, 1864-12-20

Y75f q ind
freezing the ground and ,a chasing away = the
clouds, The gorge Of ice oe1ow r. the eity ~ mas
PRO- broken @% anu the river is nearly Clear o1 1ce ~
sr. LoU1s, Dec. 1o.-The ice above the city
moved down about 500 yards this morning,
sinking the steamers Jenny Lewis and the
nm Ga and TIC the 1sry1oa1t noat be nnq
is presumed to be open to cairoi The steam.
carried away b. ice twenty miles below here,
hut whether sunk or injured is not known.
CoNGN1ssioNAA F1oc1 + D->s'S'
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sENATE "D'''''''
The bill to enable aliens Who have served N taa
a5l! Ut nasy t.sy - sseon'e e1"]ens' "a'
~ GRIMFs nrss ~ io4r ,ntroducca bfn tn cre
ate me Ia1k SI q HlGs - Is b, an.
,tsn'1 ~: -, ,,fiHnns % ~ ~ mnch as NAV he
P.ops.an az @ dcenses on he lakes and frontiers.
NJ MsuS ~ coo9e sSs ,6nns nssine 1op a In
ron1e ~ az Referre tn the military Com
ms;ise 15Gass " p''' ~ 1''~e - '1' 'e'' e~'~
,h NJ rizsna q iowa 1a askns or he fspea Of hs
1ss!stssNy !Ss 10 as ~
from the citizens q Cook county Illinois askhs ~,
u
MI. HENDRICKS, OF Ind. prcsented..a petition
0a: he caazss1s of caioH..s (. teierenee 10 nrc.
fn le comm3t1ee m On Pnbie "as
MT. DooLITTLE, Of Wiz, asked to have his
resolution authorizing The presi1ent to erpend Ten
sn q e5 e5n%ss 59 e. sss2ss Ssy, o1 ,!
feT4ed to tho Committee M @ On fefeiep Relations. @
sneh reference. '
NJ SfIMNFR .ssd the ,neat,on 3,rn,rea rvoa a.
ready before lie coa,mittee On Foreign Reatons. H.
the committee On on fo5eis4 Aaairs Woaad ne tne
tee would report speedily 1pon H. subject Of The
as;l u aa5iS'S Is ;sS!ss.9 # 5slds5 astSass'
Nj 5onSs9H ssd II |ss
70 What cemmMtee ule lesoiluon va 1e,erIao,
q .ne eonid a nur ,tSa sr
mlttcd there wa no donnl that nndss tns iaw o.
lmifs Of ne United states, or pnrsned 1n1o the h
actled definitely as any Other questtonin inter.
me e5seeaS PaF1ouS e. soacI ssn Il S,1, sasa
men if they e5oe*ed tho nas1s4 ;h.t sa' h. h.
lIseient ol me nn1.ed ta.es ah4 H. t2e sGsxs;
as 10 Naat Mo1u Ge II e. ooY ~ ~
ernmen an4 tneS nag altegtso uen ~ u - ,nd
nai a~cted hy thc Tcicase n he st Ajbans raid
stsd N tee ts gas r crron m
eoas. @ ~ ie. ssir: johnson] was aadsaed from he
e %as acana hs s, e c Ms GnInnI Gov
ernmsut had prononnced It erroueous,
W1s tnt 1os & nG m I1ao ~ ,.as anhtS, hnt he
fInhnsnn1 m had no doubt the whole bower Of The
Eo}oaisI Government Owe m % wonid be uni,ed to prevent
for the senatc to take every ossibir precatIot 10
prevent The repetition Of such acts, and 10 enable
ns to vindicate ourselves. either within our own
limits or ac1oss our frontiers These raids could
never be tolerated by the United States, and
should be tolerated.
~: pooL1l:ltE said the ptratieal expedition
oat W hinga were Permitted T. 20 On a. at they bad
the lives and property Of our citizens; but any
nothing compared with what might be the result,
should the rebels he able to gel hold Of vessels
On the hays around Lake Huron, put cannon On
etroy our eidcs on thc lakes L would cnnble them
cities in ashes There WIS no way
Straits Of Mackinac therefore the Senate ought to
put in The power Of The President to build noat
tase iateF. Mr, n Doeittie M Continued, Il hope for
! one Hal he Canadian Governmcnt and aathori.
lies are intctested in the determination to prevent
II fns ae5s ao l pnsa
but II they do not prevent them We all know what
the consequence will be-War. God grant
i may be ave1tea. l hope and trust that
power consistently with the honor and integrity
81 tae country TO prevent it, and to preserve the
md dI the world from he ereat shoek which must
Sta;n; 5utsf he terIble nssessits. through thsit
MI eps Se w6ep
sates pufs an end the
sepS Il any ny Sar On
ryiWouId do all that reasonably can be done to
prevent It. believe il can Be- prevented, but The
eonineeScr 1tSa t6at may arise. Hope he resontion
NAV ~ rcSsrrcd to lie Committee on Fofeiea lie.
iations.
~ ;n,r y +, ta XII 'ta an"ion
chaiaeter It s paiu that it concerns primarily and
ky ras r. f. nncn,iar ;nterest r. +
@ y or % anr oc
RS ft e1a @aaa rs e essR 1ao1 s o @
iii have aeeoupanied. it, introduction with re-
| marks calling attention % the Outrage, On 81.
relates to our foreign relations, and therefore, &C
cording 10 the usage, should be referred to the
Committee having charge OF that subject This is
aIl hare to say on the snbject OF reference; but
the Seuote will pardon me II glance for one mo.
ncnt at the outrage to which the Senator referred
| Only few weeks aso, the village Of st. Albans,
| in Vermont WINS disturbed BY band Of murder
| ers. hjphEa,uen, housebrcakcra, hoIse-th.eyca
! and robbers, coming from Canaaa. After break
! 1ng open the Bank and obtaining certain amount
OF eppil by the murder of Citizen they succeed
cd il making their way to Canada, where they de-
clared themselves to be agents Of the rebel Gov.
| ernment Such arc the main Eactz. Now, Mr..
President does any one suppose that these agents
| Of the rebel Government we're moved to their en-.
/ terprisc merely BY considerations OF plunder-
! that they riskcd everything merely to rob
! a bank or steal horse! No such
! thing, Their: :object WIS much higher and more
| iur reaching, In one word it was to embroil the
| Goyernmcnt OF the United States with the Gov.
| erpmcnt Of Great Britain. cannot doubt that
This was their objects to my mind 1t is as plain as
dsv. These aeenta. or rather tho men behind
tfcm trhn sef them On. knowing the sens5ttyeness
az onr peopIc. and how naturally they would be
srnnsef aTainst thc foreicu country In which the
I pnternrIse had its origin, they saw excitement,
| enna4 md naaann m 6nr narf Eere fncvftoh1e
Thst ant M al Ills some complication OF collision
1n5rtt ensne: m -: that any such complication mus
,.nsn.se.;1v hain tf,c Tshelinn mare fhan yicto
~ ~ r. AKA ~ hatf1e Ai thfs thew saw. and
asstoI az sccnrdinc1v. The vhoIe nrocecdipu was
trsn in vcbieh 10 catch he Goyernmcnt Of thit