, 1864-07-09
INT FER STING CONGRESS.
SE0HAA PRO OCEEUEHGS.
H1r. Wakhburne,s Resolution and Re-
marks on the Situation.

MONDAY, July THE House met ut ten
o'clock, when Mr.. Washburne {Adm. ILL
offered the following resolution:
Reso!ued, That before the adjournment Of the
eighty e,ehth arniver-sry of th- birth Of our na
tional Independence, II is becoming and proaet Tor
the rrpresgntntises oF the people to :enew to our
en a1ucc ior The of the reson res Ples
against our Government, our profound and heart
tat 1hanks for their services, and our sympathy
their successes and tteir trinmphs and to ex2rcas
the hope Of SPEEDY terc1ination Of the contest,
and their return to The peaceful pursuits OF lie,
AR- wAsHBCRSEts SPEECH.
Mr.. Waehburpc, In offering thie resolution
briefly contrae1ed our EIeec,,t eltnadon with whaf
II was On tie last Fourth OF July. Although
TicEsbn1s capttu1ated one year ago today, yet tue
Ing Port Hudson. In Tennessee we only held 10
Nashville or Murfrocsporu. The chanses which
the aet year had brought to us In the ltarr eisn-
age. Lee instead Of advancing into feslns3 s3lrauis,
had been driven to Petersburg, and had either got
TO retreat TO tue Csrotuas or to be coored up and
Of ihe est, had driven LIE for sIsty na;les
through bis tntlccchIncEts, optscueraling hin
In every movement. aud beatlng him IN every
own loszes, 1t did not seem to consider lie
Immense 1osses inflicted upon the enemy,
The rebels had lost tn this; campaign sixty
thoufand prisoners. or ios.es a;4 a not e1eesd
those OF The enemy In Eillcd wounded and p7lson-
crs. The enemy bad los: t~enty.e!x general o!n-
three guns ,and 1nnumerable baisie-a:z and s.and-
ards. We lad lost only I'VE suns captured, though
Wilson and Hunter had destroyed come fifteen or
1weEtg email pieces to prevent them from fui'ing
into the hands Of the enemy. We hare los: sere,s-
tecu general officers in killed, wounded &nd ri.
eurc1a. Az the railroads. lending 10 Richmond
have 9een 90 tcstro,e ed ttat nach time will BE- re-
u1ired II repair them Onr fo.ccs hold posses zion
Ut The Petersburg and Weldon road, while Wilson.
IN his recent hrli}ant raid, had det1:oved nearly
ans miles Of the two road=-the 0anviltc road and
the Petersburg uud Lyncaburg road. Iiuntet
Ind achieved tmraznse success IN Southwestern
EtEEinia, In Destroying railroads, cutting c1nals
capturing basgee. ta6ing Stsunt01, and destroying
The immense depots OF supplies there. and 1nilic-
Richmond was now entirely cnt OF rom raiirosd
communication AID was short Of supplies, and
Graut bad really 10Th Petersburg aad Richmond by
the throat. The spirit of our army Was sndomits-
entirely couhdcnt OF suecess. The Hero OF the
Misriseppt, tresh from his :slor!ocs SUCCESSES on
The o1d ':father Of Waters" Ind snatched victory
;eon The JAWS OF deIeat At Chattanooga, fought q
tlattle at Lookout Mountain shove the Clouds aud
opened the Cate way to Georcfn- The heroic shet-
man had advanced into that 5tCte captured I'M
portant towns and ltamense stores. d1viug the enc
ny al the time bttore lin, nutn he Yesterday d4ted
miles Of Atlanta the very heart nnd soul bf ihe
hellion IN the Southwest. The Whole military sit
ustion had never before looked promising. aud
he hellered wc were now rapidly appro achin: the
triumphant end Of the great struggle. Withall the
necessary legislation psseed by Congress, With
the certain prospect Of ftfn. up the tanks OF the
ssc peopc be Believe TT 'hat ii eaP ep "nd
nnW LOOK fosw0ra with hnpe and faith, The 1r=1
session Of the 1hlEty-etghth Congress would ad
jorID under favorable anepicea~ and, returning It
The rebellion 60: only crushed, but the country re
generated aud tisenthr11led.