis-
sissppi over n country uncut with direct roads of
cro>swise travel, 10 attack Mobile in the They
might meet no enemy on the route, but they would
be so traveworn before they got there that lney
could do little against an active and agile enemy.
There are but two routes by which 10 approach
Mobile with the forces Of either Banks or McPher-
son, and they must come TO New Orleans to gotO
either point. They may 60 to Pascagou'a In light
draGght steamers, and march forty miles roads
expressly prepared to give them trouble, to take
the Pensacola route, where there is plenty of wa
ter, go the Perdido and lie landed nearer still
to Mobile. Ia either case no eXtemp0nZed out
fit aud no slight preparation for heavy work would
be advisable. II mast De undertaken by an army
equal In all respects 10 that which Grant led
VicksDufg. II Gen. Haileck thinks il might be ei-
fected by what is left OF Banks army after the
campaigns of last year and the numerous feints on
Texa-, with al; the forces which Mcpherson could
muster by abaGdon!hg The Mississippi river TO she
gueiiilas the best way to prove il would be 10 un-
dertake il himself. There Is qiite suspicion get
ting abroad that Gen. HPck has fashion Of send
ing rising Generals difficult enterprises in the
hope that they will kill themselves OIL by some act
OF desperation. Ii he lneditates making Uiiall
of Gen. Banks he Is much mistaken. 8
NIsCELLANEOC
Marshal Kane, of B Baltimore, and thirteen Con-
federates, mostly escaped officers from Johnson's
Island, and Comp Douglas, left Quebec on the
25ih, by the Grand Trunk railroad for REVERE du
Loup, To take the overland route To Halifax.
The Legislature of Kentucky, on the lS.h, pass
ed hill prohibiting the importation 0 slaves into
that State. The influx OF slaves, says the dis
patch, has had the effect OF cheapening the price
of the stock on hand and overhowIng the market
The recruiting counties Is causing great frauds
in New York. U. s. Surgeon Ke.rgan is being
tried for passing two Fre"ch sailors who had been
enlisted drunk, and several Americans diseased
and over the age.
The Yankee war vessel Marblehead, which
Gently vcn'ured into Stono river, y. G., ai,d WIS
badly rIdded by our batteries. has reached the
BrookIyn Nay IoIu III crippled condition
Rev. w. w. Walker, former President NJ the
Lynchburg, Va, College, was among tnu r-ssnners
carried off In the recent raid into Westmorelan0
Va .
The Yankee Senate has confirmed the nomina-
tIon OF John G. Underwood, Judge of the United
States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
THE CURRENCY IN 1873 AND lSo4.-in the third
year f the Revolutionary war, ITS, Gen. Wash
tngton, writing about the currency, said;
"A rat in tho shape Of horse is not TO be bought
this time for less than E 200. nor saddle under
30 40; boots, 20 aud shoes and other articles In
like proportion. How is i, possible therefore. for
Otlccrs TO stand this without an Increase Of pay
And how is 1t possible to advance their pay, when
hoGr is selling, at different places, at from five 10
fifteen pounds per hundred, hay from ~ to 80
pounds per TOM and beef and other essentials in Its
propOnioh"
Counting pound at $5, we must perceive how
nearly prices then correspond with those prevail
ng now.
II il said that Butler was In Ncwbern last week
and that number of the citizens have taken Lin